My Oldest

I've been working on and off on this painting for about a month and a half. I would say I'm a little more than half way through it. It is being completed with Inspire Pro and I am working it the same way in which I would work a traditional painting, perhaps even more carefully. It starts first with a sketch and then I begin laying in the darks and lights, gradually building up to the realism of the image. In this case I am working each area to completion rather than working the image as a whole. 

Chinese Symbols

One of the final projects I am having my students complete is to create a composition based on a word that represents them. They then research the word in Chinese and try to emulate the calligraphy of the Chinese letter styles. Finally they create the design to finish it off. 

Of course I always create finished examples for them and take off on the assignment myself. Here are some of those designs. Most was done on the ipad and developed through various apps. 

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.