Do yourself a favor and check out this blog:

http://underpaintings.blogspot.com/

Make sure to go through the archives. The posts are incredibly well written and informative on a variety of great topics. And for a giant art book nerd like me, the author Mathew Innis recommends, and gives links, to a ton of phenomenal art books (many of which I've never seen before.)

best!

-fv

almost...

WIP

Hey folks! Posting has been erratic lately because I'm in progress in so many projects. Hopefully some final pieces will begin to make their way onto the blog. But here is my attempt at doing a cool artistic shot of one of the drawings I'm working on...haha.

I should be wrapping up the drawing within the next couple of days. I'll be sure to post it.

take care!

-francis

So Lil' Wayne's song "Lollipop" wins a Grammy for best Rap Song of last year.....

....this is interesting to me since he does not rap on that song. 

Let's take a look at the 2nd verse of the best Rap Song of last year:

Ooooooooo
Okay
After you back it up
Then stop
Drop It shawty
Drop it like it's hot
Drop it like it's hot
Do do do it shawty
Don't stop
Shawty said the n***a
That she with ain't s**t
Shawty said the n***a
That she with ain't this
Shawty said the n***a
That she with can't hit
But shawty I'm ma hit it, hit it, 
Like I can't miss
And He can't do this
And He don't do that
Shawty need a refund
Need a bring that n***a back
Just like a refund
I make her bring that a** back
And she bring that a** back
Because I Like That

-Dwayne Carter

A little piece of me dies every time I read something like that.

-fv

**I think this video accurately describes popular rap music*** Maybe this will win a Grammy next year?

O my word!?

Just got a pack of color SKB's in, so I needed an excuse to take them for a test drive. This is the result. 

Cheers!!

-francis