never a substitute for seeing or being there
Tall Side Mountains - digital painting - art prints - 2006
I completed this piece yesterday and already shared the work and wrote an article about the digital painting. But because I really like the way it came out, I thought I would write about another aspect.
The piece […]
playing with medium, color, and texture
My Series 7 - digital painting - 2005 - Dan Beck
The series started out as play and as a series may never really gotten off the ground, but the works are still wonderful examples of how play can lead to something interesting and worthwhile.
The first digital painting in the series […]
Importance of do no wrong attitude and luck
Tall Side Mountains - digital painting - 2006 - Dan Beck
It is the case with creativity, that sometimes a piece feels like you hooked it. And sometimes a piece is completed, but just doesn’t speak to you as strongly.
It is the most fun when one is on a roll - when […]
The look and thinking behind matting and framing large printed works
Matted/Framed - Irrigate 1 - digital painting -2004 - Dan Beck
I have chosen a different way of matting and framing the larger art prints. One reason is the size of the paper is less defined, so there is a larger margin around the image.
Matting with […]
Development of Matting and Framing
Framed Art Print - Composite Twilight
It took me a long time to develop the way I wanted to frame the 13×19″ prints. When they are formatted to have an image approximately 12×16″, I felt they should fit inside a 16×20″ frame.
As you will notice above, this does not leave a huge […]
Attitude perhaps more important than Art
Grandeur from the Gorge - digital painting - 2006 - Dan Beck
The is the final in a three part series on the creation of this piece - from sketch, to filled-in sketch to the above.
I was successful in creating the majesty of the mountains in contrast to the smallness of […]
abstract style digital painting with links to related works
digital painting - 4 the Road Dan Beck - 2003
I keep spinning through my pieces - figuring there is a story to tell about each of them or at the very least a discussion about the medium or the art prints themselves.
When I did this I know […]
Second level of completion gives better idea where piece is headed
Unfinished digital painting - Grandeur 2 - Dan Beck
Like the previous article, I am sharing a piece before it has been finished. Unlike the first offering, I do know the outcome today and perhaps you will also.
The program I use has a color fill tool […]
Color in art prints create pleasing finished product
Treework - digital painting - circa - 1998 - Dan Beck
When I first starting creating digital paintings, I didn’t know very much about the program I was using.
I didn’t know I could adjust the dimensions to create a landscape or adjust the dimensions to have more or […]
Creativity is about taking chances - sharing an unfinished work
Beginning stage - Grandeur 1 - hopefully new digital painting - Dan Beck
Creativity is about taking chances. It is about being willing to try things new ways and sometimes fail… but also sometimes succeed.
Above is the start of a piece I haven’t finished. Truth is I […]
