December 20th, 2006 by admin
maintaining feeling of dramatic sky
Enlarge DeSkies - Digital Painting / Art Prints - 2006
I am feeling a little hidden - winter hibernation perhaps - working too hard on what seems a futile website reconstruction - and thought - this piece with a pun on disguise kind of fits the bill.
It also looks a bit like my hair these days, not that anyone should care. But what I like about this piece more than the word play was that I was able to take a dramatic sky - portray it dramatically - portray it abstractly - but portray it much as I experienced it.
The painting was a success from the standpoint of problem solving - from the standpoint of wanting to live with - I can’t speak for anyone other than myself.
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December 14th, 2006 by admin
creative process, making things one own
New notifications image
Well … this is not an example of fine art - rather a quick piece of play to replace a stock image for the Outhouse Studios shopping cart.
I am sure whoever created them meant well - they aren’t all bad - in fact, I left a couple a bit enlarged - and altered a few others.
Like most creative folks, I don’t like to just leave things alone. I like to make adjustments, I like to leave my mark, I like the process of getting something to look and feel right.
The above digital piece was fun … and that of course is a big part of being creative and why it is such a big thing.
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December 12th, 2006 by admin
availability for purchase timeline will soon be current
Works from Art Prints starting at $95
From the digital paintings done between 2004 and the end of 2005 - these are definately some of my favorites.
The work done in the last year is visible throughout the blogsite - articles and enlargements can be found by digital image. They are a few weeks away from being set up with purchasing options, but it will happen.
My hope is to be able to offer prints for purchase at the same time of introducing a digital painting online or shortly afterwards.
If you like the work, but haven’t found the piece of your dreams - stay tuned.
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December 12th, 2006 by admin
Creativity, Problem Solving, and Planting the Creative Seed
digital play - trying to portray "What’s new?"
I read an article today about prisoners who in their need for creativity and having no art supplies used coffee, fruit, chocolate etc to impart color - in some cases using their own hair to create a brush.
I have always felt that necessity is a great part of the creative process - improvising, making do, finding another way. Creativity is about problem solving.
For most of us, we have to create some of our own limits to emulate this kind of creativity. On the other hand - without any exposure like many growing up these days - there aren’t enough crayons for kids to even plant the creative seed.
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October 10th, 2006 by admin
saving early stage of digital painting as complete
Fennel Field & Sky - digital painting / art prints - DB 2006
This is a fun piece for me - because I decided to create 3 pieces out of one. I stopped at the above place and saved it - because I knew I really liked it where it was.
As the artist creating the piece, I was neither done painting or done trying to create my original vision or intent.
What a great thing to be able to save a piece but continue taking it somewhere else. I like the idea of different stages of calling something done.
As an art print, I find myself particularly drawn to the undulated field of fennel and the equally worked sky and mountains - very pleasing with the blue, purple, and green.
If interested in art prints or availability for this digital painting, please email: specialorders@outhousestudios.net.
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- Longfield
an earlier work which is reminisent of this piece and nice in its own right - please view enlargement for texture
- Digital Art
artist comments on when it is done - in collage section - different methods of course - but interesting to understand some of his process
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September 1st, 2006 by admin
digital source yields originals - accurate printing yields intentional work
I am not the only one who does digital painting, digital art, or computer art. A search of any of the above yields millions of results and no doubt thousands of artists.
Much of what I am excited about is the fact that the art print from a digital source is an original. There are no reproductions - just prints.
True - the image was created by looking at a monitor version of the piece - and in a sense that would be the original - but no more than the lithographic stone is the original.
Because the print is the place one truly views the work first - the printing aspect is critical. At Outhouse Studios, there has been systematic experimentation to get it right, and systematic experimentation with the professional printing company used for the larger pieces as well.
Without that aspect - the work would still be original - but not particularly intentional.
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August 2nd, 2006 by admin
working differently to keep things fresh
No Particular View - digital painting - Dan Beck 2006
When I started painting this morning I didn’t have any particular scene in mind - no scene burning inside me and no real concept. But as quickly as the first mark I found myself taking things differently. This is not an uncommon practice for me -
in fact, it is my
practice in both senses of the word.
It is important to keep things fresh - for me, it is often something simple. In this case I started with single lines to define the piece. I used a combination of freehand color gradient drawing, lines, and fill-in’s to make the fields and mountains what they are.
It is not a complete departure from how I normally work or a complete departure from my other work. What I was able to do without a specific scene in mind, was accomplish the feeling of hills, sloped fields, and mountains that is the Salinas Valley.
For art prints of the above digital painting - please email: specialorders@outhousestudios.net for quotes and options.
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July 26th, 2006 by admin
Digital Painting and Music
Synopsis…
Episode 1 - Interview with Dan Beck, song writer, musician, and digital artist. Dan’s music and art can be found at www.outhousestudios.net.
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July 18th, 2006 by admin
new work brings up the power of the actual art prints
Pick Aside - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
As I am typing, this digital painting is working its way out of the printer in the form of a full to an eighth of an inch of the edge, art print - printed on Japanese watercolor paper.
I can see just the first figure at this point, but I can tell the strawberry fields themselves are going to be quite scrumptious. Doubt one will actually smell the strawberries, but the layers of color and texture make this art print more interesting than even what one can see in the larger version.
Like every image on the net, nothing can do justice to being there. Because this painting was created digitally, it might be more accurate - but I am beginning to think that digital art may not be - every time I look at one of the art prints I see so much more, whatever the piece.
For art prints of the above digital painting, please email: specialorders@outhousestudios.net.
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July 17th, 2006 by admin
writing about digital painting again and its very existence don’t follow the rules
Valley Work - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
Just like the creative process itself, there are no rules when it comes to writing about a piece again.
The digital painting itself was about no rules. The hills and the dirt were both created using a lot of cutting and pasting - taking sections already created and twisting and turning them to create the undulations that you see in the work.
It is not my normal way of painting - but I wanted that kind of energy and in some ways I was trying to emulate the success of a previous piece.
I love the yellow and orange sky - I don’t know where it came from - but it creates a feeling I would never have gotten if I chose to be more literal.
The digital painting required working at different levels - in order to create the figures, the digital image was zoomed in close to 400% - and it was also zoomed out to make sure it was a balanced composition.
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