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yes this sketch again
tomorrow i’m going to complete my experiments with different media and i’m using this image again to compare them all. i like to sketch before i paint as a warm up, so here she is again
Lots of canvas
Two quick things
1. Instead of daily sketches and weekly paintings I’m going to have daily art. So if I paint, either a painting, or a painting in progress and if I don’t paint a sketch
2. I went nuts last night putting a bunch of drawings on all these canvases for my next round of paintings. Some of these are going to be the best paintings I’ve done
No idea where I’m going to keep these while they dry …
I drew a pic but can’t show a pic
Months ago I promised a writer I know that I’d help him out by drawing a few pages of a comicbook script he wrote. There are many reasons why I haven’t finished it, but today I did an entire page start to finish, penciled and inked.
I’d use some or part of it for my daily picture, but it’s his work, so I’m not. I may double up on pictures tomorrow, but for now, I’m just going to post this explanation.
Meanwhile, for your art fix, go check out Phil Noto’s website. He’s an illustrator and comicbook artist whose work I like a lot, so enjoy.
I also haven’t finished this week’s painting yet, I’m not sure how soon I’ll get it done, I’ve got a big week at my day job, that may eat up some of my evenings.
I also spent a good chunk of today organizing which pictures I’m going to paint over the next few months. There’s about six dyes I’d like to do, about eight dyes on canvas I’d like to do, and about four oils. That’s eighteen paintings, and I’ve got twenty four weeks to paint (till the kid arrives and life changes) so I don’t know if I want to use those eighteen paintings on these or try to squeeze some other work in. I’ll be taking a break from painting for I don’t know how long then, so I may try to sneak in some paintings from some projects I’ve been thinking about for a few years.
I’ll plan that out this week or next depending on how much time I have this week.
More studyin
Meanwhile, got a lot of good feedback from some of the models in the paintings I recently uploaded. And a few models and photographers on Model Mayhem. Lot of visits to the site, but no other feedback. So I learned that I can drive some traffic to the site. But I’d rather hear back from some people on this stuff.
I’m going to focus on the three styles i’m working now (splatter, shadow, and oil) and the two I’d like to start up (frankenstyle and AP) and the stuff with the palette knife. And the flowing fabric. And then worry about shows and marketing.
Though I will probably make some t-shirts soon
I’m an Oil Man
I’m an oil painter now. I never really thought I would be, but a couple of things happened to give me the opportunity and here’s my first oil painting in 15 years:
I’m thrilled with it. It’s much better than I thought it would be. In fact, I was so sure that I’d make a bad painting that I had to give myself a pep talk before painting it. I focused on the fact that no matter how bad it was, it’d be the best oil painting I had done in 15 years. It helped.
I’ve gotten pretty comfortable with the control I had in watercolors first then later with dyes and to give that up with a new medium was not something I was looking forward to. However I am enjoying the newness of it now.
I’ll write more soon about oil and the new options it gives me, how it makes it easier to show in a gallery, and my horror story of the last time I painted in oil. I started typing it all up, but it’s taking too long and I’ve waited long enough to post about this.
More soon
Dr. Sketchy’s Last Two Minute Pose
Here’s the last two minute pose.
A lot to write about, hope to have time this weekend. Lot’s of transition style-wise. Lot’s of paintings to post. Need to recap Monday night.
Like a Lempika
This is from one of my shoots, reminds me of a Tamara Lempika
Shot photos of some of this year’s paintings, will post soon.
Set up two oil portraits to paint soon
Worked on a dye painting
Still a little behind schedule, hope to catch up this week
lilah
The always gorgeous Lilah. Funnily enough, the last time I saw her was at Wegman’s. The next week I bumped into another woman who had modeled for me at the same Wegman’s. Weird.
Here’s a pic from my last shoot with Lilah. I added the dress. The pose and the lighting are very cool. I’ll sketch this one again when I have more time to do the mood more justice.
Work’s been hectic. but good. I remember the last economic downturn, waiting and waiting for new business to come in. So, crazy as the schedule’s been, I am grateful to be busy. Things should stabilize next week.
However, artwise, it’s tough to float on creative wings under stress. you know that when you’re stress the blood flowing in your brain travels away from your neocortex where your mind is active when you’re creative and travels to your amygdila where your flight or fight mechanism lives? Basically, this means that it’s biologically impossible to be creative under stress.
Weekend recap
Painted this weekend. Didn’t get photos of painting taken, but I did get some photos for this comic book I’m doing for a writer. I’ve been massivley late with that and will feel very free when it’s done.
Here’s a sketch for an upcoming painting
