After watching beautiful digital paintings by the artists; Most of you wonder: why not me? The question is legitimate, you can imagine digital artist, amateur or professional, and you…
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Daily Timeout for Art #33
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.
- You cannot get better at anything including art unless you take the time to practice.
- Sitting down to draw each day brings joy and is a daily reminder of why I like art, sharing it with others.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Daily Timeout for Art #31
“A Woman by the Sea,” is a simple #2 pencil drawing done on tan card stock. I love the look of pencil on paper. I hope to offer some more of these simple drawings in the future. As an artist it is always good to get back to the basics and just drawing.
Daily Timeout for Art #30
Here is another digital offering. Surprise, surprise it is another pot of flowers. I promise I will try to mix in something different. The title of this one is “A Red Urn of Flowers.”
Daily Timeout for Art #29
Today’s art entitled “Flowers in Yellow Pot” is done in entirely colored pencil. I must admit while I like the final result using the blue paper did not give the pop of color I was looking for.
To Draw Digitally or Not to Draw Digitally
I have been given a gift. It is not my gift of drawing or putting brush to paint and creating something from nothing. It is is a gift of a Paper 53 pen. I got the pen for Christmas and just started to delve into it’s many wonders. Let me tell you the pen is both a blessing and a frustration. I have discovered the creative process for digital art is a little frustrating.
Even with stylus in hand the digital canvas does not respond in the same manner as does the normal drawing process. All I can say at this point is I strongly admire all you digital artists out there. I know I will keep on drawing on my tablet and keep on learning but until I get better I will keep on asking myself should I draw digitally or not draw digitally. Oh yeah if anybody know of any good books or tutorials please let me know.
Daily Timeout for Art #28
I went back to my roots for this one. I picked up a pencil and a picture and drew with a simple #2 a picture of a girl. The piece is entitled “Fairy lovely girl” because the girl kind of reminds me of a fantasy drawing of a fairy or a female elf.
