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Picasso-style Painting by Alisa Burke

Had to share this post by Alisa Burke.  She shares a video of her doing a painting and does it with her baby girl, Lucy, in a back carrier.  It's adorable.  She's a great example of how one can be a mom AND an artist.

 Video Here

Abstract Painting 2

German artist, Isabelle Zacher-Finet  This is absolutely amazing to me!  I am in awe . . .

 

Abstract Art Painting

So many of the things this man, Jonas Gerard, talks about are very in-line with the concepts that Flora Bowley talks about.  They both speak of quieting your mind with mediation, painting from intuition and internal energy.  Letting go.  

 

Floating Paint or Dyes on Water

Ahmet Sahin demonstrates a very interesting painting style called Ebru, a Turkish art technique. Watch the transfer at the ending too.

 

Art Inspiration

Inspiring song and illustrations by Andrea Dorfman

 

Drawing An Eye

When I used to draw more than paint, I always chose portraits.  Eyes are still my favorite thing to draw.  This is a beautiful and quick video tutorial by Mark Crilley.

 

Scotland Highlands Painting, Part VI

As I mentioned in my previous post, the water had me challenged.  I made several attempts to fix it, but it seemed it was one step forward, two steps back.  I finally had to take a break from it around Christmas.  When I finally went back to it, I ignored the funky water strokes I'd made and moved onto the rocky shoreline.  

I painted the rocks while my youngest son was home with the flu, watching 3 movies!  The rocks were actually fun to paint!  My fear was knowing I'd have to go back and finish the water (eek).

Scotland Highlands Painting, Part V

I've made lots of progress since last month.  I painted the water not once . . . not twice . . . not even just five times (more on that later).

I blocked in the left side with brown so my eyes could balance the future color there.

Several more tweaks went into the water.  Sometimes my colors were off, other times my lines were too curved.  My eye knew something was fighting, but it took several weeks before I figured out how to get my brain out of the process.  

More later.

Artist Profile: Eric Carle

Eric Carle, a famous children's book author and illustrator, has a new book out named The Artist who Painted a Blue Horse.  It's about doing things your own way, coloring outside the lines, and encouraging kids to just play.

 

Horse Painting gift

1. My mom's birthday was coming

2. I had been sketching horses a lot

3. I told my mom I would make her a custom iPhone case (months ago) from a piece of artwork I made

SO . . . 

I got this idea to do a practice painting for my daughter's bedroom (see previous post) and make something for my mom.  My acrylic painting class instructor showed me photos of other artists that had added color into animal paintings.  My favorite artist was Laurie Pace. I was instantly hooked and had to try it. Here are some of her paintings.

I chose my favorite sketch and drew it over and over until I had it the way I liked it.

Then I cleaned it up in Photoshop, printed it out, and used my projector to make it the exact size I wanted it on my piece of plywood (w/ 2 coats of gesso).

I wanted my personal touch on the background, so I did my tradition steps of paste texture and added some drywall and masking tape.

I started with some typical shade of brown that you would see on a horse.

Then painted my background shade of blue (my mom's favorite color).

Here comes color!

And here is how it ended up online, as the iPhone case was in progress!  I have uploaded several jpegs of artwork for custom cell phone cases and Case-Mate does an awesome job!  

 

Then I played around with some close up shots, using my 50mm 2.8/f lens.  

I love the short depth of field it will give me.

This might be a new favorite painting style - I got to combine drawing, texture, bright colors, and I learned a lot!