Creek side Landscape

Over spring break my family and I took a small vacation in Comfort, Tx. We stayed at a place that had over thirty acres to roam around, including a very scenic creek area. I took the opportunity to take quite a few photos and even get some plain air painting time in. This particular image was originally from a photo and then manipulated in several photo apps. I wouldn't call this a digital painting although it certainly looks like one. But it was created fairly quickly using various apps as opposed to actually physically painting it over several hours or so. There are two ways to create digital paintings or images, one where the artist is the creator and actually paints it using the different painting apps or letting the "computer" paint it for you as you guide it's creation though different creative choices presented in the app. They are both valid ways of creating art. And of course let's not forget the traditional method of painting with real paint.

Study of Picard

Here's a two hour study of Picard using Procreate.

Happy Easter! The Lord is Risen.

What a day this Easter, the day we as Christians celebrate as the day New Life has been given to us through Jesus and His passion on the cross. I don't have much in the way of art to share but my prayer is that those who see this blog will discover the life of Christ in their own life and therefore find hope and salvation.

Jesus Drawing

I tweaked my original drawing in Corel Painter; added some strokes and color. I think the overall result is more powerful and artistic.

Jesus

Here is another quick sketch done on Zen Brush. The original image used as a source was from a Jesus movie in the eighties, I forget the name. The actor was known for his intense eyes and piercing stare. It was quickly sketched from this image and I tried to keep the strokes spontaneous and immediate.

Japanese Style Print

I had fun creating this drawing. I've been practicing a lot recently with the ipad app, Zen Brush. I like the app because of the immediacy of the drawings, no pressure to create a masterpiece, just the pure joy of drawing. And it must be kept simple because the app itself is simple, not much to it like others with loads of tools and layers.
I started with Zen Brush and created the basic ink wash drawing. I then sent it over to the app, Etchings. That gave the crosshatching effect to the image. After that I used PS Touch and played with the color and saturation, I also added the scratches to the image. I finally used Pic Grunger to give some limited texture. I hope everyone enjoys it!

Time Well Spent

I finally finished an ipad painting that I started last month. I probably spent 40+ hours working on this thing, painting the large important areas and tweaking and refining the little details which seemed to go on and on. I did not intend to get so bogged down in the small details but that sometimes happens with us artists. We cannot stop, or we do not know when to stop. But I was confident for the most part on the ending of this painting.
The subject is my youngest daughter at the age of five. I wanted to capture her personality and little facial features with that unique little smile she exhibits. I started with a pencil sketch on paper. I then took a picture of that sketch and loaded into the app, Inspire Pro. This is a fairly good app and excels at smooth paintings, not necessarily textured works. I kept track of my progress and here are a few pictures of the various working stages of the painting.