Sketch To Finish: Monkeys & Military Men

Preliminary sketches of toy military men and vintage Barrel Of Monkeys figures...

On the finish board, drawn in pencil on collaged splatter paint pages...

Layers of colored pencil are added...

And here is the end result, seen here in full...

CHRISTIAN MONTONE

"Monkeys & Military Men" - April 2012

Colored pencil and watercolor on mounted collage.  (11" x 14")

Artwork: "It's That Kind Of Neighborhood" (2011)

CHRISTIAN MONTONE

"It's That Kind Of Neighborhood" (2011)

Watercolor and colored pencil on board.

Approx. Size: 18 x 28 inches

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Artwork: "We Are All The Entertainment" (2011)

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"We Are All The Entertainment" (2011)

Watercolor and colored pencil on board.

Approx. size: 18 by 28 inches.  

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FULL PAINTING (Uncropped):

Archive: "Met On Met" Drawings (2005)

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Drawings: "Met On Met #1" & "Met On Met #2"

Approx. 10 x 12 inches each.  (2005)

Acrylic and ink on paper bag, masking tape and board.

Based on two separate on-site sketchbook drawings from the Summer of 2005.

Drawn, painted and assembled atop mounted Metropolitan Museum Of Art NYC gift bags.

Archive: "Ink Describes Ink" (2007)

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"Ink Describes Ink"  

Approx. Size: 18 x 24 inches. (2007)

Ink & watercolor on tape-mounted paper on canvas.

Archive: "Morning, 44th & 7th" (2008)

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Mixed Media: "Morning, 44th & 7th" (2008)

Approx. size: 8 x 10 inches.  Water soluble crayon and acrylic on board.

Archive: "Clown Head Vase" Paintings (1996)

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Paintings: 1996

"Clown Head Vase #1" (Acrylic on wheatpaste and board) 17 x 21 inches.

"Clown Head Vase #2" (acrylic on plexi) 16 x 20 inches.

Archive: "Desk Bear" Paintings (1996)

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Paintings: 1996

"Desk Bear #1" (Acrylic on plexi, collaged paper and cardboard box) Approx. 10 x 12 inches.

"Desk Bear #2" (Acrylic on household wall paneling) Approx. 24 x 24 inches.

When I painted these pieces, I recall that I enjoyed the disparity in the textures 

created by the rough collage under #1 and the comparatively smooth 

1960s / 1970s striped paneling under #2.  The paneling for #2 was pulled from 

a remodeling / construction site by my friend Jon (as were the grounds for other pieces of this period).

Archive: "The Path Of The Sacred Heart" (2005)

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Assemblage: "Path Of The Sacred Heart" (2005)

Approx. size:  22 x 35 inches.  Mixed media on bulletin board.

Archive: Four NYC Collages (1998)

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Collages, Top To Bottom: "Arcade", "Between Parked Cars", "Off The Hook", "Rexall"

Approx. Size: 10" x 16" each.  (1998)

Archive: "Thirteen" (2004)

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Assemblage: "Thirteen" (2004)

Size: 22 x 35 inches.  Mixed media on bulletin board.

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Archive: "Jalopy" & "Jalopy/State" (1996 & 2008)

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Paintings: "Jalopy" (Acrylic on wheapaste and plexi) & "Jalopy/State" (Acrylic on paper & board)

Approx. size: 16 x 20 inches each.  (Begun 1996, revisited and completed 2008)