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”
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Digital Apps for the Traditional Artist: Part Two – Procreate
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”
Digital Apps for the Traditional Artist: Part One
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 is Not Cheating
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”
In the Fall of My Life
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”
Hope
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”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tribute Portrait
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”
Not Happy with My progress..
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..”
Little Pieces of Art
I have been under the weather for the past week, getting much worse since Sunday. Went to the doctor yesterday, and it is not Covid, so that is good news. It is hard to concentrate on my bigger pieces when I am not doing well, but creating little pieces of art is manageable — andContinue reading “Little Pieces of Art”
Painting vs. Sketching Faces
When I was young, the only medium I ever used was pencil. When I took ”Honors Art” my senior year of high school, my teacher would not let us use pencil. Only pen in our sketchbooks. And boy to did I come to love ink! Then, our final project was to paint a self portrait.Continue reading “Painting vs. Sketching Faces”