Getting Lost in the Flow

Getting the feel of New paint Brushes 

Lately I have been really diving into Corel Painter and experimenting with brushes. By trial and error I play around with this brush and that and see what they do. Which means making mistakes and really experimenting. Acrylic brushes have been my focus along with the blenders. I like how the wet acrylic paint mixes with the paint beneath. For me smoothness has been the name of the game. If that was a challenge than I would play with the opacity- only if I was in a pinch. My main focus was getting the blending into a good gradient.

My painting theme at the moments is vintage cars with character. Here is an old truck I am using for practice. The smooth shiny metal gives a great challenge. I played Gregg Allman's Low Country Blues album and Stevie Nicks to help me enter into the art realm and freed me to play and find the magic.

Happy Creating and many magical discoveries

Dena

Painting Then and Now

Painting Digitally Can Free up Your Painting Style

I have been painting since I was a teenager. Acrylic on canvas. I even took pride in stretching my own canvas. A real artist does right? Mrs Smith my high school art teacher really sparked an interest in painting with acrylics. She invited local Long Island artist Jacquline Penney to do a demonstration for the class which sparked the urge to paint in me.

So I took what I got from high school and painted on my own for a long time. In 2016 I finally took a college class in painting. This refined my style. My art was headed  directly toward a kind of  realism. Is that the way my art should go I wondered? I kept heading in that direction anyway.

An artist friend spoke enthusiastically about Corel Painter so I had to give it a try. Working with all the new brushes and the settings was a new beast I have yet to master. But while surfing this learning curve I have stepped away from picture perfect perfectionism. My work on the computer is freer.  A new freer world awaits me as I explore digital painting.

Happy experimenting!



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Doing Art on My Phone

I have been experimenting with making art on my phone. Using Adobe Draw I have art on the go or I can make stuff while lounging on the couch. There is no clean up, or pencils lost in the cushions.

When using a new medium there is a kind of beginners experimental freedom.  A hmmm, what happens when I try this approach. Which can lead to very interesting and expansive creations- patterned backgrounds and unexpected cartoon characters.

Now in between creations I track my ups package. Wishing my stylus Godspeed.