Category Archives: KAPOW

Gouache Moon KAPOW 2021 Week 5 Gouache Painting January 31, 2021 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week Here is an experiment with my first effort with gouache painting. OK, I agree, it looks more like the sun than the moon. I based the composition on the (rather blurry) photo (below) that I tookContinue reading “Gouache Moon”

Hand Drawn Hiker KAPOW 2021 Week 4 Digital painting + photography January 24, 2021 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week Meet Hand Drawn Hiker, this week’s KAPOW. On a hike up the Duckabush River drainage, I stopped and took this photo (below): I like the photo: the textured curves of the hills, theContinue reading “Hand Drawn Hiker”

Chess Piece Lamp KAPOW 2021 Week 3 Wood Turning January 17, 2021 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week More experimentation with the wood lathe this week. With no real plan other than exploring patterns, I glued up a block from two square pieces of walnut and two square pieces of maple with aContinue reading “Chess Piece Lamp”

Fire Maple Pencil Holder KAPOW 2021 Week 2 Wood Carving January 10, 2021 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week This week I carved a two barrel pencil holder out of a block of tiger maple. There may have been more sawing, drilling, filing, and sanding than actual carving. I originally intended the chunkContinue reading “Tiger Maple Pencil Holder”

Duck Fire Bucket KAPOW 2021 Week 1 Sewing January 3, 2021 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week Another more crafty project as the new year dawns. This week I made a waxed canvas (duck) bucket to use dousing campfires car camping. The bucket has a diameter of 9 inches and is ~ 9Continue reading “Duck Fire Bucket”

Moat Candleholder KAPOW 2020 Week 26 Wood Turning December 27, 2020 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week FAILURE! The KAPOW follows the warts-and-all approach–as a weekly art project is sure to produce. This week I made a wood turned candle holder out of a block of Myrtle (starting size = 6x6x3 inches). AllContinue reading “Moat Candleholder”

Redelm Swirlclops KAPOW 2020 Week 25 Wood Carving December 20, 2020 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week Redelm Swirlclops started off ‘life’ as a cutoff from last week’s Leopard Nightstand. I had a vision of an infinity swirl/cyclops face coming out of a body and attempted to carve the face from the block.Continue reading “Redelm Swirlclops”

Leopard Night Stand KAPOW 2020 Week 23 + 24 Woodworking December 13, 2020 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week KAPOW week 23 went from one week to two! (A KAPOW rules violation!). Here is the KAPOW week 23 and 24 project: A nightstand made out of Leopardwood and Red Elm. We needed aContinue reading “Leopard Night Stand”

Fox KAPOW 2020 Week 22 Digital Painting November 29, 2020 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week A fox chasing a mouse! For more information on the KAPOW project, follow this link. Remember, there is no definition of art…..

TreeAngle KAPOW 2020 Week 21 Digital Painting November 22, 2020 KAPOW = Kevin’s Art Project of the Week Sometimes you lead the idea. Sometimes the idea leads you. This is not where I thought this image was going. The KAPOW this week is…..TreeAngle. A tree at sunset or a piano? You make the interpretation. ForContinue reading “TreeAngle”