This was the point of the exercise – just to see. I went through all the brushes in the set tonight. I simply went looking for brushes which might simulate the appearance of fireworks. Happy New Year and may all of your intentions come to fruition. What ever your intention, stay focused and practice – you will achieve results – guaranteed. Even with baby steps, slowly but surely, you will start to see the results you want.
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In my workshops, I always explain you can get started now and in a couple of years, you will likely be creating some pretty nice digital paintings or you can not get started and in a couple of years you will still have no clue how to make the Paint software sing. And for me, with or without a photo, I love to paint. This skill building does not occur over night for any of us. In the image above I used various brushes by Skip Allen in his thick impasto brush set. I love the thick impasto brushes with all the texture this gives. I started making marks tonight and this is what happened. Rolling hills, a 100 year old farm house, apple trees. I must miss my farm, I seem to keep recreating a similar environment in my images. It’s trees again in a pastoral environment.
This image is the result of tonight’s doodling. I am a firm believer in building my tool kit. I can do no wrong because it is simply a practice but it begins to set in my head what various brush/paper combinations looks so that when I am actually working, I know just how to use my tools. You have seen some of my doodles in previous post.
I make marks on paper, I try a brush with different papers because this will determine the look of the stroke. I go through different paint brushes I have collected. Yes, most days, I spend 8 to 16 hours at my computer either creating a client painting or just practicing. I give my clients the best of me and I work to make that happen.īack to baby steps and practice. whether it be personal portrait art or another product I value, which is creating business portraits for distinguished women in my community. I truly care about the art I create for my clients. They can see the difference in what I provide as opposed to other products available to the. the high end does not necessarily mean they are all wealthy but they want great work and my higher end products. The fact is that on most days I do that too. What do the dance or piano virtuosos do? They practice, practice. For me, it is my intention to be not a good painter but a great painter. Personally I believe in a couple of things. It doesn’t have to be profound and if history is any validation those resolutions do not work. The Sunflower Tree – An all time favorite! They don’t all work but love the texture.Ĭommissioned Original – She wanted a Tree of Life Just doodling and testing brushes – Amazing what can happen. This from imagination using selections and pattern fills in Painter When I saw the giant dogwood in bloom in Manhasset NY, I knew this was the spot.Ī 300 year old Oak tree was the reference image for this commissioned painting also painted in Photoshop. Painting using photo reference created in Photoshop. I managed to use vibrant complimentary colors and to inject energy movement, texture and fun. I am certainly not bragging about it’s sophistication but I still enjoy it. My very first digital painting is a girl in a swing in a tree created in 2006 after my first Painter digital painting workshop.
The variety of styles in which I paint is amazing – even to me. Some of the trees simply exist within the context of a painting but they are so varied, I thought I would put this group together to share with you. This is not something I have ever focused on exclusively though there are a few stand alone tree digital Paintings. I find it very interesting to see my paintings of trees since 2006.