History Teacher & Painter from Ft. Worth

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Pangea Collagraph Explainer Video

Post author By magick
Post date September 2, 2022
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Pangea collagraph project

A brief look into the studio practice of Matt “Magick” Szal with making his famous series of collagraphs – the world’s first “supercontinent” is the conceptual inspiration for these works along with “postgea” – the end of our Blessed Mother Earth…

You can view the parralax web story created for this video at the link below:

https://spark.adobe.com/page/4smzXGDArL6rv/embed.jpg?buster=1638774151698

Tags magick, mother earth, pangea, print making; collage

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Zen Deco Bungalow Remodel

I recently finished remodeling my +650 sq. ft. bungalow with a new style I created called “Zen Deco”, which combines the art deco style of 1920s &30s with a Zen Shinto shrine aesthetic. These are a few preparation drawings and floor plans I drew during the project.

My artsist studio with final sealer/varnish on floors – Aug. 2022

Tags art, art deco, bathroom, carpenter, ceiling paiting, design, dfw, ft. worth, hardwood flooring, japan, kitchen, magic, magick, masterpiece, painting, plumber, plumbing, remodeling, renovation, texas, tile, tradesman, tradeswoman, zen, zen deco

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Images from Spanish Iglesia Sketchbook – April/May ’22

Post author By magick
Post date July 19, 2022

These are a few of the drawings, check out my page below for my writing and the other observational drawings from Spain.

Spanish Cathedral Sketchbook – April/May ’22

Tags architecture, art, artist, buildings, cathedral, church, drawing, europe, france, spain

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Some watercolors & drawings done in France this April, rendered from life

Post author By magick
Post date June 8, 2022

watercolor, April 2022 painted at the Gardens of the Royal Palace of Versailles

Tags american in paris, artwork, cathedral, europe, first gothic cathedral, france, king, magick, magicko, painting, queen, sketchbook, st. denis, travel, versailles

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Burgos Fountain Watercolor

Post author By magick
Post date May 24, 2022

watercolor - May 2022, Burgos Cathedral Fountain in Spain

Fountain in Front of the Burgos Cathedral – Watercolor on Watercolor Paper ( 7th of May 2022)

Tags burgos, catholic, fountain, magic, magicko, magico, painting, spain, spainish, texas artist, watercolor

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Star chart

Post author By magick
Post date October 13, 2021

This is a star chart that I drew with aid of my pocket compass and my monocular hand telescope.

This is a screen shot of the Night Sky (digital version of star chart on an app I use) for the same time early on April 7th of 2021. I have improved a good bit since then, yet I thought I would post this one as I have not blogged about astronomy or making star charts with a hand telescope plus a compass.