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Ben @benargenta

Chicago-based visual artist and costume designer. Hoping to connect and make some friends on here. In Baltimore for work through the end of the month

Andersonville Morning. Watercolor on paper. 16x20”

15 min portrait. 8x10”

melting on my porch. Stay cool and hydrated this weekend, Chicago 🥵

Chicago Summer haze. View from the Montrose steps. Watercolor on paper, 16x20”

Uptown. Watercolor on paper. 16x20”

AIDS Garden Chicago

study in charcoal.

Sepia Ink on toned paper.

Charcoal on Paper 11x14”

Welcome back sun

Studies in watercolor

Lincoln Park Conservatory. Charcoal and pastels on toned paper. 12x9”

lil drawing exchange sketch of @kaanosaur 🥰

sketched at the Lincoln Park Zoo. charcoal on toned paper.

the drawing exchanges I’ve been seeing on here are so cute. I wanna play! 🥰 sketch4sketch?

Made my way out to Montrose beach this afternoon. All it took was a few hours to scare the seasonal depression away till next year 😂. Ink and watercolor on paper. 12x18”

charcoal and walnut ink. 11x14”

quick charcoal study

charcoal on toned paper. 18x24”

Drawn from life over zoom. Charcoal on paper. 22x18”

Hey Chicago! I’ve got this small army of mobile plein air painting backpacks/carts that are really cute... they’re the PUPAs (pop-up plein air) and the hope for the project is that artists will borrow them and we get more cute artists out there with cute PUPAs in tow so hit me up if that sounds fun!

Graphite and sepia ink on toned paper. 18x24”.

❤️ sending a big ol’ “hang in there” to my queer community. Feat. this flag I saw on a walk around the neighborhood.

Sunset over the Maumee river in Ohio. Watercolor and ink on paper. 12x16”

charcoal on toned paper. 8x10”

Life Drawing Study. Pencil and Watercolor. 8x10”

soaking in this sunny day like a damn 🦎 under a heat lamp

Sunset from Cape May, NJ. Watercolor on paper. 19x28”

summoning spring with a summer 💇🏻‍♂️

6 hr figure study. Watercolor on paper. 20x22”

quick study in sepia ink

Just waiting for temps to allow me to bring my watercolors out in the morning again without freezing 😭

Self-portrait. Sepia ink on toned paper. 24x18”

Quick study of Sargent’s “Man with Red Drapery” Watercolor, 8x10”

Valentine’s Day Collage. Ink and charcoal on toned paper.

“light painting” using sheer fabric scraps on top of a light board