appreciating light and energy of an older digital painting
Flying Thru Sunfire - digital painting - circa 1998
What is new about an older digital painting?
I guess anything old can be looked at new. I think of myself as being pretty observant, but found myself just yesterday noticing something for the first time, which had been […]
personal perspective expressed in painting
Foothills Terrain - digital painting - Dan Beck 2006
I have found myself painting quite a bit over the last week. Inspiration and acting upon it are topics I keep coming back to - because I think it is lot of what I need to share.
Someone recently said to me that […]
texture, color, and quality of ink are unique to these art form
Two Pick - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
This like many of my more recent works fills the 13×19″ watercolor page. It looks complete at that size, but should also enlarge nicely beyond that.
Apart from the two figures and the story […]
luminous sky, abstract hills, twilight to grow on
Composite Twilight - digital painting / art prints - 2003
I featured this piece not too long ago as an example of a framed art print. I opted for it today for a different reason.
If I have no particular piece in mind - but still need to write - […]
Exaggeration and layout form pick of the picking
Two Pick 2 - digital painting - Dan Beck - 2006
This piece came as a direct result of not feeling like I had expressed myself fully about what I had seen. If you look at the yesterday’s article, you will see a digital painting and explanation of its […]
approaching digital painting figures first
Window View - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
I was very happy with this digital painting - I knew it from the start. I approached this computer art in a different way and was successful.
It always feels good to try something a new a way and have […]
Side by side harvesting provokes creativity and digital painting
Two Pick - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
If you have been following any of the recent postings, it should be obvious that the daily harvesting of strawberries all around me is greatly affecting my current art prints.
This piece came from a drive by […]
digital painting through the window conjures plein air fantasy
Rainy Halloween Harvest - digital painting /art prints - 2003
My most recent digital painting came to me by looking out the window. When I started thinking about it, I was reminded of the above piece.
This is the only digital painting I have ever done “painting on location”. […]
Adding color and texture - one thing leads to another
Window View - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
In some ways I like the simplicity of yesterday’s start. At the small size like directly above - the even simpler digital painting seems to work better for me. However, when it is printed at […]
digital medium and image size give art print gratification
Pickin’ Start - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
This is the most recently finished digital painting I have. It is formatted to be wide and fit a 13×19″ watercolor paper with next to no margin.
Most of my recent work has these pixel dimensions. After […]
