https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SUDf25_kfk We started this month swinging. Last month we had Dark Arts at Sidney And Berne Davis Art Center. There I did live painting at the event. I wanted to get a jump start on my painting so I used the projector to get an outline. After the event I started to feel a little…
https://youtu.be/kvveVlKnIxI 🏺 PANDORA — PART ONE Before she became a warning, Pandora was a gift. Created by the gods.Blessed with beauty, curiosity, and countless gifts.Sent into the mortal world as part of Zeus’ punishment for Prometheus stealing fire. And then there was the vessel she was never meant to open… This is Pandora: Part One…
https://youtu.be/1XxyFVsWLR0 Featured modelLuna Moonz https://www.instagram.com/lunamoonz1111/ Welcome to Block Party 1 where a whole bunch of paintings get started at the same time and somehow I convince myself this is more efficient. This week, we’re blocking in pirates for Upon Dark Waters. I like to work on one larger piece alongside several smaller canvas boards. The…
https://youtu.be/VUBjfkM_P9k Day 1. They say art is not competitive. But, that doesn’t mean it can’t be. This past year each month I challenge myself to a crunch. In game development that is when you knuckle down, you don’t sleep and you just get it done. For my employers I will crunch for a…
https://youtu.be/LoPLMWQAOos It started with something simple: a photograph of my own eye. A self-portrait. From there, I began digging into the image, searching the colors, shadows, shapes, and textures to see what might be hiding underneath. This was my first real journey into pareidolia finding pictures within pictures and allowing the flow state to take…
https://youtu.be/8wxrc_b8kdo Hoist the colors. Today we Painted the Upon Dark Waters flag. This thing is growing faster than we anticipated. Sailors from near and far have peered into the dark seas. But it is a long sail. It takes time to build. But things are a happening and soon we will have wind in our…
https://youtu.be/qGbfxCEWpd0 Cocoa Akashic: A Photo, a Painting, and a Return to Creating Well… how about that last one? It was a little bit of a Debbie Downer. Maybe I should stick to satire. Or maybe not. One thing I’ve learned is that creativity has room for all of it. Sometimes the work gets deep. Sometimes…
https://youtu.be/INiHByoRO0E?si=fOvYJPVUTZyiuClG Day 4 started strong. The first order of business was blocking in the dog fight scene and finally getting the bear onto the canvas. Then I stopped by the studio and picked up an unfinished painting that had been sitting there waiting for me. So… I’ve got a confession to make. It’s…
https://youtu.be/J8cS1R97uMw Pictures where taken during The Great American Eclipse of 2016. With a Nikon D7200 in Wyoming.
