Payne Prints

Wow! The Christmas holiday is over and I am starting a new job in Mesquite ISD. I am teaching elementary at two different campuses. However, they are both new buildings with fully stocked art rooms.

OK so now I am trying new things with elementary because I have never done any of this...

Well a whole lot has happened since TAEA in November. Finished my Lithography class with 11 pieces. Feeling good about my first run at stones, even did a few multi colored prints. However, the big news is I am back in the classroom full time. I will be the new...

Well this was a full week.  First of all, I just got back from TAEA (Texas Art Educators Association).  What a great time in Galveston where I learned so much.  Mainly next time I will be presenting and doing the artist sale. 

When I got back home I had to play catch up on my printmaking....

Well, made it another week.  Definitely chocked full of things that needed to get done.  First off, got more involved with the coaching gig.  Getting all the field equipment ready for the Friday home game was very taxing.  I had no idea how much equipment and time goes into planning one game.  I have a...

So this week started off a little slow.  It’s the first week after my wife’s first chemo treatment. She took off running, even though she was a little down.  So I started working on the Sacred Arrow shirts.  There were over 300.  Also it is a really good cause, they raise money making and selling...

Well after dropping off my daughter and seeing my wife off to work I decided to get a run in and print while I cool off.  So after getting frustrated setting up the studio I decided to an extra mile or so on the run.  Really feel great and ready to hit it.  I still...

I was in my litho class yesterday talking with a fellow artist about screen printing.  He was wondering how I do it at home.  Well I am going to show you.  I use the down and dirty way, or as I call it “Ghetto Good!”.  I don’t have room for a lot of fancy equipment,...

Starting off early printing the Carrollton Christian Academy shirts for the Athletic Trainers.  After this on to Brookhaven to draw on my Litho stone,

Hanging in the print studio stone cold drawing.  Man do I love my studio time.  I can already tell it is going to be a good year.

Today we get to see...

So got here early after issuing out football equipment at CCA.  Got my stone cleaned gratted and set.  Now for drawing!

Well folks, I am getting ready to take off to the farm down in the Houston area.  I wanted to post a little something to go along the lines of the Make it Monday idea.  I have been pushing a lot of prints lately and wanted to show off about 2 hours of work in...