6 (progress)

I've been working on my large rainbow swirl painting a little bit... from now on I'm calling it my "6" painting, since that is the title of it.

Notice the white space is gone!  That hasn't happened in awhile.  I also painted over some areas that have been more or less untouched since the beginning.  It turns out they were fitting in the direction I plan on taking this painting...

I REALLY want to finish this painting this summer since I'm:

a) almost sick of working on it
b) REALLY want to start something new on a clean white canvas
c) want to actually finish a project for once.

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Progress

I actually did some painting on Sunday (a nice change of pace).  Don't think I painted since I was back in my old apartment!  It felt great.... BUT the heat/humidty/rain made my acrylic paints act funky and dry fast.  (And I like when they dry fast... but this, whew... too fast)

See some details from the painting:

Old progress updates of the same painting (so you can see how far I came... or not):

September 8, 2009
July 17, 2009
June 6, 2009
May 1, 2009
April 29, 2009

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1 year ago today

Here is the painting as it stands now... can you spot the difference... or the "sore thumbs" that I still need to work out?

Today is the one year anniversary of my blog!!  I can't believe where I was one year ago, both as an artist or as a person!  A lot has changed, almost all for the better.

Thank you everyone for reading my blog and by doing so, supporting me and my artistic "dreams" (we can just call them silly ideas).

I hope I have many more years sharing my art with you guys!

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Remember This?

Remember this?  Well I worked on it a little on Saturday and Sunday.  Here are two pictures after Saturday.  Currently it's hanging on my wall upside down, so I can figure out the parts that I have been "stuck" on since the beginning:

I'll upload pictures from Sunday another day this week.

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the back-side

I finally finished doodling the back of my doodle sketchbook!  Well I actually finished it awhile ago, but just remembered I didn't post it this past weekend. hehe.  I posted the front back in September!

I have 3 cartoons from this weekend... I'll have to scan and post them later!

PS I just realized my sketchbook is upside-down in the photo... oops!  You still get the gist right?!

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Happy October!

I apologize for being really inconsistent... if you are up to hearing my excuse: work has been busy and my life has been even busier!  So here is one from the archives... I AM going to draw tonight... even if I have to stay up later.

This was a project for my design fundamentals class in college.  We had to incorporate 2 images representing opposites into the same graphic.  I chose a bat to represent dark and a dove to represent light.  We had to use 3 colors; black, white, and another of our choosing.  If you look closely you can see a sun and a moon incorporated into the graphic as well.

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I'm back.. for real this time!

Hey! Happy Tuesday that thinks it's a Monday! I am sorry for my absence recently. I've been sick this past week and didn't do any art work. But I did get to paint for a few hours last night AND did some sketching! My sketch isn't done yet, but I can share the progress of my painting since it seems like I will NEVER be finished!

I worked on the yellow (it's hard to see) and I touched up the green.

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Dun Dun Dunnnnn

My art contest entries are due in a little bit. Eeek! Looking back on them, I dont know if they are good enough to be in it... but I guess it's too late now.

These are the entries I put in:

The new "Adidas" Doodle... without the logo

"View from Brooklyn"
"View Uptown"
"Washington Square Arc"

"Wooden Indian & Harvest"

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"Forgotten Childhood"

I did this painting in the same class I did the painting from my last post. Our teacher set up a still life of run down drab things. It was our challenge to make an interesting composition and painting.

The last painting was 2'x2'... this one is 4'x4'. Needless to say it's quite large, I don't personally have it, my parents have it hanging in their stairwell... it's the only place that doesn't dwarf the wall and look awkward.

My favorite part of the painting is the shoe

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All the world's a stage

I have mornings and weekends free with my 12-8 work schedule, and the Art Center of Northern New Jersey is literally right down the street so I was looking at classes when I ran across a call for entries for a juried art show. I haven't done an art show since the photography one in February, I figure it's time to put myself out there again.

I know I do a lot of doodles and things, but I have a lot of projects I am still working on, and other projects I don't think are worthy (they dont allow all pieces into the show... hence the juried part)

I am going to enter the below painting I did in my painting class senior year of college... and the Washington Square Arc drawing.



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i LOVE Shoes

This project was an assignment for my painting 1 class in the fall of senior year of college. The assignment was to paint a still life from a birds eye view. While the rest of the class chose fruits and pumpkins, I chose SHOES (after failing at fruit... twice) ! Needless to say I never finished attempt #3...

I kept the photo I took of my favorite shoes (at the time). I started working on it again around the holidays, and again last night.

I have to say my favorite is the brown Birkenstock clog (my favorite to wear and paint). And they honestly do look that worn/wrinkly and discolored! Though the dark black spot on the top is supposed to be/going to be a shadow... dont' mind it for now...

The pink shoe was a nightmare... I kept the second attempt, though I should have done it last since it's on top. I learned that later on when I did the two tiny pieces of shoe in the left hand corner.


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A few (happy) steps forward

I couldn't leave an (almost) white canvas hanging on my wall, so I worked on it for a good portion of yesterday. And ta-da. Now I have to figure out what's going in the rest of the white area... I did take out 2 smaller elements i had left in there last week.

I'm not admitting defeat with this painting, but i am struggling to figure out what to fill the rest of the white space with... i have since I started this painting. I don't want whatever colors I put there to look like a background... I want everything to look like its their for a reason, like everything is working together and equal.

hmmmm...

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Paint swirls in water

I was painting again last night and I saw the paint swirling in the water when i rinsed off my brushes. I pulled out my camera, and staged a few shots. This one was definitely the best!

Have a great weekend!!

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Another 2 steps back...

I got looking at my painting last night... and i realized I didn't like parts of it.... most parts. So I got out my white paint and went to town....

I'll have to fix it this weekend when I'm stuck in my apartment on call and working.

My goal this weekend is also to FINISH one project...

Have a great weekend!!

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Two steps forward, one step back.

To enjoy my last day off I decided to paint. The goal was to fill all the white space so next time I paint I can go in with skinnier lines and details. No such luck, I didn't like some of the brown areas I created before I knew where this painting was going, so I painted them over with white. Oh well... maybe next time I will finish the under painting. On a more positive note, when I was painting the blue I was using more detail... so there is a step in that direction!

(sorry for the weird picture angle... there was a glare from the flash)

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Over the Rainbow

It's coming along! Yay!


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Call me a Renaissance (wo)man!

Holding true to my word, I am doing some more art (or at least posting it). I spent sometime watching tv and painting recently.


In all fairness I didn't do it all at one, mainly worked on the green and blue parts. The rest I did before my move.

The canvas is 4 feet by 2.5 feet. Not a shabby size. The bigger the better... haha at least as far as canvases go.

It's not quite done either. This is an under painting... the paint is applied thin and is just mapping out where I will go back in with detail. But it's a start.

I love how I already have it hanging on the wall... that's where it is going to stay while I work on it and when I'm done. It's taunting me when I walk by... "work on me, work on me, paint me, work on me, spend some time with me, make me pretty"... haha. yes... my paintings talk!

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