We're getting more submissions now! Actually I think it's the same amount and just more pictures lol. But it's different people so that's exciting!
1. Mallory
2-3. Tia
4-5. Sheena
6. Yours truly
Great work everyone! these are really cool. I didn't get very far on mine. I'll finish it in the...
2023-06-16 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I almost forgot to share this timelapse of the first drawing I did for the Organic Form lesson. In my opinion this drawing was way better than the one I ended up with in the demo. I think because this one came out more as like an automatic drawing. I wasn't trying to explain what I was doing I was just doing it.
2023-06-15 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
For the past few days I've been staying in a motel room here in Los Angeles. I took a staycation to get into a new environment. This was kind of an experiment for me. I've been planning it for a while. I shot a lot of video while I was there so I'll say more about the experience and why I did it in the video. But here's some ...
2023-06-14 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Framed mini gouache piece
“Eternally handsome”
3x3 inches
2023-06-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s my piece on the wall at Dark Art Emporeum. The show was fun! Saw some old friends. Bought a scorpion keychain. Here’s the link to my piece at the show if your interested in this piece. There’s a lot of other great...
2023-06-12 23:13:04 +0000 UTC View Post
To wrap up on form, here's a real time drawing while talking about form. I go over the basic forms, how they relate to perspective, ellipses, using cross contours, the line of balance and proportion, and then I do a "doodle" drawing using organic forms. During that I talk about how form relates to value, which is the next sto...
2023-06-12 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the second lesson about Form. In the first lesson we talked about how to break complex subjects down into bigger geometric forms, how to combine forms, how to manipulate the basic forms.
This builds on that manipulation. When drawing things from reference, some times it's not intuitive what geometric form ...
2023-06-11 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This piece was the longest piece I worked on in this series. There were 3 false starts. The string thing, the decalcomania, then the portrait I started over it. Sometimes it just comes down to "make it more simple...stupid."
I like that I can see my reflection in the varnish.
I got the title from the episode of Ma...
2023-06-10 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
String thing technique, gouache, Frame, Chef kiss. muah.
This is what I mean by the "String Thing." I try to add planes to the random marks made by the string.
I participate in Tiny Terrors every year at the Dark Art Emporium. This year in particular I got carried away. I usually paint pretty small anyways, A typical size is 5x7 inches or smaller. I went for 3x3 inches for this show. I ...
2023-06-07 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI already paint pretty small. but I wanted to go even smaller for this year's Tiny Terrors show at the Dark Art Emporium. I could only put one piece in the show, but I ended up doing 7. I got carried away. And after I finished painting them, I got carried further away when I went down a rabbit hole about the history of miniat...
2023-06-06 02:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Art prompts are due on JUNE 15th! see the images for details if you forgot what the prompt was.
If you have any issues with submitting there, send me a message!
2023-06-05 22:47:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Acrylic on Canvas. 3x3 inches (5x5 inches in frame.)
This pieces is available exclusively from the Dark Art Emporium starting June 10th.
But here's your exclusive like to the two other acrylic miniature paintings. 2023-06-05 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I do a painting every year for the Tiny Terrors art show at the Dark Art Emporium in Long Beach, CA. It's a large group show of artwork under 8x10 inches (including the frames.) I got carried away this year in two respects. 1. I worked even smaller...
2023-06-04 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Painting Info:
I didn't do a walkthrough for this one. The process was very similar to After Party Delerium. So check that out for more info about the painting process. I'm going to give a kind of behind the scenes of what goes into making the videos of these paintings and my background in filmmaking.
Semi-step-by-step walkthrough of the process of this painting. I talk about the underpainting and grisaille (grayscale) method that I use to build up the paint before adding color. I also talk about trying Golden Open Acrylics for the first time.
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4x6 Acrylic on wood panel.
about 8x10 inches Framed.
2023-05-31 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Timelapse of "After Party Delirium" with a little beat that I made.
This series is now available on Etsy.
2023-05-30 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the whole process video of "Reflections by the Sea Side" AKA the meat hat painting. I'm jumping this video up in the queue because the gallery wants me to post it on social media to promote the show. But I want the Choir to see it first!
I started it with the atmospheric landscape. Which means I started this arou...
2023-05-27 18:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Some images of the finished painting. I didn't give this one a name for the gallery. if you feel so inclined, I'd love to hear what you would name it.
Painting info
This is the last Sweetie demo sped up with a little beat I made to go along with the painting.
2023-05-25 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Another sweetie watercolor demo! A little different on this one. Instead of talking while I was painting, I recorded a voice over after the fact. I was rewatching Mad Men and I just wanted to watch it while I painted. Sorry.
In this video I'm experimenting with two new(ish) mediums/products that I had n...
2023-05-24 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This is my personal favorite from this latest series of paintings. One guy at the gallery said it made him hungry for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and I took that as high praise. People at the gallery also assume that these paintings are done in oil.
I would love to paint in oil, but my studio is my bedroom. And t...
2023-05-23 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been submitting to this show for years and finally got in. So I just wanted to share my excitement with the choir!
2023-05-22 20:27:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) is the subject of this second installment of Art Life & Lives (hit me with a better title suggestion if you got one.)
The idea of these is to reflect on some of the wisdom or insight I find in these books before the information evacuates my brain.
This one en...
2023-05-22 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm really excited for the process video of this to drop tomorrow.
I made a video about the artist Caravaggio after reading 2023-05-21 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The beginning of this video looks the same as the last video, but it is a different video and painting. Straight forward Process video of my painting "Holy Smoke Show" (named by Choir member Mallory.) No narration on this one, just some sweet sounds and visuals of art being made with a little jazzy lo-fi/experimental/industri...
2023-05-20 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
