Funny Sketch of Giants (Wayne Ferrebee, 2015, ink and colored pencil)
This year, I have been carrying a small sketchbook and some colored pencils around with me and doodling in it. Here are three small drawings/sketches that I made when I was doing other things. I sketched the mountains with the giant, the fountain, and the goblin on the subway (although I colored some of it in at my desk afterwards). The picture of lower Manhattan comes from the picture window on the 9th floor of the Brooklyn courthouse from my day of jury duty (don’t worry I wasn’t skiving from my civic duty–but there was a lot of downtime). I sketched the donut baby while I was talking to a friend about stickers and Philistines (Biblical and otherwise) so it may have been influenced by that peculiar conversation.
Sketch of Lower Manhattan from Courthouse (Wayne Ferrebee, 2015, ink and colored pencil)
Kindly let me know what you think! I’m afraid have been running around trying to figure out my new job, so please forgive me for my tardy responses to comments during the past week. I love comments & I promise I will answer everybody. Just give me a moment to figure out how everything works!
Strange Priests with Donut (Wayne Ferrebee, 2015, ink and colored pencil)
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June 30, 2015 at 5:18 PM
frithkin
Loving them all !! I like the colors and the compositions I like the tall fellow in the Gods picture he looks quite a humble chap as he is snootching up to make room for all the others but isn’t making it a big deal . Thank you for sharing !!
June 30, 2015 at 11:51 PM
Wayne
Thanks so much, frithkin! I like that guy too: I feel like he is one of my gods–mighty and divine but inclusive and compassionate. I wish humankind had been able to scooch up a little and make room for the poor mammoths….
July 1, 2015 at 2:19 AM
frithkin
I think possibly humans at the time would have been thinking a combination of I am cold I am hungry that big guy has fur lets get him !!! ?
July 1, 2015 at 2:21 AM
frithkin
That’s totally the vibe I got from that big guy like he was just chillin all calm and stuff my kind of God . Not all vengeful jealous and capricious like deities .
July 1, 2015 at 2:24 AM
frithkin
Do you do a lot of art or is this just a hobby kind of thing? I like your style by the way for what its worth . I have been thinking for a while about why it is people like particular pieces of art , why the piece speaks to them were others do not .
Still thinking on it .
July 1, 2015 at 11:06 PM
Wayne
Yes I do quite a lot of art! There is a link to my online painting gallery over there on the left somewhere (hopefully…it’s hard to tell how people’s devices will display things). The mysteries of taste are quite perplexing–I think all 7 (large) volumes of “Remembrance of Things Past” were really about just that question–and I’m not sure it got fully resolved.
July 2, 2015 at 9:20 AM
frithkin
I don’t think they were resolved either !! I will check out your blog on the web so I can see more of your art work I like it a lot so thanks for sharing it 👍😊
July 1, 2015 at 2:26 AM
frithkin
I love the strange priests picture also puts me in mind of Hieronymus Bosch although less phantasmagoria .
July 1, 2015 at 11:11 PM
Wayne
I thought the fish priest was funny and scary at the same time.
July 2, 2015 at 9:18 AM
frithkin
A little yes seeing a priest with a fish head would be quite perturbing .
July 2, 2015 at 10:04 AM
frithkin
Hello Wayne , I made a short blog post about the artist I mentioned Grace Cossington Smith .
July 13, 2015 at 1:21 AM
Wayne
For the benefit of lazy readers, here is a link. I really love all three works–especially the knitter. I am looking forward to finding out more about her.
July 1, 2015 at 2:30 AM
frithkin
I wanted to recommend an artist/ musician Steve Kilbey of the band the Church , your art puts me in mind of his a little a kind of otherworldly ( with the otherworld being a very beautiful though very strange and different world ) quality too it , a sense of whimsy too . Thanks again for sharing your great stuff with us lucky people and take care .
July 1, 2015 at 2:35 AM
frithkin
And your sketch of Manhattan puts me in mind of one of my favorite Australian artists who worked largely in the 1920’s Grace Cossington Smith .
In your picture and many of hers I get a sense of promise , of optimism and invigorating enthusiasm about the future . Sorry for sending you so many comments please don’t feel the need to knock yourself to reply .
July 1, 2015 at 11:02 PM
Wayne
What? Don’t apologize! I love all of the comments. I am sorry I have been so bad about replying this week: things have been hectic…I am looking forward to looking up all of these amazing sounding folks you mentioned and I am so glad that you like my sketches!
July 2, 2015 at 9:31 AM
frithkin
I find myself constantly impressed that you are so consistent in your blogging Schedule !! so really don’t mention about not commenting ( you already did !! 😊) you have obviously been busy with other stuff I am overjoyed to be constantly and consistently gifted new and interesting content from you some times twice a day !!! Amazing stuff and I am not overstating it loving it !! Thank you 😊
July 13, 2015 at 1:22 AM
Wayne
I think my blogging schedule is getting wobblier as I work longer hours at the grim gray office–but I will keep posting something, and I’ll always answer comments (albeit sometimes slower than I would like).
February 21, 2021 at 12:30 PM
Kristi Devine
I love your art so much but I realized that what really makes me belly laugh is your wonderful DESCRIPTIONS of the characters & what they’re doing. You sound almost incredulous as if the characters just leapt from your mind whole & unique unto themselves like Athena! Like, “I donnow guys, but look what this funny little fish is like- what’s she doing there?! Maybe she…” & on!! You should do some books, esp for kids- we need beautiful, creative, imaginative ‘escapism’ so much now. Thanks for being you & sharing with us! You are good people. Cheers Wayne!
March 17, 2021 at 11:04 AM
Wayne
Aww! Thanks Kristi! That really means a lot to me. I used to make children’s toys and it was truly rewarding to see children playing with them. Maybe creating a picture book would likewiae be a rewarding way to combine writing and visual art!