surrealism

Dinosaur’s Dream

This is for the Dinosaur Show at the Henning Cultural Center on May 9th.

15″ x 11″ Ink, gouache, and posca pens on paper.

April 30, 2013 | Categories: Art, illustration, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism, skull, johnathan martel, posca pen, pen nib, fountain pen, dinosaur | Tags: art, dinosaur, illustration, Ink, johnathan martel, markers, mushroom, psychedelic, skull, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Ink horse

Here is a new piece that will be going up in a gallery in Lafayette LA along with a couple others. Ink on paper, 22″ x 28″.

April 11, 2013 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: black and white, horse, ink and brush | Leave A Comment »

Long time no see

So I’ve been a lazy shit about updating lately. I’m gonna try to be better about that. I’ve got a lot of new things coming up. So to start back up here is a sketch testing out a new koh-I-noor pen.

April 9, 2013 | Categories: Art, black and white, johnathan martel, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: black and white, pen and ink, Sketch, surreal | 1 Comment »

new print up on society6

This print is now up for sale at society6.com! Buy one!

http://society6.com/swervdriven/Armageddon-mA4_Print

February 7, 2013 | Categories: Art, digital, illustration, johnathan martel, photoshop, prints, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: digital art, illustration, johnathan martel, photoshop, prints, psychedelic, surreal | 1 Comment »

Gouache piece from a couple weeks ago.

Just getting around to putting this up.

February 7, 2013 | Categories: Art, gouache, illustration, johnathan martel, Paint, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, girl, Gouache, illustration, johnathan martel, psychedelic, surreal, watercolor | Leave A Comment »

Fracture

I think I am just about finished with this one. I think I will be doing some more in this style. I enjoyed this a lot. $fracture$

January 30, 2013 | Categories: Art, illustration, johnathan martel, Paint, surrealism, watercolors | Tags: art, girl, illustration, psychedelic, surreal, watercolor, watercolors | 1 Comment »

Water colors in progress

Started this last night.

January 29, 2013 | Categories: Art, johnathan martel, Paint, psychedelic, surrealism, watercolors, work in progress | Tags: art, psychedelic, surreal, watercolors, work in progress | 1 Comment »

Finished colors

Here are the colors I added to the inks from my last post.

December 11, 2012 | Categories: Art, digital, illustration, Pen and ink, photoshop, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, digital art, illustration, photoshop, psychedelic, surreal | 2 Comments »

Oak prints for sale

Prints of this (finally) finished piece are available at my Society6 shop.

http://society6.com/swervdriven/Oak-0th_Print

November 5, 2012 | Categories: Art, illustration, Ink and Brush, psychedelic, surrealism, watercolors | Tags: art, illustration, Ink, prints, psychedelic, society 6, surreal, watercolors | Leave A Comment »

Headdress

I put some previews of this up earlier, but I haven’t shown the final product yet. Ink on paper, 22″ x 22″.

November 5, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black & white, girl, illustration, Ink, ink and brush, pen & ink, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

New thing

Ink and Posca paint pens.

October 27, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, posca pen, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, illustration, Ink, podcast pens, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Current

Another recently finished ink piece. 15″ x 22″ on arches watercolor paper.

October 22, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, posca pen, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, illustration, Ink, ink and brush, paper | 3 Comments »

Friday night art party

Crazy Friday night. Using dip pen with black ink and white gouache.

October 20, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, gouache, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, posca pen, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, dip nib, Gouache, illustration, Ink | Leave A Comment »

Finished

Finished this big ink piece. About 99% of this was done with a nib and the rest with a flat brush, using dr. Martin’s black star matte ink.

October 12, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, psychedelic, sci fi, science fiction, surrealism | Tags: art, illustration, Ink, nib pen, pen and ink, psychedelic, surreal | 1 Comment »

On the drawing board

What I’m working on right now.

October 9, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, Ink, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Armor

More ink.

October 5, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, surrealism | Tags: art, pen and ink, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Tonight’s sketch

Brush pen on paper

October 4, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, science fiction, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, Ink, ink and brush, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

New haunted head

Saturday night watercolor sketch.

September 30, 2012 | Categories: Art, illustration, psychedelic, surrealism, watercolors | Tags: art, illustration, psychedelic, surreal, watercolor | 1 Comment »

Another detail shot

More progress.

September 25, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, illustration, pen and ink, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

On the drawing board at the moment.

Sneak peek at what I’m working on at the moment.

September 24, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, sci fi, surrealism | Tags: art, pen and ink, psychedelic, surreal, work in progress | 1 Comment »

Hey everyone. I have finally made some prints of one of my pieces. This giclee print is on acid free paper and printed with archival inks. It is a nice piece, and limited to only 15 copies. Check out my Etsy page to pick one up.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/109389570/tentacle-timmy

September 14, 2012 | Categories: Art, digital, illustration, Ink and Brush, monster, photoshop, poster, psychedelic, skull, surrealism | Tags: art, art print, digital art, etsy, illustration, ink & brush, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

September 2, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, hand lettering, illustration, Ink and Brush, mokeskine, moleskine sketchbook, Pen and ink, psychedelic, sketchbook, surrealism | Tags: Antisocial, art, ink & brush, monster, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Johnathan Martel's Art and stuff. Collected here are drawings of girls, monsters, bugs, fish, and whatever else is rattling around my head at the moment pen hits paper.