Shout Out to Mark Ryden

Mark Ryden

I encountered Mark Ryden's artwork in the contemporary art magazine Hi-Fructose, which was the first time that I picked up this magazine at my local bookstore.  The artworks were drawings done by Ryden using pencil with watercolor washes.  Ryden is known as a painter, but his drawings are also masterful.  I was so inspired by his drawings that I picked up a colored pencil set at the art supply store in order to engage in colorful drawings.  Though Ryden doesn't use colored pencil, his drawings have a colored pencil feel to them.  I am truly a multi-media artist.  Enjoy!