Another page!

Another page in the novel

My comic book. Another page.

I am very interested in what Will Eisner called "sequential art" and I've been doing extensive studies of the genre by reading Scott McCloud's books on the subject as well as reading graphic novels such as "Blankets" by by Craig Thompson.

I guess I'm starting to give in to my belief that illustration art is actually in some ways a higher art than so called "fine art." I think at times, I kept away from doing illustration because I was a fraid I didn't have enough skill. Now I've even done a couple of book covers!

The last couple of pages on my blog are studies and some finished works for a graphic novel/comic book that I am working on with author/screenwriter Paul Foley. These images are not in the correct order.

Come by my website
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/
to see my latest stuff. I'm also working on some tutorials for my students in life drawing classes. Let me know if you want a direct link to the PDF.

Another page in my graphic novel.

Another page in my comic book.

Another page for my project.

Another Brick in the Blog

Another page in the "novel."

Another couple of pages

I've started work on a graphic novel with writer Paul Foley

I'll be posting some of the drawings that I'm working on from time to time for our project!

I'm in a show in SF in January

ArtHaus San Francisco
2010: Resurgence
Select works in various media
by Gallery Artists
Andrea Arroyo, Greg Drasler, Marc Lambrechts, Serena Bocchino, Maxine Solomon, Astrid,
Chris Schiavo, Adam Kurtzman, Carol Massa, Carolyn Meyer, Joanne Landis, Deborah Brown,
Suzanne Benton, Kenney Mencher, Brian Blood, Jan Blythe, Ricardo Carbajal Moss, Jess Johnston

January 8 – March 27, 2010
Opening Reception
Friday evening, January 8th
from 6-9 pm

ArtHaus
411 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
TEL [415] 977 0223
FAX [415] 977 0224
WEB arthaus-sf.com
EMAIL james@arthaus-sf.com
annette@arthaus-sf.com
GALLERY HOURS
Tuesday–Friday,
11am–6pm
Saturday,
noon-5pm

Still another small oil sketch for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts in December.

Another painting for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts

A new painting of my nephew Shawn and his mom Amanda

Another painting for the "Small Gems" show at Elliott Fouts in Sacramento

Cake, 9"x12" oil on linen

Warm Evening 9"x12"

I'm starting to make some small oil sketch paintings for a show I'll be in at Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento. The show is called "Small Gems."

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A book cover.

I just finished a cover for a "pulp fiction" novel by Jonathan Woods by New Pulp Press
http://www.newpulppress.com
Here's the approved version! (The second one was not approved but I thought I would share it.)

Here are my last two paintings of Chuck!

A Double Page Painting of Chuck and Valerie

It's not quite finished yet but I'll post the finished one soon.

An Art Review on Shotgun-Review.com

I got a review that was originally meant for ArtWeek but is now on a website. It's really, I guess, the first "real" review I've ever gotten and I'm not sure if it's a good review. I'd love to hear what you have to say on it. Particularly the comments about my rendering of things.

http://www.shotgun-review.com/archives/arthaus/kenney_mencher_and_carolyn_mey.html