Archive for May, 2009
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Submitted by foothills & highlands
10″x8″ oil on RayMar panel, painted en plein air, alla prima, on Saturday May 30th - completed around 9:00am - $85 including shipping - I had driven to several favorite painting spots and couldn’t decide where to set my easel. I almost took photos and returned home (shame on me). But [...]
Dead Tech: Zipatone
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Zipatone is an obsolete graphic design material that would let you place a halftone dot screen across an area of a black and white illustration. Also marketed as Letratone, it came a thin plastic film with a slight adhesive over a backing sheet.
The dot pattern came in a variety of gray-tone percentages [...]
Spiderwick Meets Dinotopia
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Tony Diterlizzi asked a bunch of his art friends to do drawings set in the Spiderwick cosmos. The drawings will appear in the back of an upcoming omnibus edition of Spiderwick stories.
I drew Hogsqueal riding Bix.
Here’s a movie of the work in progress, drawn with a Niji water brush filled with Higgins [...]
Blog Hardware
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Everyone’s saying how the Internet is going more and more to mobile platforms. So I’m just curious: what sort of tech do you use to view this blog? Please check all the boxes that apply in the poll at left.
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catching the light at Harry Griffin Park
Submitted by foothills & highlands
Poor, pitiful plein air painter that I am…trying to catch the light and put it to canvas. Neither paintbrush nor camera can catch what the eye can see of God’s wonderful creation. But I had a great time beside the creek in Harry Griffin Park this morning…painting away as the creek [...]
Color Quad, 9051, abstract quadtych
Submitted by CAROL NELSON FINE ART BLOG
The inspiration for this abstract came from viewing the work of another artist by the name of Lois Foley, who is deceased. I saw three examples of her abstract work and was blown away by her use of color. Her style was much less structured than these pieces, but [...]
Flying from the Nest
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Remember the four robins that just hatched from their eggs on May 15?
In exactly two weeks, they grew up, opened their eyes, and fledged. Both parents helped with the feeding, something that doesn’t always happen in robins.
This morning all four flew successfully from their nest platform into the big dark woods. The [...]
Independence Day
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
This year, I’m celebrating Independence Day early. Herewith is my personal Declaration of Independence (minus the crinkly paper, fancy penmanship, and Thomas Jefferson’s inimitable style). Today, after almost twenty years of working in publishing, toiling in cubicles and offices, I’m giving my two weeks of notice and taking the next [...]
Pyle on Light and Shadow
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Today we continue looking at Koerner’s notes from Howard Pyle.
LIGHT
All things in sunlight are lighter than white in shadow. (See GurneyJourney post on this subject, link.)
A picture is more articulate where the light is concentrated on certain part rather than on all of it.
In a diffuse light everything is soft and close [...]
Bird Tricks
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
8×10″ oil on canvas $150
Among pet lovers there’s a small but exclusive sub-set of bird owners that actually teach their birds tricks. Impossible, you say? Well, I guess you’ve never seen a bird do a somersault. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/AmazingBird
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Wow. Some people just have a lot of [...]
Passion Play
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Working as a teenager as apprentice to a glass painter and restorer, Georges Rouault came face to face daily with beautiful stained glass windows showing scenes of the life of Christ. Born May 27, 1871 to a poor, pious Parisian family, Rouault’s faith was always strong, but it was his [...]
Pyle on Tone and Edges
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Many of you have asked for more classical art teachings from obscure primary sources. So today and tomorrow, I’d like to share some rare nuggets from Howard Pyle.
Mr. Pyle didn’t write down a lot of theories because he was suspicious about systems or formulas. He believed that pictures were made by inspiration, [...]
OUT OF THE VAULT: Daydreamers
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
5×5″ oil on canvas, $100
With this post I’m trying something new. See that little PayPal button at the bottom? I’m making it easier to buy my Daily Paintings. Now, if one of my pieces tickles your fancy you don’t have to go to my online store. You don’t even [...]
Commission Building
Submitted by Bonnie Hurst Paintings
I painted two versions for the client to choose from - on two different sizes as well. This is my last commission for awhile. I am excited to begin the summer with my kids! I will take next week to get my house and studio in order and then I will [...]
Band of Brothers
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
One of the most befuddling bands of artists for attributers remains the Le Nain brothers—Louis, Antoine, and Matthieu. Louis, who died on May 23, 1648, was born around 1593, followed by Antoine in 1599 and Matthieu in 1607, but even those birth years are partly conjecture. Complicating things even more [...]
Vine Growth
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Next time you draw a vine wrapping around a branch, here are a couple things to keep in mind.
Each type of vine follows different genetic rules. A bittersweet vine always winds counterclockwise as it ascends.
This large bittersweet vine was once a small spiraling tendril wrapping around a young sapling. Later the vine [...]
Cutting Session
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
What sets black portraiture apart from the rest of portraiture as a genre? In Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture, Richard J. Powell argues that the difference lies “in the artistic contract between the portrayer and the portrayed: conscious or unconscious negotiations that invest black subjects with social capital… invariably [...]
Memorial Day
Submitted by Gurney Journey
On this Memorial Day: honors to those who have served in war, and also to those who have acted bravely through other means to avert war.
The sketch is from the West Point Museum, on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy in New York, one of the largest collections of militaria. Link [...]
Fedkiw’s Math and Magic
Submitted by Gurney Journey
Ron Fedkiw, who works in the computer science department at Stanford University, has helped develop the software to solve a lot of complex 3-D modeling challenges.
How does hair behave when you shake your head, for example? There are complex interactions at the micro and macro levels.
Fedkiw’s analytical process involves math and physics [...]
Menzel: Beyond Appearances
Submitted by Gurney Journey
He was small in stature, only four feet, six inches tall. When he was young, his peers called him the “Little Mushroom.” When he got mad and fought back they called him the “Poisonous Mushroom.”
Although he was intelligent and witty, he spoke gruffly, not wanting to be pitied. He kept to himself [...]
North from Snodgrass Hill
Submitted by foothills & highlands
May 22, ‘09, just before noon…it was overcast, then sunny, then drizzly…in short, painting en plein air was a bit of a challenge. The light was changing by the minute/second and capturing the correct colors was almost impossible. This is a slice of what I painted that day. Going too dark [...]
Fly Away With Me
Submitted by BRENDA YORK’S PAINTING A DAY
20×24″ oil on canvas, SOLD
I just finished this commission last week for Gloria and Simon. Unlike most portrait painters, I gather a lot of personal details along with plenty of photographs. In fact, I like to begin the process with an “interview” of my subjects to get a feel [...]
Rub a Dub Dub
Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Any parent will tell you that one of the most “interesting” parts of their day is bath time. Thanks to a small armada of toy boats, Mr. Bubble, and assorted other tricks, Alex usually enjoys his bath time. After pulling my slippery three year old from the suds and wrapping [...]
Leonard Cohen, Courtesy of Barney Davey, from Art Print Issues
Submitted by Ancient Artist: Developing an art career after 50
As Barney Davey said on his facebook post: “Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah - at age 74 with more inspiring soul stirring passion than others half his age.”
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Remembering a Face
Submitted by Gurney Journey
One time a few years ago Jeanette and I encountered a crazy guy on the street. He started yelling at us out of the blue. When we returned home an hour or two later, a little shaken, we set the challenge of drawing him from memory.
Jeanette’s drawing is on the left, and [...]
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