I thought I’d share a little bit of technique I used as part of my Water Elemental repaint project. The original image was made by drawing out the image in pencil on vellum, scanning that in, and then painting it digitally. Inspired by a suggestion from a friend, I...
Sep112019
Water Elemental Palette Knife String Technique
May22018
Demo for DemiCon 2018
This weekend I will be the Artist Guest of Honor at DemiCon 29 in Des Moines, IA May 4-6, 2018). One of the events I’ll be doing is an oil painting demo and since their convention theme this year is Down the Rabbit Hole, I’ve created an Alice in...
Oct122017
Is it Done?
How do you know when something is done? The deadline can be a big help but what if there’s no real deadline? My most recent personal painting seemed to drag on. Part of the reason why was life events taking priority, part of it was perfectionism, part of it...
Aug22017
New Art! May Queen
My interpretation of the May Queen is a companion piece to Jack in the Green. Their world is bleeding through to our own. I’ll show more of the process some time after I finish the painting. For now, here’s a shot of the drawing. I hope you enjoy it.
Jul52017
Plein Air at Twilight
Nature is one of the best places from which to gather reference. I’ve been working on a piece that is set during twilight. Using my memory, I made several attempts at a twilight color and value scheme in color studies but the look and feel just wasn’t coming across....
Apr142017
Foundlings: Strengthening Artistic Intuition
In my efforts to loosen up and trust my imagination more, I decided I need to strengthen my creative intuition, trusting my gut and follow where my imagination takes me instead of putting on the brakes too soon and following the “rules”. I think it’s important for me to...
Feb42017
New Art on Dura-Lar Part 2
Drawing on the polyester film was like running my hands across a length of satin fabric. This was the first time I’ve used it. For the most part I was able to build up fairly rich values, and erase back to a pretty clean surface. However I did manage...
Jan272017
New Art on Dura-Lar
For my most recent project I’ve been drawing on Dura-Lar. It was suggested by another artist who has had excellent results with the stuff. I’m using the .005 matte film. Like with the vellum I used for previous projects, I drew my lines on one side and am building...
Aug32016
Losing Steam, Regaining Momentum
The piece is almost done. It just needs that something more to finish it up but I’m losing steam. Here are a few things that have helped me reinvigorate myself to finish a project. Try and go back mentally and emotionally to that initial seed idea, or nugget that...
Jun12016
Owl Man Progress Shot
Finding a balance between imagination and realism. After the lay-in (getting a first layer to start setting up value and color relationships) this time I decided to tackle the flesh tones in the face first before developing other areas. I’m trying for a dusk or night time look so...