12/30/2016
12/29/2016
Journal Entry 7
Journal Entry 7
Notes on pieces from last week
1. "Warrior's spirit" micro-poem. Tools: vectors, paintbrushes, and rendering software.
Tools of The Trade
I have upgraded from using a mouse to create digital art to a touch surface with stylus and digital art glove. I am working on getting used to creating art using the stylus interface right now. I love it! Everything is so much smoother and easier than using a mouse. I also upgraded software tools.
Photo of my new tools...The digital art glove and stylus upgrade :)
Notes on pieces from last week
1. "Warrior's spirit" micro-poem. Tools: vectors, paintbrushes, and rendering software.
Tools of The Trade
I have upgraded from using a mouse to create digital art to a touch surface with stylus and digital art glove. I am working on getting used to creating art using the stylus interface right now. I love it! Everything is so much smoother and easier than using a mouse. I also upgraded software tools.
Photo of my new tools...The digital art glove and stylus upgrade :)
12/28/2016
12/24/2016
12/20/2016
12/19/2016
12/17/2016
Journal Entry 6
Notes From Piece During The Week
1. Erasmus quote, was speed digital art. Paint, vectors and rendering software.
OFF THE DIGITAL EASEL
I have been working on art for my sibling for the holidays. My sibling has a horse named Misty and likes horses....So here is Misty ready in time for the holidays :)
12/16/2016
12/15/2016
12/12/2016
Journal Entry 5
Journal Entry 5
Notes From Pieces During The Week
1. "You belong" micro-poem, was a digital painting. Tools used: paintbrushes, blending, effects, a silk overlay and rendering software.
2. "Synergy" micro-poem, was digital photo manipulation art. Tools used: physical hot gun glue, photography, paintbrushes, blending, effects, overlays, and rendering software.
3. "Woman" micro-poem and portrait of model, was digital painting. Tools used: vectors, paintbrushes, blending, effects, and rendering software. I started with natural skin tones as shown in the sneak-preview, and I was painting at about 3 am Sunday morning and I had a moment of inspiration. I was not planning on having poetry with the model, but the inspiration came with the micro-poem which is a universal statement about all women, not just the model. The inspiration took the portrait in a completely different direction away from natural skin tones to something a little more imaginative and different in order to express the inspiration adequately.
OFF THE WALL THIS WEEK
Oil pastel portrait of Miles Davis playing a trumpet painted from the cover of the album Kind of Blue. This portrait was finger blended and signed and dated 2003. At that time, I used to paint and then cut away to complete the portrait, or sometimes I would experiment on the rest of the paper and then cut that away after I had learned what I wanted to learn. I have included a pen in the picture for size scale.
Notes From Pieces During The Week
1. "You belong" micro-poem, was a digital painting. Tools used: paintbrushes, blending, effects, a silk overlay and rendering software.
2. "Synergy" micro-poem, was digital photo manipulation art. Tools used: physical hot gun glue, photography, paintbrushes, blending, effects, overlays, and rendering software.
3. "Woman" micro-poem and portrait of model, was digital painting. Tools used: vectors, paintbrushes, blending, effects, and rendering software. I started with natural skin tones as shown in the sneak-preview, and I was painting at about 3 am Sunday morning and I had a moment of inspiration. I was not planning on having poetry with the model, but the inspiration came with the micro-poem which is a universal statement about all women, not just the model. The inspiration took the portrait in a completely different direction away from natural skin tones to something a little more imaginative and different in order to express the inspiration adequately.
OFF THE WALL THIS WEEK
Oil pastel portrait of Miles Davis playing a trumpet painted from the cover of the album Kind of Blue. This portrait was finger blended and signed and dated 2003. At that time, I used to paint and then cut away to complete the portrait, or sometimes I would experiment on the rest of the paper and then cut that away after I had learned what I wanted to learn. I have included a pen in the picture for size scale.
12/11/2016
12/08/2016
12/06/2016
12/04/2016
12/03/2016
Journal Entry 4
Notes From Pieces During The Week
1. Empedocles quote was speed digital art. Tools used: Vectors, paintbrushes, effects, overlays, and rendering software.2. The "light that cascades from your eyes" poem, was speed digital art. English version tools used: vectors, effects, overlays and paintbrushes. Spanish version, I was experimenting with a new technique... tools used: vectors, effects, overlays, paintbrushes, and rendering software.
3. Claude Adrien Helvétius quote was speed digital art. Tools used: vectors, paintbrushes, effects, overlays, and rendering software.
4. Immanuel Kant quote was speed digital art. Tools used: paintbrushes, effects, overlays, and rendering software.
5. The "my heart is a bird poem" was speed digital art painting. Tools used: paintbrushes, blending, and rendering software.
Other Notes
I have now spent six hours on the second digital art piece of the human form. I hope to finish the digital painting piece this next week. I have also spent about 5 hours on a new pastel painting which should also be finished sometime this next week.
OFF THE WALL THIS WEEK
An oil, finger blended pastel entitled Moving Forward. I painted this abstract pastel in 2006 as a wedding gift for the marriage of two friends of mine. I then drove 460 miles or 740 km, to hand deliver it for the wedding and visit them :)
The size of the pastel is 38 in. by 50 in. or 96 cm. by 127 cm.
11/28/2016
11/27/2016
11/24/2016
11/22/2016
11/21/2016
^CoRe^
^CoRe^
At the core of my heart
there is no gravity,
everything is free to fly.
At the core of my heart
there is no time,
all is a version of now.
At the core of my heart
there are no more flames to burn another,
now there is phosphoresce aurora borealis.
At the core of my heart
there are moments of silence,
harmonized by music, a capella and conversation.
At the core of my heart
there is the flavor of the stars
in all that I savor.
At the core of my heart
there is the aroma of clouds
in all that passes.
El centro
En el centro
de mi corazón
no hay
gravedad,
todo es libre
para volar.
En el centro
de mi corazón
no hay tiempo,
todo es una
versión de ahora.
En el centro
de mi corazón
no hay más
llamas para quemar a otra,
ahora hay una
aurora boreal fosforescente.
En el centro
de mi corazón
hay momentos
de silencio,
armonizada por
la música y la conversación.
En el centro
de mi corazón
hay el sabor
de las estrellas
en todo lo que
saboreo.
En el centro
de mi corazón
hay el aroma
de las nubes
en todo lo que
pasa.
11/20/2016
11/18/2016
Art Journal Entry 2
2
Second Digital Painting of Human Form
I have made a sketch of what I basically wanted to accomplish. This is something I have not done with any of my previous digital work. The idea is that it will help to achieve a more successful execution of forms and ideas, while I paint from my heart and soul.
Notes From Pieces During The Week
1. The poem about darkness, was a speed digital art piece. Tools used: vectors, rendering software, overlays, and paintbrushes.
2. Marcus Aurelius quote, was a speed digital art piece. Tools used: vectors, overlays, effects, and rendering software.
3. The poem about moonbeams, the art was a digital painting. Tools used: vectors, overlays, rendering software, effects, paintbrushes, and extensive blending.
OFF THE WALL THIS WEEK
A sumi ink piece done by bamboo brush and calligraphy pen. This piece was signed and dated 2005. The calligraphy characters are Chinese; one represents "Heaven" or cielo and the other represents "Fire" or fuego. The piece is 16.5 in. by 14 in. or 41 cm by 35 cm.
Second Digital Painting of Human Form
I have made a sketch of what I basically wanted to accomplish. This is something I have not done with any of my previous digital work. The idea is that it will help to achieve a more successful execution of forms and ideas, while I paint from my heart and soul.
Notes From Pieces During The Week
1. The poem about darkness, was a speed digital art piece. Tools used: vectors, rendering software, overlays, and paintbrushes.
2. Marcus Aurelius quote, was a speed digital art piece. Tools used: vectors, overlays, effects, and rendering software.
3. The poem about moonbeams, the art was a digital painting. Tools used: vectors, overlays, rendering software, effects, paintbrushes, and extensive blending.
OFF THE WALL THIS WEEK
A sumi ink piece done by bamboo brush and calligraphy pen. This piece was signed and dated 2005. The calligraphy characters are Chinese; one represents "Heaven" or cielo and the other represents "Fire" or fuego. The piece is 16.5 in. by 14 in. or 41 cm by 35 cm.
11/16/2016
11/15/2016
11/14/2016
11/10/2016
11/07/2016
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