Author Archives: EmybackArt

This weekend, I made a number of originals of a painting I did a few years ago called “A Snowy Day in the City.” I actually have lost the original painting, so I worked off a photo of it. I decided to paint additional 5 x 7 originals to use as greeting cards and displayContinue reading “Multiples”

If you are a digital artist, than you know just how powerful a tool Procreate is for creating original digital art. It is the app that I use for just about all of my digital work, and I know I have only barely touched the surface of what it can do. But I am notContinue reading “Digital Apps for the Traditional Artist: Part Two – Procreate”

Photos and Grid My plan is to share with you here some of the digital apps that I use on my IPAD to assist me in my traditional art work. Although I do use my Ipad (2018 IPAD Pro 12.9 inch) for creating digital art, I have also found that many of the apps areContinue reading “Digital Apps for the Traditional Artist: Part One”

Copying from a photo reference is not cheating. I often remind myself of this because for a very very long time I thought I could never be a “real” artist, because I always used a photo reference. That is how I learned to draw … I can remember being 5 years old and copying ScoobyContinue reading “Copying is Not Cheating”

As I enter the fall season of my own life, I have a new appreciation for what it means to be “middle-aged.” I have always loved autumn for its colors (who doesn’t right?). Though I will admit I really do miss the unmatched autumn landscape of the Northeast where I grew up. The Midwest isContinue reading “In the Fall of My Life”

I have been participating in the bi-annual Art Circle exhibition at Carle Cancer Institute in Normal, Illinois for a couple of years now. Usually, I submit a painting that is complete, but not at the gallery for sale. This year I decided to try something different and submit a painting that I painted specifically forContinue reading “Hope”

Sharing a tribute painting I did of Ruth Bader Ginsburg after she died in 2020. I — like many — are often moved to make tribute paintings when people die. Like we are trying to preserve their essence in a permanent form. I think it is meaningful. The painting was done all in black inkContinue reading “Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tribute Portrait”

I worked on Frida for about an hour more tonight and I am still not happy with how it is going, I am having a very hard time with her face and skin tone. Looks okay when Ian working on it but when I step away… Ugh think I’m going to put this on holdContinue reading “Not Happy with My progress..”