Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
September 9th, 2009
Sunflower
Hasn’t been the best summer, we had a lot of rain but that didn’t seem to stop the hoards of sunflowers that grew up from seed in my front yard. They literally took over a couple of our flower beds and the birds absolutely love them. Inspired by these huge plants I thought it fit [...]
May 26th, 2009
The Bearded Man workshop
Over the past weekend I along with 15 other artists partook in an online portrait painting workshop given by professional portrait artist David D. Barrow. David is also the host of Dave the Painting Guy a light, fun regular live Ustream show where David paints portraits and provides valuable tips. I’ve watched Dave’s show off an on since January [...]
January 25th, 2009
Painting: Valve
No, I haven’t given up on painting yet. Here is the latest painting, it’s another still life and it’s a big brass valve. This was a tricky exercise as the Valve had some tricky angles and curves, not all of which I got right but I had fun, learned a bit, and that’s what counts.
I took a couple pictures [...]
January 18th, 2009
Painting again
At the beginning of December I decided that I wanted to get back into art, in particular painting in Oils. I haven’t had much experience with oils so this presented both a learning opportunity and an outlet for some pent up creativity.
So I’ve been painting. Initially I was a bit apprehensive to get started, which is natural, but once I did, [...]
June 30th, 2008
Welcome to the Badlands
I was recently in Drumheller Alberta for some work and was able to take some time and explore the surroundings. This was my first time being in the Canadian badlands and I was taken back by the beauty of the landscape and how different it is from other places I’ve visited.
Horseshoe Canyon
Horseshoe Canyon was an [...]