GREAT FIND!

Las Vegas has a new complex of very contemporary glass buildings called City Center.  I found this piece of art in one of the overpriced, over hyped stores.  From the doorway it looked like a mosaic but upon close inspection, I realized it was created from Rubic's Cubes!!!!  If you get far enough away you can see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.  A very clever fellow who created this piece!   

Passing time on the plane

Here are two images I created in transit . Plane travel will never be the same!

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Location:Las Vegas Blvd S,Las Vegas,United States

PONDERING!

I can't remember how many layers are on this painting.  I am taking it slow.  I am pondering where to go from here.  I have a few ideas.  I will be spending the next 4 days in Las Vegas.  That should put my imagination into overdrive!   

SOMETHING NEW!!! and SUMI BRUSH PRACTICE!

  My blog now has the ability to have separate "pages" for more detailed information.  I have created a page with my workshop schedule.  You can find the link right under the title image.  Check it out!  There are a few videos I "borrowed" for the French Escapade website showing where we will be staying  in Belgium for the European workshop.  Also a video of places we will be painting there.    I will be adding additional pages as time and inspiration strike.  If you have any suggestions of things you might like me to create a page on, drop me a note.  

Now, about this painting...

This iPad application is called Eastern Drawing.  It simulates rice papers and Asian Brush marks.  The faster you move your finger or stylus, the thinner the line you can make.  Just like in real life, the longer you keep your finger to the surface, the more the ink pools.  Practicing with this app is helping me to stop, think about the mark I want to make and then act quickly and decisively.  I already see more control in when I use my Pentel Japanese Brush Pen.  I wish they had Kanji for the red stamp.  Just a regular alphabet and places for 4 letters.  This is the best chop I could design.  It doesn't look right to me and I feel like there is a different set of characters hidden from me that I can't find.  

ANOTHER iPAD APP TO PLAY AROUND WITH

My self portrait a day project is not without precedent!  There is a woman, Julia Kay, who wound up doing over 1,000 self portraits, one day at a time.  I ran across her project as I wandered through the tangled paths of the internet.  Many of her self portraits were done with her iPhone apps.  This is where I discovered some very fun art applications.  The one pictured here is from the application TypeDrawing.  I imported an ink drawing from my daily self portrait series and then layered the type on top.  I haven't spent much time with this application, but it has great potential for some interesting ideas.  By combining several apps in one image, the variations possible are in the stratosphere!  

I'M JUST CRAZY FOR JACKSON!

Here are a few digital paintings I made on the iPad using the Jackson Pollock painting application.  What a fun way to drip and fling paint!  Once you get a spatter pattern you like, you save the image to the photo gallery and then you can open it in another app program and add controlled lines and other elements.  I think these would be fun to print as cards.  Looks like a party going on!!!

ADDING TO THE MIX!

I saw this idea of tissue collage on Tyvek.  Normally, I don't alter the surface of Tyvek because it is the surface that I find interesting to work on.  The wallet project, however, might make a good Tyvek collage.  In fact, it creates a more substantial feel to the finished product.  I already  had my drawing in place.  I tore patterned tissue and stuck it down with Elmer's glue (according to the instructions I had)  It works fine!  After it dried, I went over part of my lines with the Sharpie pen I had drawn with.  I put a glaze coat of Orange Interference Acrylic over the whole piece.  I added some Inktense Watercolor Pencil and used a gold metallic pen to fill in around the heads.  It turned out quite snazzy!  I love metallic sheen and shimmer.  The finished wallet has a leather like feel to it with more body.   Want to try one?  Send me a photo to share.