Timeout for Art: Whimsical Endemic Species

I found this article to be very interesting. I agree. As artists there are times when the piece we are working on morphs from what we had in mind to what the final piece finally becomes.

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“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something.”  Steve Jobs

With great pleasure, I’d like to introduce you to seven new feathered friends that have given me great joy!   They can definitely be classified as ‘endemic” and are quite rare;  they thrive in a very petite ecosystem in Mindo Ecuador.

Only one of these hybrid species has a name;  the Purple-crested Puffball might be petite, but it is a bundle of perpetual energy.   The rest are waiting for names, and I hope that some of you will help with suggestions!

This little stinker started it all! The original plan was for a simple design of whimsical hummingbirds. The firstborn insisted it was worthy of a life of glamour! 1.  This little blue and green stinker started it all! The original plan was for a simple design of whimsical cartoon hummingbirds spaced along a straight limb.   Simple.  Fast.  The…

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Daily Timeout for Art #33

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A little offering,”Little Blue Bird,” done in ink and acrylic on an old book page. I like the pop of color in this piece but if I did it all over again I would make the bird a little more transparent so the words on the page bleed through.

One Month Down…

It is hard to believe I have completed one month of my year long art challenge already. Over the first month I have discovered several truths I would like to share with others.

  1. You cannot get better at anything  including art unless you take the time to practice.
  2. Sitting down to draw each day brings joy and is a daily reminder of why I like art, sharing it with others.
  3. Like believing in God it takes a lot of faith to look at a blank canvas, no matter what form the canvas takes and seeing in the mind’s eye a picture forming there. The faith comes in taking the first stroke and putting color down until the piece of art takes form.
  4. No matter what the finished piece of art looks like I must not get discouraged.I have to keep pushing forward and keep creating art because success only comes when you finish the race.
  5. And in the end I know I said it once and I must say it again it is my faith which keeps me moving forward in life and in this art challenge.

Daily Timeout for Art #32

While “A Man and His Dog,” is not one of my favorite creations it is still a piece of art I created during this long journey of my yearlong art challenge. This one started out as a line drawing, enhanced with blue ink and them colored digitally. I hope to one day revisit this drawing  and redo it maybe with colored pencil or another medium.

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