Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
October 20th, 2011
DrawBot at ArtEngine ModLab
Last night I was at Ottawa’s ArtEngine’s ModLab meetup, it’s a bi weekly meeting on Wednesday enveings of artists and technologists in the M70 lab space. This is only the second time I’ve gone and both times I’ve left incredibly inspired and full of ideas for projects. I’ve been into drawing the human figure and portraits for a [...]
September 21st, 2011
Figureworks 2011
I entered a couple of my life drawings from the spring into the Figureworks 2011 competition in Ottawa. I didn’t know what to expect as I haven’t submitted any of my work into competitions before. I am happy to report that both drawings we’re accepted and will be displayed on the Figureworks web site and one has [...]
January 11th, 2011
Dr. Sketchy’s 2010
Over the couse of 2010 I’ve attended a few Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School evenings at the Mercury Lounge. I always have a lot of fun both drawing and talking with the other artists. If you love drawing and haven’t checked this out I suggest you do, here is a link to the Ottawa group [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]