Digital painting
I created this little digital painting tonight. It is simple and not at all refined – a reminder I suppose, of how nice it is to simply play and sketch sometimes.
Leaves – A Simple Painting to Wrap Up the Weekend
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Cora the Dog and a Fish
~12 x 24 Acrylic on wood panel
This piece – with it’s landscape, fish and dog – is not a typical piece for me, but it proved to be a lot of fun and a good challenge! I like that as a viewer I am left wondering what Cora is looking at off of the painting. I realize this approach to the layout is a bit unusual, but I wanted something slightly unexpected.
Work in Progress: Dog and Fish
This painting is LONG overdue! I promised the dog/fish/landscape piece to someone an embarrassingly long time ago and am finally getting around to doing it. I wonder how shocked the recipient will be to get this sucker in the mail!
Flowers Leave Their Shadows
A late afternoon sun
Beats hot against the pavement
Stems hold strong
Petals open wide
Casting shadows below
First Friday and Tile Making
Six, 4.25 x 4.25″ painted tiles
Tonight was another First Friday Gallery Walk here in lovely Fort Collins. In preparation for the event I spent most of the day cleaning up my studio and hanging paintings which, unsurprisingly, turned out to be a big job. My art for today then, was completed as folks wandered through the gallery. I decided I would take another stab at painting tiles. I hadn’t touched them in ages and so it was a fun change of pace. I need a bit more practice and perhaps a larger brush in order to create a less streaky finish, but I am happy with the high contrast, flowing design.
Landing Pad
Acrylic and ink on wood panel ~10 x 24″
He’d long since realized the bike didn’t really work for riding – at least not in the traditional sense. This was just fine by him. As he glided above the mountain tops he smiled at the sky above, then peered to the green valley below. Plots of rectangles and and dots of color acted as a landing strip. His wheel touched down and he glided in smoothly. This, he thought, is the way to ride.
Repetative Patterns and an Art Festival
Sketchbook Page
As a person who rarely participates in showing work at arts festivals, I find the culture of artists who do frequently take part in these events to be fascinating. Like gypsies in a traveling show, these artists take on the art fair circuit as pros. They put up their walls and wares with ease, knowing to the minute, exactly how long set-up will take. They have fancy lights that will always work – even when a venue provides no light because they carry their own car battery for power. These artists’ cars have shelves and slots specially crafted to store their wares in the most effective manner. And they have mapped out their routes for the next 10 shows on their list. They are good.
They are also good people. They talk excitedly with festival goers about their work and are generous with sharing advice and even supplies with the girl who rarely does these things. I can’t imagine doing a show every weekend for three months straight, but these folks conquer the circuit like kings.
Wrapping Up June
June has been full of great arting opportunities for this girl: piano painting, studio touring, and now NicFesting. My mom and I spent hours roasting in the heat today setting up my booth for the festival. No matter. I think the three day arts event is going to be great! Thanks for all of the help, mom!
Thank goodness for the sketchbook. It’s kept me drawing as things have gotten busier.
Another Page Filled
I had a few things on my plate today. Winding down with my trusty ink pen and sketchbook was a nice way to round the day off.
Work in Progress: Just No Birds Please
Work in Progress, 9.75 x 24″
A preggors friend of mine called the other day to see if I would make some paintings similar to the bird with bike’s images for the baby’s room. I was delighted by the idea. There was, however, one caveat to the project. My friend cannot stand birds. They freak her out. Completely. So I am experimenting with a new, bird-less series with the same whimsy but different animals. I’m still working out the details, but here is one work in progress.
Micah Richardson 