Posts Tagged ‘color’
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
how movement defines artwork
My Series 6 – digital painting / art prints – Dan Beck 2005
We are unique in many ways – but one of the things which clearly makes us different is the movement which each of us finds comfortable. As I look at this piece which is original art – yet number six in a series; I am struck by the distinct shapes which fill the space.
They are my movements using a mouse – they are flowing, comfortable strokes which yield this cross colored digital painting which hints at mountains and clouds, but never quite gets there.
It was meant to be on the cusp – that place that totters in between abstract and representational. It was meant to be done fast and with some abandon. It attempted to have the spontaneity of the first in the series. Everything follows something else and everything is followed – but intention is important – and at least with the original prints from any of these – they maintain the integrity of being original art.
See Also
- Abstract Art Gallery – the best works from this series are found here – examples of other more free form explorations as well
- Types of Sculpture in Stone – Though the main jist of this page is about Stone Reliefs Sculptures & Sculpture in the Round – there is a wonderful paragraph at the bottom pointing out – how it truly is best to not think about these rules or differences as an artist
- Art & Perception – a more scientific look at the evolution of abstract art coming from perception itself
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
figures at once – one stroke initial creation
Fielding – digital painting / original prints – Dan Beck 2005
This is the first time I looked at the landscape and was struck that I had to start including figures. I saw the field workers picking strawberries and the unnatural curvatures of their backs and knew I had to paint them.
I created a backdrop – colorful, abstract, and hot.
At the time, I had not done much with drawing or painting figures using a mouse and the computer and wasn’t even sure I could pull it off. The skill involved in painting on the computer – though related to drawing with pen or pencil is different.
Each of these figures was done with basically one big stroke of the mouse – the colors imparted fall on the inside of the curve. I am certain I took a few stabs at it – I typically can erase one such stroke.
I still create figures mostly this way – the first outline of a figure needs to capture the essence of the individual I am creating. I don’t know exactly how I see the figure or even how I have made the process rather unconscious. Understanding is useful, but much of the time with art and life it is a tool to make things more intuitive.
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Tags: Art, color, field workers, Original Art, original_art, painting, prints, strawberry
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Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
continued exploration of original art
Jazz 3 – digital painting / original art prints – Dan Beck 2005
When I am not sure what I might want to write about, I frequently go to the home page of Outhouse Studios and click on the Gallery Chance card – kind of reminiscent of playing monopoly.
If by chance it takes me to a gallery like the Abstract Art Gallery – I might have to click on Image Roulette – which transports me to an original image and digital painting for that day.
What is fun and probably not accidental about the above piece is that I was thinking about this process in the last day or two. I did a multitude of abstract drawings and paintings long before I ever started working with the computer. They were mostly about trying to convey a feeling – more about the energy and thought I put into the piece than thinking about colors or form.
The piece above – was done listening to some jazz from my collection – I can’t say what at this time – but something I was in the mood for – and simply having fun – being both inside the music and inside the art.
It was done in the style of a meditation – little internal dialogue – observing without judging and being the connection.
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Tags: Art, color, digital painting, music, painting, prints
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
and original blue clouding
Blue Clouds at Evening – digital painting – Dan Beck 2007
Sticking with my theme of original art – I opted to come back to this piece. I don’t know that it will ever reach my all time favorites. In fact, when I saw the blue clouds that evening – I was more struck by the unusualness than the beauty.
Had this been part of an abstract color experiment – or some bizarre reference to a “blue period” – it might actually be more accessible.
But I think because the unreal was actually real – it makes the whole work a bit fanciful – even for myself – who saw the blue clouds that night … and never since, and never before.
So the image will probably always be unique and the original prints – though likely multiples – will always be as intended … and always original art prints.
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Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Forgotten Sketch Shows Its Colors
Sunset Sketch – digital painting / original prints – Dan Beck 2005
I had totally forgotten this painting – don’t remember creating it – don’t remember the evening it was inspired by – it had kind of slipped through the cracks.
This was a digital painting that had made it into the last round of pieces to go on the website end of 2005 – but didn’t get included. I went looking through all my original prints and came across this one and was quite taken with the way it looked so much like a tissue collage.
Perhaps a little too evenly balanced to be a really wonderful piece – it still has some magnificent qualities – the sun and clouds in particular and the texture in the vegetation on the horizon and the more detailed yet not exactly lettuce in the front.
I guess I do remember something – because it was romaine I was portraying but I would never have known that by just looking – it was a representation like most art – enough to evoke a feeling and a time but hopefully be its own original place to get lost inside.
See Also
- Experimental Field – notice how romaine lettuce was portrayed here – both more detailed and more abstract – it’s not easy being green
- Original Art – discussion of different meanings and understandings or what original art really is and isn’t
- Tissue Collage – a page filled with examples – no enlargements here but one can get enough of the idea of why this seems so reminiscent of the above work
Tags: Art, color, digital painting, Original Art, original_art, painting, prints, texture
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
art builds upon itself
Foothills Anywhere – digital painting – Dan Beck 2007
When I started this painting I was thinking somewhat of the article I had written yesterday and the featured digital painting.
I was thinking about the character of the foothills – not just the Santa Lucia’s but the Rockies as well. I worked on a farm in the foothills of the Rockies in Colorado and the character and impression it made was quite similar.
I had fun with the colors and tried to work boldly and quickly – knowing that part of the results are contingent upon that.
But original like original art will always remain an illusive concept – because there so obviously isn’t any such thing. Even if one borrowed from no one other than oneself – art would still build upon itself.
In truth, we can’t even work in our own vacuum as we are our own audience as well.
See Also
- More Color Than Typical – guess you can tell this is by the same artist too
- Original Prints – no matter how original a piece is or isn’t – prints are always originals at Outhouse Studios
- Transpo Man Photo Blog – I really like the way he set up this notebook – lots of fun – feels like you are flipping pages
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Santa Lucia Impression – digital painting / art prints – 2005
As I continue to write about different aspects of original art, I keep trying to feature digital paintings which are either brand new or archetypal or both.
When I finished this piece, I wasn’t sure about it – but a couple of artist friends were. They knew I had captured something dramatic, bold, and special.
It is definitely original in that sense – my attempts to create something with a similar flow – Feeling of Rain and Tall Side Mountains were not nearly as dramatic.
I have done plenty of other bold pieces – ones in which I worked fast used deep colors – but the above piece does both so well – plus there was this element of chance in the way the fog came out – that I am not sure I could repeat even if I wanted.
To me – good original artwork – is not easily followed – even by the same artist.
See Also
- Santa Lucia Impression – art print options and availabilty for original prints of above digital painting
- Visionary Art – the art might be a little more interior design oriented than fine – but I like the concept – particularly the printing surfaces. Searched for “good original artwork” figuring on finding pretentious – some links lead me here
- What’s Visionary Art? – compare definition and website of American Visionary Art Museum – another original difference
Tags: Art, color, digital painting, mountains, Original Art, original_art, painting, prints
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Saturday, June 9th, 2007
not hours, but understanding and experience
Color Crossings – digital painting – original prints – Dan Beck 2007
I don’t usually think about how long it takes to create a piece, but I started this digital painting this morning and am printing as I write and just finished uploading the images to website.
It took six hours to paint this – I don’t know exactly where that stands. It would be little for most oil painters – a lot for many, but certainly not all watercolorists; and probably about right for me.
As a rule, I generally complete a piece in two sittings – I like having two perspectives on a piece. But today, I felt comfortable and confident as I rolled the hills and rowed the crop fields.
This original painting has a depth and a material warmth that feels good to me and it is also a bit over the top with the mountains and sky in the background.
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Tags: Art, color, digital painting, fields, hills, mountains, Original Art, original_art, painting, perspective, prints
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
original and same – pushing the language
Three Way Figure 2 – original digital painting -Dan Beck 2007
Don’t know if I left anyone in suspence or not – but here is the second of three digital paintings – done together with divergent paths.
When I started the piece I started with the background – and got to a point where it needed some additional color – I filled using different gradients but liked three choices and decided this time not to decide.
Putting off the decision and taking three different paths simultaneously was a fun way of working – an excercise I may or may not repeat. But it doesn’t matter – what is important is the exploration of different ways of working – different ways of keeping things fresh – and in my case different ways of creating original digital paintings and accompanying original art and original prints.
As I keep saying original art has multiple meanings – I see my art as a way to push our understanding.
See Also
- Figures Art Gallery – a good place to explore for similar work to above – each one original
- What Is A Print? – a basic on understanding the originality of prints – traditional methods discussed here only – but still aids in understanding meanings of original
- Meaningful Work: 10 ways to recover a sense of calling – this was not what I meant by different ways of working – but it is a good way of looking at oneself and is quite akin to the creative process. I like to pass on pertinent though sometimes marginally related links I discover which add to the content of my own article
Tags: Art, color, creative process, Original Art, original_art, painting, prints
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Friday, May 25th, 2007
original digital art – pigment prints
Original Article Black & White Vision
Original Article Colorized Vision
I find I can’t help mocking the whole concept of original art. This is obviously the same digital painting – but one has color and one doesn’t. In this case, the color wasn’t removed but added – yet they are both original.
They are also both original creations by the artist – separate files and master images. Each print is also an original because that is how they were intended – to be printed. I wouldn’t dream of hanging a monitor and it doesn’t look as good as printed at the right size.
But here again is the rub – digital doesn’t necessarily have a right size and the prints don’t have a right term. Art prints sound too much like a reproduction – giclee does as well. Pigment print I saw recently at the de Young – and as much as I like that term – it doesn’t have the power of etching or lithograph.
New mediums use a different language to create and perhaps communicate, but also require a new language to be accepted.
See Also
- Image Guide 1 to Blogsite – not only can I find previous articles by a thumbnail digital image – but so can you – - not always completely up to date but still
- More About Giclee and Pigment Prints – to my point that such technology is mostly used for reproductions albeit excellent ones
- de Young Exhibition – Guise: Recent Prints by Deborah Oropallo – though there is explanation about how these wonderful fun images were created – just “pigment prints” were used to define the actual pieces in the show
Tags: Art, color, digital painting, Original Art, original_art, painting, prints
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