June 1st, 2009 § 0
in Costa Mesa, CA. This is at the studio that I am renting out with classical painter, Mark Cummings. Come by and check it out if your in the area. Here’s some info on the event:
http://mcoriginals.com/dayofart.htm
See you there…
April 12th, 2009 § 3
Here’s a painting I’ve been working on for the past couple weeks in Sean Cheetham’s class.
April 9th, 2009 § 0
An attempt at some mixed media in photoshop…
It’s not the best thing but I had fun none the less. I first started with a drawing on a wood panel and then put an overlay of duralar on top of it. I then took a picture of it and threw in some shadows and light in photoshop and had an idea to have flames coming out of the eye socket of the skull. I think this piece is more of a utilization of shapes and compositional study than anything. I basically made one shape to create the flames. Some of the lighting and shadows are created from the shape of the light that I first layed in photoshop. Those shapes were just warped and manipulated to encompass the idea that needed to be portrayed in that area of the image. A couple layers were slapped in the background and there you have it.
I know it isn’t amazing photoshop skill…but hell…I tried ;p
April 1st, 2009 § 0
I’ve been working on some paintings and drawings at the same time, switching from one to another whenever I feel like it or when I see something in the piece that needs something within its’ composition (something that I usually don’t do but am starting to find this rewarding). I’m still not sure if I am done with these…but I’m really liking the way they are turning out. It is kind of a stray from what I usually do but very fun and exciting nevertheless. The first piece is a painting of some lemons. I left some of it incomplete when I first initially started painting it. I then later came back to it and added certain elements that would guide the eye and make for an interesting composition.
The second piece is on wood panel at 24″ by 24″. This little one is going where ever it wants to go. I first had a figure leaning back and later put in a skull in the corner. Then I just played around, blocked out the figure and it is at now where you see it. I am not sure if I will do anything else to this. I might go in and fully render the skull but at the same time I don’t want to lose the loose sporatic quality it has to it. More to come soon ;p
March 23rd, 2009 § 0
Here’s an online interview of me:
http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/amelias_blog/2009/03/the_extra_in_the_ordinary_1.php
I’ve got some work coming up so hopefully I will be posting those up soon.
February 9th, 2009 § 0
from Los Feliz drawing workshop last Monday (2-2-09). I got there an hour and a half late so I could only get several drawings in.
January 31st, 2009 § 4
As you can see in several of these sketches I am experienting with slices and fragments. I honestly don’t know where I am going with this yet but it is fun to do. Sometimes I just use it to finish off a drawing when I only have a short time to work from the model. Sometimes I’ll draw a portion of the figure and when the model changes their pose I slice it in a desired area then continue another drawing.
I personally enjoy it because it gives it an ambiguity within it. It acknowledges that it is a drawing and whatever I do with it is solely up to me. I get to play around with composition, shapes, breaking weight, motion, and many other things. I used this once on a painting that I did in Marc Trujillo’s class but it was because I messed up the face. I basically took the background and cut across the top region of the torso to cover it. The figure instantly became not about the identity of the model or who she was any more, but a more subjective idea in that it questioned why the figure was there to begin with.
Here’s the painting. Oil on wood, 36″ by 24″.
January 24th, 2009 § 0
I’ve been sketching alot in my Moleskin sketchbook among the other many sketchbooks that I have floating around. For the past several months all I have been really using is a ball point pen. This has just recently changed since I’m not really in the “mood” to use it any more. I have just been using graphite recently and but that of course will change since I’m always changing and trying different things. I am sure the time will come again when I will use and abuse my old friend the ball point pen. If anyone wonders what kind of ball point pen I usually use it is a Foray retractable ballpoint pen 0.7 mm. You can purchase these at your Office Depot. I think that may be the only place where you can get them. Anyways here are some sketches:
