Spent a little time sketching in the afternoon. It was a dark day and I decided to just paint something. I had done some dishes and they looked very nice sitting there drying. Almost everything was white or a bit off white. I fired up the old Procreate app on the iPad and went to […]
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A friend of mine stopped over. Rose Leon is such a calm, sweet, and positive person. Hopefully you get a bit of a sense of that from the drawing. It was a quick thing done on the iPad.
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Well, I spent a little time at the portrait group today. Carlos was our model. He is also an artist. He did a great job. Today, I was really considering grabbing myself a parallel palate. It was a bit odd getting the right colors because of the light in the room. I should really appreciate […]
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At the moment I am trying to work out some images that involve paper, patterns, and the figure. Before I invite friends over to model, I should probably work out what I really want to do. This is just an early step in that direction. I am probably going to have to go back into […]
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This is just a quick look at a truck that really wowed me while it sat in a parking lot during sunset.
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What happens when I crawl under a rug? Well, next I will be crawling under some paper and other things. Cardboard boxes and vector graphics – here I come.
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The UNM Taos library has had some great people to work with. Santana is one of them. I felt I needed to push something out before bed. I had a photo of Santana and put it up on my computer screen to sketch. This is just another iPad squiggle fest.
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Sunday was a lazy day. I really only accomplished a little laundry and this slight image. Oh, I did make up a model release form and I did run into a friend that I have been dying to work with. She is gorgeous and will be a great subject for a few actual paintings. The […]
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I finally made it to the Taos Society of Portrait Artists group slightly early. I was actually able to set up my stuff before the crowd arrived. Unfortunately, I changed my mind about where I wanted to be and had to find a place next to the glaring front door and a bit back. It […]
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It was an interesting day for me. As I was doing my usual searching and reading along the internet I came across a few sites and ideas that helped me to cristalize a few questions I have had about making art in Taos. A very good friend with a native background offered “I hope you […]
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It was a cold and grey day in Pilar but the yellow grasses and red willow branches brightened up the landscape.
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I have been enjoying painting with my iPad for a while. It is clean, quick and only a little awkward. Things came pretty easy, probably because I have been playing with using a Wacom tablet for a few years. Painting with a finger tip is a bit clumsy but it is nice to have a […]
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