Love her.The arrows are raised (3-D). I like her heart shaped face. She just showed up from FAR away…She just came out. I think she’s as incredulous about current events as I am.I love her. She looks beautiful in spite of having too many tabs open (story of my life).I started all of these in one week.Step one: drawing with watercolor pencil.ShadingActivated watercolor pencil on hair, etc.Activated the rest of the shading Painted
The pic above is an homage to my HS friends, Andrea and Lorri. Andrea is still my dearest friend.
Back in the day
I have received a Commission to paint a work mate’s portrait. This will be my 2nd Commission.
I am an artist. Apparently I am becoming a professional artist.
I have folks staying with me in my home, and they are awesome (my kitchen is CLEAN y’all!) so I come to Woodbridge for the weekends…spending time with my Man.
While the Raiders win
I bring my Art Bag with me (most everywhere) so the is always something to create/draw/paint/color/whathaveyou
My Art Bag
My BFF jokes that it’s the biggest backpack not carried by a camper…
Still, tho…the world is on fire here on the west coast and the air is atrocious
If you’re not familiar with Purple Air, the numbers should be under 50.
I sketched this out today…I plan to redo it in color on canvas…
My style…I started drawing at least one face per day and have a blast doing so…
I have stellar fellow art students that I am connecting with online, and I am blessed with opportunities to keep learning.
I have been taking year-long, online art classes from Effy Wild. I started with Journal 52 when Effy took it over from the prior instructor, then in 2019 I participated in Book of Days, and now I’m in Moonshine for 2020. What a year so far!
Our latest lesson was a blast and I’m really starting to feel like I’m discovering my artistic style
I used my water-soluble pencil for the first time and I LOVE the watercolor effect
Liked it so much, I almost didn’t want to go further and “mess her up”
I dont have the exact supplies as my instructor but I make do with what I have.
I used red, white, and blue glitter paint as I didn’t have violet. I tried my red over the gold for the background but I thought it was too pink……so I covered it with Pyrole Red and wiped some back off. If I’d thought it through, I’d have used a more transparent red.
After I covered her glittery hair with nickel azo gold, I used a stencil to put the swirly gold marks.
Then I worked on her face. I’ve been sketching and shading at least a face per day for a few weeks now and I can absolutely see improvement in in my technique over that amount of time…
The quote is, “She’s mad but she’s magic. There’s no lie in her fire.” – Bukowski
I think this creation is inspiring me to work on canvas so that I can show some of my work in a local spot (I live and work in the downtown arts district).
My second Brother, the most fatherly of my Brohim, asked me to create a painting for a dear family friend. We have known Mike since I was about 8, so it’s a long time we’re talking about here.
Pages from an old book of Mozart scores makes the first layer…
Mike plays guitar and my Brother, Joe, plays the tenor saxophone, so I included an image of a Gibson Les Paul and a tenor sax.
A tenor sax is only a few inches shorter than a Les Paul…close enough.
I added layers of ultramarine glaze to the background.
So…I have a thing for circles and decided to add one here. Modeling paste is a blast to work with…I love the texture. I decided to shift the layers to convey movement. Gold glazing to shine it all up someThis is the final version under one type of lightingThe final version in different lighting, complete with gilded edges and my signature on the back.
I delivered this to my Bro yesterday, and even though it’s belated, Happy Birthday Mike!
Horatio and Emily 