by Ken Mattson | Mar 7, 2020 | Black and White, Charcoal, Drawing, Learning, Life, Sketchbooks, Stories
by Ken Mattson | Nov 26, 2019 | Drawing, Life
When I first moved to the desert, two of my sons shared a 1972 travel trailer with me. In it we slept like sardines for 3 years, while building our home. One wall, next to the broken stove, was for “Post-It Note” drawings. With this one, I was thinking of...
by Ken Mattson | Mar 6, 2013 | Drawing, Graphite, Invention, Sketchbooks
I’ll often spend weeks just drawing, developing ideas for paintings. I get to a place where I don’t want to stop – just skip the paint and draw forever! But the painting does begin. And then I follow the same path, now enveloped in color, one idea...
by Ken Mattson | Jul 30, 2012 | Life
It’s extremely hot, extremely cold, and wildly windy.It’s also quiet – no one’s around, and spacious like the ocean.I LOVE the extremes. They keep me unsettled and awake.
