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Kathleen

Alé Mercado — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:30:17 +0000

New Presentation Design and CD Design.
When initially briefed I was told every song in the show was about emigration (of Irish people around the world). I came back with the idea of telling that story through the different stages: Departure, Travel, Arrival and Life as an Emigrant.

For the CD, this structure worked really well as I was working with a 6-page sleeve CD, which also helps with the narrative of the story.

All the illustrations are done with ink and dip pens on Bristol Board.

CDs are for sale. Contact the people at Dunbrody.

Hope you like it.

More gouache

Alé Mercado — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:30:11 +0000

Miller, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

These are other two examples of what I am lately doing with gouache: very limited palettes and flat colours. Hope you like it

Fucking Pirate, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

Adam & Eve

Alé Mercado — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:56:10 +0000

Adam, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

This is my first attempt to woodcutting.
Steven Aylin was really good and took me on a crash course on woodcutting yesterday. It was truly amazing. It was like being a monk a thousand years ago, carving something forbidden. Such satisfying feeling when the ink touched the plates!

My fingers are still numb and dirty… That doesn’t happen with a digital tablet.

Eve, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

Christmas’ Scketchbooks

Alé Mercado — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:44:51 +0000

It has been great to take some time off these last two weeks. Still there has been a good bit of drawing while watching films.

Here is a bit of a selection for you. Hope you like it.

Lihn’s Sleep

Alé Mercado — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:05:38 +0000

The second week of December I finished a private commission based in a drawing from a sketchbook I did in October.

This is the final piece beautifully framed. Hope you like it.

Click on the image to see a larger version of it.

Screenprints for THE MARKET

Alé Mercado — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:45:27 +0000

THE MARKET is happening this Saturday 5th December 2009 in the Arts Office Kilkenny County Council. The idea is to offer people affordable art from some really exciting artists. It is a good alternative to the typical market this time of the year as I don’t think you’ll be able to get anything christmassy at all. But rest assured, everything you can get there is going to be really special.

I was honoured to be asked to take part on it. When you come along you will be able to purchase special very limited series of screenprints (like the one in the picture) or some original drawings at really low prices

Some of the prints will be available to buy from this website after THE MARKET is finished so don’t be too sad if you cannot make it.

THE MARKET

Alé Mercado — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:18 +0000

Some Pictures of Peepshow

Alé Mercado — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:15:42 +0000

Courtesy of nerosunero

Image in the Background

Alé Mercado — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:21:27 +0000

I’ve been asked a few times about the picture in the background in www.alemercado.com

I did a large drawing that you can only see fully if you have a 21″ screen or larger. It’s not that good anyway, so you are not missing much.

I called it “The Evil Powers of Illustration.”

Lisnavagh. October 2009

Alé Mercado — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:26:31 +0000

We spent this last weekend with friends in a place called Lisnavagh.

These are a selection of the drawings in my sketchbook.

They include reinterpretations of some of the pictures you could see in the sitting room (mostly people making weird faces).

A lady.

The sitting room (Eve gave me a hand with the painting and the books.)

The view.

A couple of miscellaneous thoughts: “The Ghost that Walks” and Lorca’s “Romancero Gitano”

And finally, a great moment: Linh sleeping.