Karen Klassen SketchBlog

Portrait Lab October 23

2012-01-31T11:34:00.000-07:00

This portrait lab piece is from a job that got killed.

Portrait Lab October 22

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Portrait Lab October 21

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Portrait Lab October 20

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Portrait Lab October 19

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Portrait Lab October 18

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Portrait Lab October 17

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Portrait Lab October 16

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Portrait Lab October 15

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Portrait Lab October 14

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Portrait Lab October 13

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Portrait Lab October 12

2012-01-13T17:02:00.002-07:00

Hey Look! I'm in another book.

2011-11-18T12:16:00.001-07:00

Taschen's Illustration Now! 4. Thanks Taschen xo

Hey Look! I'm in a book.

2011-11-18T12:14:00.001-07:00

Gestalten's Illustrators Unlimited. Neat!

Portrait Lab October 11

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Portrait Lab October 10

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Portrait Lab October 9

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Portrait Lab October 8

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Portrait Lab October 7

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Portrait Lab October 6

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Portrait Lab October 5

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From an ongoing series of Russian personalities for Psychologies Russia.

Portrait Lab October 4

2011-11-18T11:43:00.001-07:00

From an ongoing series of Russian personalities for Psychologies Russia.

Portrait Lab October 3

2011-11-18T11:42:00.001-07:00

From an ongoing series of Russian personalities for Psychologies Russia.

Portrait Lab October 2

2011-11-18T11:41:00.001-07:00

From an ongoing series of Russian personalities for Psychologies Russia.

Portrait Lab October 1

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Portrait Lab September 30

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Portrait Lab September 29

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Portrait Lab September 28

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Typhoid Mary. Such a dirty bird.

Portrait Lab September 27

2011-11-18T11:33:00.001-07:00

Messing around on Sketchbook Pro for iPhone. That screen is really tiny.

Portrait Lab September 26

2011-11-18T11:23:00.001-07:00

Lolitas in Glasgow

2011-11-02T10:03:00.002-06:00

I have a couple pieces in a show in Glasgow, if you happen to be in the area...

http://aesthetiac.com/coaxme/

Portrait Lab September 25

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Portrait Lab September 24

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Portrait Lab September 23

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Portrait Lab September 22

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Portrait Lab September 21

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Portrait Lab September 20

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Portrait Lab September 19

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Portrait Lab September 18

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Portrait Lab September 17

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Portrait Lab September 16

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Portrait Lab September 15

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Portrait Lab September 14

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Portrait Lab September 13

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Portrait Lab September 12

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Portrait Lab September 11

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Portrait Lab September 10

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Portrait Lab September 9

2011-09-27T10:10:00.002-06:00

A portion of a piece I recently did for a client, will post the whole thing soon.

Portrait Lab September 8

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Portrait Lab September 7

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Portrait Lab September 6

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Portrait Lab September 5

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Portrait Lab September 4

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Portrait Lab September 3

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Portrait Lab September 2

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Portrait Lab September 1

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Portrait Lab July 31

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Portrait Lab July 30

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Portrait Lab July 29

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Portrait Lab July 28

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Portrait Lab July 27

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Portrait Lab July 26

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Portrait Lab July 25

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Portrait Lab July 24

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Portrait Lab July 23

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Portrait Lab July 22

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Portrait Lab July 21

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Portrait Lab July 20

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Portrait Lab July 19

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Portrait Lab July 18

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Portrait Lab July 17

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Portrait Lab July 16

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Portrait Lab July 15

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Portrait Lab July 14

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Portrait Lab July 13

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Portrait Lab July 12

2011-09-14T12:32:00.003-06:00

Hi again! I'm back. I went away on a month long trip, which was awesome, and I'll post about that later, but for now I'll catch up on my Portrait Lab posts that have been waiting patiently for me in my sketchbooks. (The Trip was a month long trip on my dirtbike taking backroads and trails to the Mexican border and back, and is the reason there will be no posts in August. I was too busy being exhausted at the end of the day to draw portraits.)

Portrait Lab Hiatus

2011-07-31T16:19:00.000-06:00

Portrait Lab is on hiatus until September 1.
Have a great August!

Portrait Lab July 11

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Portrait Lab July 10

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Portrait Lab July 9

2011-07-22T10:24:00.000-06:00

Another creepy-blank-stare-Victorian-child. I don't know why I paint them, I just can't help myself. This particular child is feeling blue today. I'm calling her "Penelope Prozac".

Portrait Lab July 8

2011-07-21T12:09:00.002-06:00

More from the engraving experiments starting with the June 24 post.

Portrait Lab July 7

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Portrait Lab July 6

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Portrait Lab July 5

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Portrait Lab July 4

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Portrait Lab July 3

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Portrait Lab July 2

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Some sketches for some personal projects I'm planning.

Portrait Lab July 1

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Portrait Lab June 30

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Portrait Lab June 29

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Portrait Lab June 28

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I participated in the City of Calgary's Public Utility Box program, here are some of my portraits...

Portrait Lab June 27

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Portrait Lab June 26

2011-07-05T10:31:00.000-06:00

Here's another print, but this time I went in with gouache and painted her face a bit. Sad little Victorian child. Why did they always look so desperately unhappy? Was it the itchy lace knickers?

This one also has some Chine Collé, (also known as Bits of Paper Glued To the Big Piece of Paper) - I had done a project where I silkscreened bikes onto rice paper and used that for bits of color.

Portrait Lab June 25

2011-07-05T10:28:00.000-06:00

Here's my first print from the etched plate, unaltered, no Chine Collé.

Portrait Lab June 24

2011-07-05T10:25:00.000-06:00

I took a printmaking class a couple weeks ago. It was super interesting, the funny thing was that I had no idea what I was signing up for. I just knew I wanted to take a class of some kind, and I've always been very interested in the various printmaking processes. This particular one was copper plate etching with Japanese Paper Chine Collé. Huh? Yeah. So we etched plates, we glued very thin paper onto other paper. We printed. We rejoiced.

I wasn't particularly enamored with my drawing, but by the time I realized that it was too late - acid etched drawing into copper! Doh. Next time I will spend more time on the drawing part, but for my first time, it was a fun experiment.

Here's a photo of my plate.

Portrait Lab June 23

2011-06-27T09:25:00.000-06:00

Portrait Lab June 22

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Portrait Lab June 21

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Portrait Lab June 20

2011-06-22T11:29:00.002-06:00

Portrait Lab June 19

2011-06-20T15:42:00.002-06:00