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Thanks for following Steve Asay Creates! We really appreciate the support. Our goal is to send out an email every other month, so we don't bug you, and dig a little deeper into the stories surrounding my art and the techniques I used to get to the completed pieces. We'll also give items from our gift store away and point you to where you can see my work and buy gifts online if you would like to. My awesome wife helps in all of this, so it's truly a team effort. I'm glad you're here!

Steve Asay

From Steve's Drawing Table:

"Watch It" Pen & Ink

 

This is my latest piece, done with black and yellow ink on bristol board, 16" by 16". I (and Scottie too) had been wanting to do something "Americana" and easily relatable, and this was it. I used a stock image of an eagle as my reference; I really wanted to capture its intense stare more than any other feature. I feel the USA is an incredible and unique country who has offered unsurpassed liberties to people of the world...and the freedoms people fought and died for need to be protected and preserved from those who would take them away and turn them into something else for their own means. This guy seems to be saying to them by his look, "Back off. I'm watching you."

 

The techniques I used on this were spattering ink on the beak with a toothbrush, and hatch lines throughout using a traditional metal pen nib and bottled ink. The spattering went on before the hatch lines so they wouldn't cover the hatch lines; I masked off all but the beak with paper for this step.

 

We've Changed Our URL...

We've been busy behind the scenes over here! Our website is the same, but our URL has changed to steveasaycreates.com Check it out!

New Gallery!

I'm excited to be showing my oil paintings and pen and inks at a new gallery:

Ethan's Gallery And Studio. Click here to go to the website and thanks for the invite Ethan!

And The Winner Is....

Every newsletter we give away something from the gift shop, and this time we are giving a print of your choice! And the winner is Debbie Lyons! Debbie, Scottie will reach out to you on email so you can pick your print!

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