Back. Just not here.

I am now blogging at http://iamshrimpcat.blogspot.com/.

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

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.

The good news is...

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

“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...

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.

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