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Art Inspiration

Today I was contemplating the vast beauty of art. I was teaching some of my students and it was wonderful to see their progress. I am posting this to remind myself about no matter what each individual is going through or their personality differences...uniqueness is beauty.

Photoshop Homework

Well.......This is my attempt at my tutorial homework. I have learned through this project that even when following steps online I still have a lot to learn. I know that I enjoy practicing with photoshop though!

Photoshop tutorial

Create a Dramatic and Surreal illustration in Photoshop CS5

July 13th, 2010 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing

In this tutorial, we will learn how to blend fashion photography with custom brushes into dramatic and surreal illustration using Photoshop CS5 techniques. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started!

Link- http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970522/1/create-a-dramatic-and-surreal-illustration-in-photoshop-cs5

Personally, I thought this was a very interesting thing to be able to do in photoshop. I am new to all of the possibilities and can't wait to see what all I am going to be able to discover.

Magazine Days

I chose this magazine out of the entire selection at the local book store. The main reason I thought this was eye catching is due to the art (tattoos) on the shoulder of the woman that works the eye's gaze up her neck, drawing my attention past her ear to the Typography that says "SAVAGE". I loved the colors, but the first thing I noticed was how the tattoo had a slight swirl pattern that was repeated in the way her hair was styled, her earring choice, and then in the Heading font. I think the font was well chosen due to the slightly abrasive, yet sultry emotional expression the magazine is trying to present.

A few of my charcoal mastercopies

This week I was reflecting on some of the master copies that I did recently. These are not my origionals; however, I feel that we as artists can learn so much from the masters of our past, present, and future. I appreciate all of your comments and advice. :)

Thoughts in class

Tonight as I reflect on all that we discussed, I feel a bit overwhelmed. I am not very competent when it comes to Photoshop. I am very excited to be able to broaden my knowledge and I am looking forward to seeing what I will be able to create in the future. I guess when reflecting on art in general all masterpieces are created through a learning process, and in my case, through mistakes come wisdom.....maybe through my mistakes art will be made.

wOils

wOils - Inspired by nature and filled with the desire to try out a new painting method, I used wOils to create this colorful painting.  wOils are Weber Water Mixable Artists wOil Colors.  They are fantastic!  They render all the beauty of traditional oil painting with a few new positive attributes as well...less odor, nontoxic, and can be thinned with water.  These paints can be mixed with acrylics and can be cleaned simply with soap and water.  You do not have to use smelly paint thinner.  The paint is considered to be permanent and will dry quickly in about three to five days, faster than traditional oil paint.  I believe I will continue to create with this newly found, less smelly and easier to clean, medium in the future.

Abstract Blunders

This week for my art inspiration homework, I decided to forge into the world of Abstract Design. This piece is not based off of anything that was visually in front of me; however, it was an emotionally charged design. The project was primarily derived out of a desire to attempt an abstracted work due to the works I have been seeing my brother create. I generally focus on more literal pieces, but it was nice for once to be able to do a work from an emotional standpoint. My students also inspired me. As I was teaching an art lesson, I decided to join them in creativity. I was feeling emotionally exhausted and slightly delirious which is one reason I chose to use the darkness of charcoal to render my drawing.

Acrylics

At the time I did this acrylic painting I had been doing 3 other very detailed and intense peices. I decided to just break loose and do whatever came to mind. I poured paint wherever I emotionally felt led and this was the result. Needed a bit of cheer. :)

Textural Art

This is my first attempt at a colorful textural painting. I used high definition paints for the trees and accents in the reflections. I used an acrylic base to have a flat appearence in the background.

Charcoal Drawing

This still life was created at 5am before my Drawing 102 class...I tried to focus on placement. This is one of my first works with simply vine charcoal. The tonal values are a bit hard to see in photo.