October 28th, 2006 by admin
Looking at painting stages in a new light - as one piece
Horizons is one digital painting in different stages. For purposes of Day of the Dead - it is a metaphor for life and death. Each stage is a finished piece - it is complete in itself even though there might be another ending down the road.
The first piece - like a life cut short - is innocent, open. Though nice to look at - there is a strong feeling that more could be said. It is easy to imagine though how a soul might find it was done.
The second piece - is more detailed - life has more depth, texture, a cragginess - with development it is not nearly as transparent. And although there is a much vaster understanding here, this also has the nagging feeling of there being more to say - yet it also is complete.
The third piece - is more representative of a long life. It is developed, it has unexpected turns, a clearer sense of man’s size and a strong awareness of people left behind still working.
- These art prints are part of a multi-cultural celebration of Día de los Muertos. Last year Bailando con la Muerte - Dancing with Death had participants from France and China.
- This is no longer only a Mexican tradition - and with luck it is the kind of thing which helps us to recognize we are all one people.
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November 29th, 2005 by admin
visual clues, size, depth, shadows, and pizazz
The trees and shrubs have now been defined better and the fields in front now have a deeper color with some more imaginative tones in the green fields - perhaps hidden in normal viewing, perhaps imagined - such as we might have seen from Van Gogh, Cezanne, or Monet to name a few.
This is the last image before the final finished piece. A number of things have been added to give the piece more of the "mmph" I was looking for and more of the sense of space.
First off, there is a tractor added. Its size gives the mountains and everything else a greater sense of space and grandeur. There is also a rather large shadowed area in the crease of the hills as well as the forefront of the left hill. My feeling is that this creates some movement within what is generally a pretty peaceful and still scene. The shadow enhances the depth and promotes eye movement around the piece.
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November 20th, 2005 by admin
Views of art development and digital art painting
Stage 1 of Digital Painting
It was suggested to me that I give a demonstration of how a piece is created. This particular piece was painted with that intent. At various stages of its process, I saved the piece so the development and change could be seen readily.
This scene comes from a section of a descending road coming to the base of Toro Mountain. It is not particularly literal though it takes aspects of that scene and puts them together. The end result is intended to have a similar feeling.
Stage 1 is simply a sketch, I have used mostly overlapping gradient colors to gain the initital layout.
In the second stage, I have started to lay in more color and the mountains in back with the ascending hills are starting to take shape.
The third stage, which is all I will share for today, has the trees added in layered colors and the mountains have more texture and color - again giving them more shape.
More alterations, color, and additions will follow - but like myself creating it - you will have to wait to see how it unfolds.
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The first piece - like a life cut short - is innocent, open. Though nice to look at - there is a strong feeling that more could be said. It is easy to imagine though how a soul might find it was done.
The second piece - is more detailed - life has more depth, texture, a cragginess - with development it is not nearly as transparent. And although there is a much vaster understanding here, this also has the nagging feeling of there being more to say - yet it also is complete.
The third piece - is more representative of a long life. It is developed, it has unexpected turns, a clearer sense of man’s size and a strong awareness of people left behind still working.
