Blog
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iPad Pro (Day 25)
2016-08-01 23:02:00 UTCI’ve really been into museum studies lately. Going to a place full of art and creating your own interpretations is always a great exercise. For the most part I created paintings of sculptures in the lobby of Yale’s Center for British Art. Sculpture isn’t something I excel at so I… -
Making My Patreon Video
2016-07-28 16:17:00 UTCMaking my Patreon Video was a very involved process. I started thinking of how to create an eye catching animated video to attract people to my page. I have experience creating animated advertisements for companies like Globalworks so I just pretended I was the client. The storyboards were created first… -
#stylechallenge part one
2016-07-27 04:19:00 UTCI was inspired by the artwork Autumn Massaquoi created for Artist #stylechallenge and did my own series. One of the ways I learned how to draw was emulating other styles so this project brought me back to how I drew in grade school. The goal was to emulate styles I… -
iPad Art by RJ Part II
2016-07-18 20:44:00 UTCToday I had my student RJ create some anatomy drawings on the iPad Pro using the Apple Pencil. He has mastered Brushes Redux so we’ve moved on to Procreate. To begin he creates a sketch using the Pencil tool freehand. To enhance his anatomy studies I then have him trace… -
iPad Pro (Day 24)
2016-07-16 14:35:00 UTCWhile in Manhattan recently I practiced speed painting at various galleries in Chelsea and Cooper Hewitt Museum. Speed painting means creating art that captures the subject as quickly as possible. It’s a great exercise for staying loose and really paying attention to what you’re painting. I spent five to ten… -
iPad Pro (Day 23)
2016-07-05 17:27:00 UTCDuring another trip to New York City I created more paintings from life. These studies make use of the Old Square Brush from the Procreate forums. These pieces were done at Brooklyn Bridge Park and indoors at the Columbus Circle Shopping Center. It was cloudy so the usual glare I… -
iPad Pro (Day 22)
2016-07-01 16:03:00 UTCToday I experimented with a reference photo I took of a Camaro in Manhattan recently. Basically I created paintings in various styles to see how it affected the mode of each piece. The styles range from cartoony to painterly. Using different styles for the same reference photo is a good… -
iPad Pro (Day 21)
2016-06-29 23:53:00 UTCI spent the day in Manhattan recently and came up a new series of paintings and illustrations. First I created a painting of a lion statue on 42nd st. I started it as a plein air and finished the art at the Mid Manhattan Library. My work has taken on… -
iPad Art by RJ
2016-06-28 15:39:00 UTCToday I want to talk about my student, RJ. For the past year I have been working with him one to one to help improve his iPad Art. RJ is a student in high school whose is interested in Cartooning and Animation. We’ve been working on composition, draftsmanship, and other… -
Commissions Breakdown: Brush Stroke Portrait
2016-06-21 19:49:00 UTCToday I want to talk about my most popular commission category. I’ve been experimenting with creating portraits that are both accurate to the subject but very painterly. I call them “Brush Stroke Portraits.” They have an impressionist feel and have visible brush strokes. This bridges the gap between the artwork…