PJ's Studio: butterflies for kenny

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Butterflies for Kenny #3

The silver lining of social distancing is that I actually have time to do some artwork. :-)

Butterflies #3 is a tribute to Bridget Riley, a leading Op art artist. She's still alive (88) and lives and works in the UK.

Here's a bit more about her...

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bridget-riley-1845

Full disclosure, I used pen and ink instead of colored pencils for this one, because I was fairly sure that if I tried to use colored pencils I would end up smearing them.

Since it was time consuming, I stopped periodically. When I got to this point, Edward said - "That's it. Call it done now."

I wasn't so sure, and I am an off the charts "J" so I had to finish. And when I did, I realized that he was right. See if you agree...

Here are links for the book in case you want to join the fun!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/butterflies-for-kenny-pj-lehrer/1127864718

https://www.amazon.com/Butterflies-Kenny-PJ-Lehrer/dp/0989742237

And here are my previous butterflies...

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2020/02/butterflies-for-kenny-2.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2018/08/butterflies-for-kenny-1.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2018/02/butterflies-for-kenny.html

Cheers!

Sunday, February 2, 2020

In February 2018, I published Butterflies for Kenny, a coloring book that I created for my brother Kenny. It's available online if you want to buy a copy and play along. After you color, you can post your art on Instagram at #butterfliesforkenny. So far, I've gotten a few people to play so you can check their pages out.

Meanwhile, this is my second page - Butterfly #2.

As you can see, I color both inside and outside of the lines, and encourage others to do so too. ;-)

This page was inspired by Grant Wood. Although his most famous piece is American Gothic I fell in love with his simplistic Midwestern landscapes when the Whitney did a show of his work in 2018. And thought that they would make a perfect background for these butterflies.