Here’s a painting from an automatic drawing that I’ve been nibbling on this past week.
It’s been kind of a chaotic week. I hung the art show at Angel city brewery and it was just not smooth sailing.
It seemed like every step of the way was more difficult than it needed to be.
They had to cancel the op...
2023-10-08 00:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a hard life out there for a dark/surrealist/abstract painter. What's a weirdo to do?
Well, I take other commissions outside of my desired realm.
However, I loved doing this one.
The origin of this was teaching little kids to paint kitties.
I've learn my lesson the hard way, that if you...
2023-10-07 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This piece is definitely a study to be developed into a larger painting. I'm really into the color and concept of it. But there's definitely things I'm going to change about it too.
I had been really studying the warm/cool dynamic of color mixing in preparation for the color lesson for Intro to Drawing Bad Art for...
2023-10-06 01:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friend Atom uses what I like to call "Automatic Gradients" as a starting point for his paintings. Instead of scribbling he creates these little patches of color. Sometimes he throws paint around or presses the brush into the paint in random patterns. Then he spends a lot of time adding form and deta...
2023-10-05 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With Automatic Drawing it's fun to see the transition from the scribbles to the finished product so I decided to make a little video with the submissions.
I'll make a full video of mine at some point in the future. and I'll make a post with all the pictures of the submissions too.
Here's the s2023-10-04 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Have fun with it! Submissions are due Oct. 30th!
You can submit them through the link, or email them to me.
scumchoir@gmail.com
The painting in the picture Is an an ink and acrylic piece I did in late 2020.
I did a few ink wash...
2023-10-03 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little behind the scenes video about how I made the color amp in my newest intro to drawing bad art course!
I think he's cute and kind of hideous. Life can be like that ya know.
I think I might do another pass on him.
The second picture is the automatic marks.
Please try and get me your prompts by the end of next week!
2023-09-30 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe October Prompt will be due on October 30th!
You have until Monday to vote on these, I'll announce the winner on Monday or Tuesday.
Since this is the Halloween month prompt, they are more subject matter driven than technique driven.
2023-09-30 18:46:57 +0000 UTC View Post
timelapse painting with narration about this painting and why I'm not seling it.
2023-09-30 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Automatic Drawing Prompts are due tomorrow!
Submit them here! Or email them to scumchoir@gmail.com
I have a show next week that I'm going to be promoting on my social media. And. I won't be posting the submissions until the follo...
2023-09-29 19:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the demo video for the color lesson in the Intro to Drawing Bad Art Course.
This is the first painting demo in the intro to drawing bad art course.
And its my first real time, acrylic painting demo!
Since we're talking about color, I thought it made the most sense to do a demo where I'm u...
2023-09-29 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to enter the kingdom of color! This is honestly My favorite video I've done for the Intro to Drawing Bad Art Course.
In this video my goal was to do a broad overview of the basics of color theory for artists, and then give some practical advice on how to approach color.
Color is all about controlli...
2023-09-28 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Painting timelapse and a little cold medicine heavy narration about this piece from the Covid Colllection
Check the song out 2023-09-27 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm putting together some videos of the Covid Collection (the paintings I did while I had covid)
A little different format for this one. I was going to just post the timelapse with music like I normally do. But I really wanted to say something about this piece because of the strange circumstances I painted it under.
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In this video I walk you through the process behind the beer can design I was commissioned to paint.
I think it will be useful if you have to work with a client, or if you have deadlines, or need to come up with a system to finish art pieces.
I hope you enjoy.
*** Art Life Update:
I've been ...
2023-09-25 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a painting commission I got for the design of a beer can.
I made a longer walkthrough video of this painting that I'll share soon.
Here's the s2023-09-23 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally got this guy in a frame. If you remember, way back in July I found this beautiful frame for him, but I couldn't attach hanging hardware to it. So I put him in a temporary frame, hung him in the gallery, and ordered a new frame.
It took a while to arrive, and I couldn't find any time to go in and swap him out. ...
2023-09-22 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Timelapse and painting process for my painting "New Girl" part of the Covid collection.
I started with a very loose gesture drawing from a model. Then I let it sit for a while till I forgot about the reference. then I started defining it. my goal was to kind of abstract the figure. I finished this piece when I was sick....
2023-09-22 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video I'll walk you through how I set up my palette for acrylic painting. One of the big complaints people have about acrylic painting is how quick it dries on the palette.
And that is an issue. One of the ways I deal with it is by using Sta-Wet Palettes. It's kind of a process to set up, but it really mak...
2023-09-21 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Grab a cannoli and some drawing supplies! It's time for another Art Life and Lives! In this one we're talking about the making of the Godfather.
In my last Art Life and Lives about Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday, I talked about the inevitable failure that comes with the territory in art.
I recently read Leave th...
2023-09-19 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
9 paintings from the Covid Collection now live in the Secret Choir Only Shop.
Hope this is helpful for the Prompt this month's prompt! Sorry if my voice sounds a little scratchy, I was still getting over being sick when I recorded it.
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The music on this is one of my favorite beats as of late. You could listen to it here...
2023-09-15 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been doing all these Alla Prima studies lately. This is the first one of those paintings that really got the ball rolling. I was working on my fantastic beast, and designing my "Crossroads Joe" monster in photoshop. And I was just bored and wanted to paint. I decided to commit to painting something in one sitting AKA All...
2023-09-14 01:14:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm finally feeling better and testing negative. The worst thing about covid to me is the brain fog. I've had it twice and both times I just couldn't think straight. The first time I had it, last year, I couldn't even paint.
What was interesting this time was that the brain fog seemed to only affect my ability to ...
2023-09-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This started out as an automatic drawing and then I developed the image more and more. The cool thing about the automatic drawing process, especially when applied to a longer painting process like this piece, is that you can really get to some interesting and surprising places in your mind. And it all starts with a few scribb...
2023-09-12 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the piece I'm the most proud of from 2015. Beautiful Nightmare. It's a combination of spray paint, paint markers, and acrylic. It was a real breakthrough for me in translating my pen and ink work to canvas.
I was teaching myself how to draw and paint at this point.
I liked the feeling of pen and ink,...
2023-09-10 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
