Time to transfer the drawing to the canvas and then paint! Here’s a quick run through how I transfer to canvas. I hope you find it useful. I stretched oil primed, portrait grade linen over stretcher bars. To transfer the drawing I’m using: store bought graphite paper a book...
Apr132016
Transfer a Drawing
Apr62016
Tiling and Transferring a Drawing
You need to enlarge and transfer a drawing to your canvas but your usual printing service is currently unavailable. Not a problem. My solution: tiling. I scan my drawing and resize it to the desired painting size in Photoshop, keeping the resolution somewhere between 150 – 250 ppi. This...
Mar302016
Unicorn Show 2
Unicorn Art Show 2, Opening April 7, 2016 I’m pleased to announce that I will be participating in the second annual Unicorn Art Show. https://nemaa.org/events/unicorn-art-show-2 My piece, “Glimpse of the Unicorn” is inspired by a special place in northern Minnesota. It is a digital painting and I will be...
Mar232016
Real vs. Believable
While in art school I desperately wanted to learn how to make things look real. One of the instructors said to me on several occasions, and I’m paraphrasing here, “is it (the drawing) believable”? Lately this idea has come to the foreground for me and I’m questioning what “believable”...
Mar162016
Composition
I’m working on improving my composition skills. I’m taking a class and the instructor suggested Andrew Loomis’ book “Creative Illustration”. I read this years ago and am re-reading it. There’s so much useful information crammed in its pages! Anyway, I thought I’d share a few other resources I’ve found...
Mar92016
Oil Painting Experiment
I’ve been told not to paint with regular cooking oil. It’s isn’t a drying oil. Instead of just accepting this I got curious. Yesterday I made a little test. I used Raw Umber oil paint (it’s one of the faster drying oil colors on it’s own). The brand I...
Mar22016
MarsCon Minnesota 2016
There’s less than a week away to MarsCon in Minnesota! I’m very excited to be one of the creative guests of honor and am looking forward to participating in the events. I created three original pen and ink drawings for the convention’s program book. The original art will be...
Feb242016
Solvent Free Oil Painting
I needed a solution for painting without solvents so I turned to M. Graham’s Walnut Alkyd Medium, an Artists’ Oil Medium. There are several options out there but this is one of the products I have on hand. I’ll be doing an oil painting demo at a sci-fi fantasy...
Feb172016
Robo Show at Light Grey Art Lab
Last Friday I went to the opening night of The Robo Show at Light Grey Art Lab. I just can’t stop thinking about it, I think it’s one of the best shows they’ve put on. The range of types of robots portrayed is broad and each piece is a...
Feb102016
Artist Sketchbook
Keeping an artist journal or sketchbook can be tricky sometimes. Or maybe it feels like a difficult, lengthy chore. Stephan Orsak shared some insights into the artist journal and making it a fun part of the creative process in a recent workshop. I’m not a consistent scribbler. I’d like...