Thursday, April 14, 2011

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Dear Blog Followers,

I will no longer be updating nqta.blogspot.com. Taking some time off to see if making art is really what I want out of life. Thanks for following. Adios.


-Ben H. Shapiro

Monday, November 1, 2010

Halloween


Here's my last minute Ms. Pacman costume my friends and I used for Halloween. Made from different color foam. We all wore black and pinned one of the characters onto our shirts. Fun times.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

The good news is...



I did some painting tonight. The bad news is I'm rusty as all heck. Gouache on hot press.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

“The painting develops before my eyes...




,unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand.” This is a quote from Yves Tanguy. I think he’s pretty rad. I wish I had the ability to just paint without laying down a sketch. Maybe someday...

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Sketches





Been doing a lot of ballpoint work the last two days. Just on notebook paper during my work hours. Hoping to have some paintings for this week. More to come.

Monday, October 18, 2010




Napkin and Post-it doodles. I like drawing small. All drawings are less than 2 inches. Ballpoint.