I heard about a British art show called Portrait Artist of the Year 2020. I’m on the fence about it, but over all, it’s worth a watch. I had the first several episodes on in the back ground as I did other things. I like that it isn’t like American […]
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. –Babe Ruth Beasley says, “Okaaay, you can stay in bed today…..Just kidding. …This bed is much more comfortable when you’re not in it. Now get to work and let me rest.”
I haven’t touched this for a few weeks. With the holidays and work and taking care of my Grandma’s Dr appointments and things, I’ve been procrastinating.
I haven’t done gestures in a very long time. I need to make more time to do these. They are so fun and rewarding, even the bad ones. These were 1 minute.
Last week we went over values a little bit and I gave you a quick exercise. I recommend doing that exercise with every drawing tool you use, especially if you are a beginner. If you have a set of pencils, do one with every single pencil. You will see the […]
If I had an assistant, I would have them edit all of the photos. It is my least favorite part of the whole blog. I would probably blog 10 x’s as often if I didn’t have to edit photos. Unfortunately, no one wants an art blog without the art. I […]
This is what I have been slaving over for the last week… *Edit: I changed the color balance to show a closer version of the color of the painting. My camera takes very yellow pictures because of the flash. I need the flash because I am too shaky to take […]
*Edit:This is an updated picture. I finally had time to set up my wonderful HP Photosmart C4580. (It’s amazing!) I also finally installed Photoshop on my computer not too long ago and now I am able to scan my paintings and let Photoshop piece them back together. This makes a […]
This is a portrait of Joe’s mom. There are a few things that I really like about this painting, mostly in the face. I like the way I painted the eyes and skin tone. I don’t like that I messed up on the drawing of the eyes and they are […]
At the moment this is my favorite painting at the Art Institute. The image does not do the painting justice at all. If you get a chance to go to the Institute this is the painting you should look at. I think I may love this guy more than Sargent […]
This is at Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva (I believe.) I had a very fun day painting with Katie. It was gorgeous. We also were in the newspaper because many artists gathered at the park for a paint out.