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Continue reading →: Best of 2024, the daily writing prompt, anxiety, and running.
I thought I would share my best work of 2024 today. The first half of the year was rough. I had pretty bad artist’s block, but the second half of the year was fairly prolific for me. The PPE series was started and I got five done (one is not…
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Continue reading →: Bosch update, the daily writing prompt, and job hunting.
Today I did some torso touch ups and I worked on the legs and the cloth. I wasn’t happy with how the torso looked before so I went back and worked on it some more. Digital paint just doesn’t look as good as physical paint to me. There’s always something…
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Continue reading →: New goals for the year and the daily writing prompt (Watership Down).
Now that I am finished and achieved my biggest goal for the year (13 half marathons), it’s time to set new goals for 2025. I would like to set four goals: What’s your favorite cartoon? The 1978 version of Watership Down because it’s a beautiful story and translates well from…
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Continue reading →: Contemplating my next painting, the daily writing prompt, the holiday half (my 13th and final half marathon), going out for brunch, my post-marathon fitness plans, and the books I finished.
I didn’t have any time to do art today. It’s time to start contemplating what I will do next though. For the upcoming week it will be focussed on finishing the Bosch study, but after that I’m not sure. I would like to get back into drawing again. Last time…
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Continue reading →: Bosch study update, art school regret, Instagram, and the daily writing prompt.
Today I worked on the body of the bird demon. For those who are not familiar with art history, Hieronymus Bosch was a Dutch painter who lived from 1450 – 1516. He painted bizarre religious scenes as religious work was the majority of what was painted in Europe at that…
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Continue reading →: Progress on my Bosch study, anxiety, and the daily WordPress writing prompt.
I did the body of the man in the bird’s mouth, the hand around the legs, and the pot today. The background is looking pretty flat to me so I have to figure out how to get some texture into it. Maybe it won’t be as noticeable when the main…
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Continue reading →: Writing prompt, Bosch painting update, Portland, and running today.
Today I worked on my Bosch painting. I was only able to concentrate on it for a little while so I got the head done and then called it a day. Tomorrow I will do the pot on the head and the body of the man in the bird’s mouth.…
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Continue reading →: Daily writing prompt.
Share five things you’re good at. I didn’t do any art today but I decided to do the daily writing prompt that WordPress offers. Five things I’m good at, well let’s see. I am good at painting, that’s probably my strongest point. It’s something I’ve been doing for as long…
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Continue reading →: Bosch painting update, the Seattle marathon, the upcoming holiday half, and Christmas decorations.
Today I worked on my Bosch painting and got the background painted in. It was pretty easy to do but I feel like I have some momentum now so tomorrow it should be easier to start. I’m doing it on iPad in Procreate and since I removed the surrounding figures,…
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Continue reading →: A daily dose of creativity.
I’ve decided to start doing something creative every day as my goal for December. It doesn’t have to be painting, it could be book binding, or poetry. Anything that just gets me to be creative. Today I wrote a poem. I’m feeling pretty blocked when it comes to painting, but…
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Continue reading →: The start of a Bosch study, running plans, anxiety update, and intentions for the week.
I did a basic outline of the Bosch study which I will start filling in tomorrow. To simplify it a bit, I removed a lot of the background to focus solely on the bird demon. In addition, I did 16 figure gestures and 8 hand and foot gestures. I’ve decided…
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Continue reading →: Okay now I really am done with this painting.
I did some little adjustments to the head and goggles and I think they look better now. Below is a comparison between yesterday and today. It’s much more subtle now and the goggles look less opaque. Feels good to finally put this one behind me. It’s been nearly 4 weeks.
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Continue reading →: Finished Painting, new studio easel, and Wuthering Heights.
I finished my painting. It took three days of Ritalin to do it, but now I’m finally done with that damn plastic suit. The goggles were tricky to render but a welcome change from painting wrinkles. I’ve been working on it so long I can’t even tell if I like…
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Continue reading →: A plan to start drawing again and cleaning progress.
Tomorrow I am going to start doing some drawing studies and I am going to start my Hieronymus Bosch iPad painting. I need a break from my PPE work so I am setting it aside for a week or so. It’s just so boring at the moment because I’ve been…
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Continue reading →: Cleaning out the art studio, house expenses, anxiety relief, and books.
To take a break from this painting I am going to do a super duper thorough decluttering and organization of my art studio. Because it is so filled with stuff from wall to wall, I do not want cleaners in it so I will have to do it myself. I…
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The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman 