ANOTHER GREAT VINTAGE TIN WATERCOLOUR SET

CYANA 
TOBACCO TIN 

 WATERCOLOUR SET.

SOLD!

OTHER TINS ARE AVAILABLE. EMAIL ME FOR DETAILS.

Contact me at my email address:

kenscottart@att.net 

if you are interested in having me make you a set similar to the ones you see here.

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DESIGN ELEMENTS WORKSHOP

Just completed the 

PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DESIGN ELEMENTS

workshop at Conner Prairie. 

This workshop covers the use of design elements that were in use during the 18th & 19th century ( 1730 to 1840). During the the workshop I discuss the common flower and bird motifs as well as mermaids, angels, fylfots, hex signs along with the artists and school teachers who practiced the craft that has become known as  fraktur. Under my guidance, participants have ample time to practice this form of calligraphy and to develop their own fraktur drawings.

 

This fraktur was completed as a sample for the workshop

 

Close-up of sample

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT T.C. STEEL STATE HISTORIC SITE

It certainly was an interesting experience to be

Artist in Residence at such an historic place.

T. C. Steele is the father of Hoosier impressionism. 

His home is a lovely place. The gardens, although not in full bloom this time of the year,

are wonderful to experience.

Virginia's favorite place was the lilly pond and its beautiful water lillys.

 

 

 

During the time of the Residency, I held two workshops on 

"How to Develop your Own Personal Journal sketchbook."

Among the historical journalists the participants reviewed were

Lewis & Clark, John Muir and John James Audubon. 

We also looked at the journals of Nature journalists, Ernest Thomspn Seton, 

Cathy Johnson and Virginia Scott as well as Peter Beard.

Two participants showing off their journals.

Another happy group of  journal workshop participants.

Me instructing how to do a title page.

 

Here are a couple of nature drawings that I did during my stay.

I have been named one of the top traditional craftsmen in America

 Early American Life magazine selected me

as one of the top 200 Traditional craftsmen

in America for my fraktur paintings and leather work.

HERE IS A NEWS RELEASE

ON MY BEING NAMED A TOP CRAFTSMAN

Ken Scott selected as one of the top

200 traditional craftsmen in America 

by Early American Life Magazine.

Judges expert in museum-quality antiques
and fine, high-end reproductions recognize 

Scott’s art and craft to be some of the finest available.

Scott’s work was named in two categories,
Leather and Painted, Framed art.

The Directory of Traditional American Crafts is an honor bestowed on a handful of artisans who work in traditional media, styles, and crafts. This is the second time that he has been named one of the Top 200 Traditional Craftsmen in America by the magazine. The directory is also a buying guide, presenting a selection of the best historically informed handwork in America. His work can be seen in the August, 2011, issue.

An artist who has been selected for the Directory has had his or her work thoroughly evaluated by a panel of experts. Scott’s craft was selected from among hundreds of entries nationwide. His leather hunting pouches and American frontier fraktur paintings were rated for their quality workmanship, fidelity to period design and construction techniques by judges expert in museum-quality antiques and fine, high-end reproductions. Because Directory artists so accurately replicate the styles and techniques of historic work, they might be mistaken for antiques. To assure this high-quality work is appreciated for the true quality of its modern craftsmanship, the Directory requires all work to be hallmarked.

Scott’s work is well recognized and is owned by collectors and historical reenactors around the world. He made the shooting bag for Billie Bob Thornton (Davey Crockett) for the movie, The Alamo, as well as provided some other props that were used in the movie. Scott’s work has also been featured in videos, tv documentaries and numerous times in magazines and on their covers—Muzzle Blasts, Muzzleloader, as well as in the Dixie Gunworks Black Powder Annual and The Book of Buckskinning. 

Scott’s work can be seen on his website as well as his blogs.

Website: www.kenscottpouches.com

Blog: www.kenscottpouches.blogspot.com

Blog: www.americanfrontierart.blogspot.com

Also search: 

Google/Images for Ken Scott Pouches

Google/Images for Ken Scott Fraktur

Scott can be reached by email at: kenscottart@att.net

TURKEY HUNTER FRAKTUR PAINTING

As you can see, turkeys and the turkey hunter are some of my favorite subject to paint.

I really enjoy painting flora and fauna.

Turkey Hunter

Watercolor, Ink & Pencil

Approx. 11" x 15.5" unframed

SOLD

NEW! GREAT BLUE HERON FRAKTUR PAINTING

GREAT BLUE HERON

WATERCOLOR FRAKTUR PAINTING
SOLD

This fraktur is OF A GREAT BLUE HERON hand drawn
in ink and then water colored on an old book cover. Heron is wading in a stream near the bank.
Willow tree is nearby. Moon & stars in the sky.
Size approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches.
Unframed.
SOLD

Vintage Lipton Tea TIn Watercolor Set

Another watercolor set made from a vintage tin.
This time, a Lipton Tea tin.

Inside view showing six pans of paint as well as the inside of the tin.

Items needed for painting.
Brushes, Dip Pens, Pencils and a glass water dropper.
SOLD

Shootin' Crowes

LIMITED EDITION FOLK ART PRINT. 

SHOOTIN’ CROWES. 

This painting shows a colonial landowner and his plight of keeping the crows from destroying his crops. He knows that if his crops are destroyed, he may go hungry this winter. He has caught the crows nesting in a nearby woods and is taking his toll on the predators. I hand tint each of these prints with water color, thereby creating an original work of art. Limited to 50 signed and numbered prints. Size approximately 8.5" x 11". A certificate of authenticity accompanies each limited edition print and is a valuable document that can enhance the credibility and value of your print. 

Hand colored and unframed $100. 

Note:Please include $10 for shipping, handling and insurance.

ROOSTER

ROOSTER

WATERCOLOR FRAKTUR PAINTING
SOLD

ROOSTER

ink and watercolor

Approx. 9" x 11"

Painted on the inside of an old book cover.

SOLD

INDIANAPOLIS ZOO NATURALLY INSPIRED PAINT OUT

Each spring, the Indianapolis Zoo selects a group of artists to paint “en plein air” (outdoors) interpreting their vision of the Zoo and Gardens. This year, I was fortunate to be one of the artists chosen. All of the artwork will be on display in the Schaefer Rotunda at White River Gardens for the summer, June 1-August 24.

On August 25, you are invited to attend a silent auction and artist’s reception at the White River Gardens. Reservations for the auction are required.  Please call (317) 630-2046 to save your spot at this event where you can meet the artists, enjoy light refreshments and bid on some fabulous artwork!  All proceeds benefit the Indianapolis Zoo. My apologies for my camera work. These are slightly out of focus.

Most of my work is painted on old book covers that have been up cycled and repurposed to become a painting surface that will continue to help us achieve a green planet. The actual paintings themselves are conceived from a historic view of the way that we see things. Each of my paintings resonates with an historical perspective upon its completion, a look and patina of having been loved and handed down from generation to generation, hinting at ownership  by a long forgotten person. I’ve always been drawn to things that have a history and a story behind them, things that show signs of wear or age. My goal as an artist is to create every item with an historical past with an aged look and feel to it.

THE ARTIST AT WORK

THE TALLEST OF BEASTS

FLOWERS & BIRDS

Remember the Reason We Celebrate Easter

CELEBRATE!

The Empty Tomb

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone has been removed from the entrance. So she cam running to Simon Peter and he other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"

So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first, He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind them and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus' head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally, the other disciple who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus has to rise from the dead.) John 20: 1-9

One of the Earliest Known American Depictions of the Easter Bunny

THE EASTER BUNNY

This drawing is an example of a Pennsylvania German tradition of decorated manuscripts known as fraktur.

Winterthur Museum recently acquired one of the earliest known American depictions of the Easter Bunny. Together with the Christmas tree, the custom of the Easter rabbit and colored eggs was brought to America by immigrants from southwestern Germany in the 1700s, and has become a favorite American tradition. This delightful image is attributed to schoolmaster Johann Conrad Gilbert (1734–1812), who emigrated from Germany in 1757 and ultimately settled in Berks County , Pennsylvania . He likely made the drawing as a gift for one of his students. A similar drawing, also attributed to Gilbert, is in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg.

These drawings are examples of a Pennsylvania German tradition of decorated manuscripts known as fraktur, which include birth and baptismal certificates, family records, writing samples, and bookplates. Lisa Minardi, a fraktur expert and assistant curator of the museum’s current exhibition, Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725–1850, notes, “The Easter rabbit drawing is one of the rarest of all fraktur, with only two examples known, and is a major addition to Winterthur ’s collection.” “This important acquisition allows Winterthur to document the Germanic beginnings of a beloved American tradition,” adds J. Thomas Savage, Winterthur ’s director of museum affairs.

The drawing will be on view in the museum Galleries starting Thursday, April 21. It will remain on display through the Easter holiday and Mother’s Day, when it will be taken down and treated by the museum’s conservation staff to remove dirt and grime from the paper. Ultimately, it will be placed on long-term view in the museum’s renowned Fraktur Room, where it will join about two dozen other examples of Pennsylvania German fraktur art.
This information is from www.artdaily.org   The first art newspaper of the net.

Great Blue Heron Fraktur

GREAT BLUE HERON FRAKTUR

WATERCOLOR PAINTING

SOLD

GREAT BLUE HERON FRAKTUR

ink and watercolor

Approx. 9" x 11"

Painted on the inside of an old book cover.

SOLD

COLONIAL BLUE BOX: WATERCOLOUR SET

Watercolour set in Colonial Blue wooden box
SOLD!

 As you know, I really enjoy making  for a vintage watercolor set out of an antique wooden box or vintage tin. This Colonial blue set is one that I recently made up. It is a neat watercolor set. I added four Windsor-Newton / Cotman watercolors to complete the set, a nice brush, pencil and an antique dip pen as well as a handmade dip pen. 

RECEPTION REGISTER FOR JIM & KAREN PEASE: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Just finished and delivered this leather bound and antiqued Reception Register for some dear friends. This is what the inside title pages look like. Opens horizontally instead of short side. Approx. 8" x 11".