Joshua Biren

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Joshua Biren

Drawing and Painting

Joshua Biren

Drawing and Painting

Drawing and Painting

Recent Work

Sallet

5” x 7” oil pastel on canvas board
2026

#sallet #oilpastel #oilsketch #armorart #fantasyart

HOUNDSKULL HOUNDSKULL HOUNDSKULL

I guess this one already looked like all the sliders were maxed out.

5” x 7” oil pastel and gouache on canvas board
2026

#houndskull #darkfantasyart #oilpastel #sketch #armor

Small oil pastel sketch of an armored combatant from @cincinnati_barbarians at the renfaire

5” x 7” oil pastel on canvas board
2026

#renfaire #buhurt #oilpastel #oilsketch #ohiorenaissancefestival

Picked up some mini boards for small studies. What style of armor (helmet) should I do next? I’m guessing this is an Italian armet from the 1500s - don’t take my word for it tho

Still a fan of the deep fried one

5” x 7” oil

Oil pastel sketch of an armored combatant. Personally, I think it looks better deep fried in the photo editor.

8” x 10” oil pastel
2026

#oilpastel #renfaire #expressionism

Painting of my mother dying clothing for our family business, @thesilversquirrelpatchwork at the ren faire. Basement workshop full of makeshift dye vats - large dye filled garbage cans that get stirred with oars. You could say this where the magic ha

Don’t run with scissors - but it’s ok to stick ‘em up your nose.
Sketch of my friend getting ready to to work a day of ren faire

5.5” x 8”, watercolor and gouache
2026

#renaissancefestival #ohiorenfest #gouache #water

Sketch of a Mud Beggar at the ren fair from some time ago

5.5” x 8”, watercolor
2026

#watercolorsketch #renfaire #renfair #ohren #mudbeggar

A hike leading up to the base of Devil’s Tower in Wyoming from a road trip a couple of years ago with two friends of mine. One of the most majestic places I’ve ever been. The tower is not depicted here, but I know it’s up and around

How many years in a row am I going to look back and think ‘that’s been one of the craziest years for me yet’?
At least once more

5.5” x 8”, watercolor and two dots of gouache
2026

#selfportrait #watercolorportrait #wat