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Mark Powell, an artist known for his work with old, tattered and stamped envelopes that serve as his canvas for Bic Biro drawings.

The work of London based artist Mark Powell has me captivated. With vintage envelopes as his canvas and biro (ballpoint) pen as his medium ...

by Mark Powell

after van gogh's 'head of a woman' ~ gouache in stillman and birn 'beta', 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" my friends, i feel like i need to put up a post that officially lays this blog to rest, at least for the time being. i'm still painting, still loving painting... a few weeks ago i took mary ann moss's 'Oh My Gouache!' class, which got me painting with gouache as much as transparent watercolors. hey, did you know that you can buy a set of 18 (5 ml) tubes of holbein gouache for about $38 on amazon? …

Though I just posted a selection of envelope drawings by Mark Powell about three months ago, the guy has been on an absolute tear the past few weeks, cranking out new portraits every few days, so I couldn't resist sharing a few more with you. Powell executes each drawing with a standard Bic Biro pen

beverleyshiller: “ Lynne Hoppe ”