Contemporary Art
Modern Art
In all honesty, if I tried to explain to you how I have painted Tesla and the Deer Dancer so far, I would only confuse you to the point where you would give up painting altogether. So, I will spare you :))
Instead, I have searched the internet for what I think are, perhaps, the videos easiest to understand in YouTube.
These are top notch artists and definitely much better teachers than me.
So, get your favorite beverage, lean back, learn and enjoy:
JON HOUGLUM
Drawing a Portrait
Polarizing 1
Polarizing 2
Polarizing 3
Painting a Portrait
Blocking the Portrait - 1
Painting Portrait- 2
Painting Portrait - 3
Final Touches - 4
THOMAS BAKER
Painting Hair
And this is an excellent site for learning how to draw a face and everything else you can think of:
Drawspace - Free Lessons
Have Fun and God Bless !!
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Deer Dancer - work in progress
Contemporary Art
Modern Art
The Deer Dancer
El Fuerte, Sinaloa
Well, here´s another one of those paintings that have been hanging on my wall for eons...
I tried to work on this one when I was not moved because I felt I needed to get it finished....and each time I tried, I only made a mess.
So, I finally gave up and let the poor boy hang until spirit moved me.
Well, it looks like spirit finally got on the ball.... :))
Now he only needs the finishing touches: highlights, shadows, seashells around his lower legs, belt....but the main part is finally done.
I intend to leave the background as is, except I might add the shadow cast by the figure on the ground or I might not. Only spirit knows for sure what the end result will be.
I consider myself privileged to have watched this young boy, not more than 8 years old, doing the Deer Dance. He is by far the best dancer I have ever seen! He was not performing the Deer Dance...he WAS the deer. He became a deer.
I would give anything to capture his true essence on the canvas...but I´m afraid I don´t even come close.
I have to ask René and Canye Zazueta in El Fuerte, Sinaloa, the name of this amazing little boy.
I am also privileged to have had the fortune of meeting Rene and Canye and the wonderful people of El Fuerte and, specially, to be able to count them among my dear friends.
If you want to fall in love with Mexico and, specially, the Mexican people....be sure to go to El Fuerte and be sure you meet the locals. It will be an experience you will never forget and that will continue to live forever in your hearts.
If you want to know more about the Deer Dance follow these links:
The Deer Dance
Deer Dance 1 - Youtube
Deer Dance 2 - Youtube
Modern Art
The Deer Dancer
El Fuerte, Sinaloa
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| The Deer Dancer Oil Painting on Canvas by Beatriz Socorro Work in Progress |
Well, here´s another one of those paintings that have been hanging on my wall for eons...
I tried to work on this one when I was not moved because I felt I needed to get it finished....and each time I tried, I only made a mess.
So, I finally gave up and let the poor boy hang until spirit moved me.
Well, it looks like spirit finally got on the ball.... :))
Now he only needs the finishing touches: highlights, shadows, seashells around his lower legs, belt....but the main part is finally done.
I intend to leave the background as is, except I might add the shadow cast by the figure on the ground or I might not. Only spirit knows for sure what the end result will be.
I consider myself privileged to have watched this young boy, not more than 8 years old, doing the Deer Dance. He is by far the best dancer I have ever seen! He was not performing the Deer Dance...he WAS the deer. He became a deer.
I would give anything to capture his true essence on the canvas...but I´m afraid I don´t even come close.
I have to ask René and Canye Zazueta in El Fuerte, Sinaloa, the name of this amazing little boy.
I am also privileged to have had the fortune of meeting Rene and Canye and the wonderful people of El Fuerte and, specially, to be able to count them among my dear friends.
If you want to fall in love with Mexico and, specially, the Mexican people....be sure to go to El Fuerte and be sure you meet the locals. It will be an experience you will never forget and that will continue to live forever in your hearts.
If you want to know more about the Deer Dance follow these links:
The Deer Dance
Deer Dance 1 - Youtube
Deer Dance 2 - Youtube
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Nikola Tesla - still a work in progress...
Art Lessons
I truly admire his talent as well as that of portrait artists who sit on sidewalks or malls and paint amazing portraits of people in an hour´s time. They are definitely admirable artists!
Modern Art
Finally!!!
Well, almost....
Poor Tesla has been hanging on my wall for over a year and a half, patiently waiting for spirit to move me.
Well, almost....
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| Nikola Tesla Unfinished Oil Painting on Canvas by Beatriz Socorro after photograph by Napoleon Sarony Work in Progress |
Poor Tesla has been hanging on my wall for over a year and a half, patiently waiting for spirit to move me.
Well, he´s finally back on the easel. Only God knows when he will be finally finished or what he will look like in the end. He still needs highlights, some darker shadows and, definitely, eyelashes.
One thing I do know for sure and that is that, if I don´t ruin him next time I work on him and I don´t die before I finally get him finished, he will be one of my most famous paintings.
Why will he be one of my most famous paintings?
Because he is already famous... :))
He's up there with the likes of Jules Verne and DaVinci...a genius...a visionary. The kind of person whose mind simply blows us away.
Tesla Memorial Society
Hummm....I wonder how much this painting of Tesla will sell for at Sotheby´s or Christie´s after I die.
Hummm....I wonder how much this painting of Tesla will sell for at Sotheby´s or Christie´s after I die.
I´ll probably attend the auction in spirit form and when I hear the price I will scream:
"Not fair!!! Why didn´t you pay ME that when I was alive?"
Now you can see why I don´t do commission portraiture or any kind of commission work for that matter. None of my customers could ever be as patient as Tesla.
Poor guy´s been in the closet for so long he couldn´t take it anymore and wants exposure at all costs...even if he´s still unfinished.
I only paint that which I am drawn to at the time. If I try to paint something when I am not in the mood for it, no matter how hard I try, nothing comes out right. Nothing!
Besides, I can only paint those faces whose expressions draw me to them...that call me. The expression has always been most important to me. I am still working on that mischievous little grin on Tesla. I wonder what he is thinking. His smile is more intriguing than the Mona Lisa´s.
Oh, sometimes I envy artist Salvador Ortiz (in a good way). He can whip out masterpieces with the same ease as if he were flipping burgers.
Poor guy´s been in the closet for so long he couldn´t take it anymore and wants exposure at all costs...even if he´s still unfinished.
I only paint that which I am drawn to at the time. If I try to paint something when I am not in the mood for it, no matter how hard I try, nothing comes out right. Nothing!
Besides, I can only paint those faces whose expressions draw me to them...that call me. The expression has always been most important to me. I am still working on that mischievous little grin on Tesla. I wonder what he is thinking. His smile is more intriguing than the Mona Lisa´s.
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| Nikola Tesla Photograph by Napoleon Sarony Source: Wikimedia.org |
Oh, sometimes I envy artist Salvador Ortiz (in a good way). He can whip out masterpieces with the same ease as if he were flipping burgers.
I truly admire his talent as well as that of portrait artists who sit on sidewalks or malls and paint amazing portraits of people in an hour´s time. They are definitely admirable artists!
Anything else we paint, whether it be the body, a hand, a butterfly or whatever, does not have to be exact to look like what it´s meant to be. But, in portraiture, even the tiniest little detail can change the likeness of a person. I definitely applaud those artists who have such talent.
Unlike them, it takes me forever to paint a portrait.
AFTERWORD: Besides admiring Tesla for his genius, what I like the most about him is that he too believed in aliens and was ridiculed for it.
Let me clarify that statement, I don´t mean I like the "ridiculed" part but, rather, that he believed in aliens.
Today he doesn´t seem so crazy after all, huh?
I wonder if the men in black had anything to do with his death. He knew too much!!
Maybe like Dr. Wilhelm Reich they needed to be rid of him.
Reich was imprisoned, his works destroyed and he conveniently died of heart failure, in jail, right before he was due for parole.
It´s noteworthy that the government zoomed in on Tesla and Reich at the same time that they started to work on sophisticated weapons and publicly talking about UFOs. The government made sure to downplay the UFO part, take all the research papers away from the public eye and then came up with some other lame reasons to cover up and justify their actions.
Project Camelot
Who Was Wilhem Reich?
Wilhelm Reich and Orgone Energy
AFTERWORD: Besides admiring Tesla for his genius, what I like the most about him is that he too believed in aliens and was ridiculed for it.
Let me clarify that statement, I don´t mean I like the "ridiculed" part but, rather, that he believed in aliens.
Today he doesn´t seem so crazy after all, huh?
I wonder if the men in black had anything to do with his death. He knew too much!!
Maybe like Dr. Wilhelm Reich they needed to be rid of him.
Reich was imprisoned, his works destroyed and he conveniently died of heart failure, in jail, right before he was due for parole.
It´s noteworthy that the government zoomed in on Tesla and Reich at the same time that they started to work on sophisticated weapons and publicly talking about UFOs. The government made sure to downplay the UFO part, take all the research papers away from the public eye and then came up with some other lame reasons to cover up and justify their actions.
Project Camelot
Who Was Wilhem Reich?
Wilhelm Reich and Orgone Energy
One of these days I am going to paint another one of my favorite people: Jules Verne.
And one of these days I´ll write a post about the Mona Lisa :))
Have a great day :))
And one of these days I´ll write a post about the Mona Lisa :))
Have a great day :))
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Sergey Zakutaylo
Art Videos
Contemporary Art
If you have not watched Sergey Zakutaylo´s video art demonstrations recently, I suggest that you do.
Put on your favorite music, lean back, WATCH , learn....and enjoy!
Sergey Zakutaylo
Contemporary Art
If you have not watched Sergey Zakutaylo´s video art demonstrations recently, I suggest that you do.
Put on your favorite music, lean back, WATCH , learn....and enjoy!
Sergey Zakutaylo
Friday, November 16, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A Great Master of Art Living Among Us: Roberto Ferri
I can only stand in total admiration.
With all respect, I dedicate this page to
A Great Master of Art now living among us:
Monday, November 12, 2012
Remember This....
Art Lessons
Contemporary Art
This is one of those things that I´ve said before and I´ll say again and again.
The most difficult thing in art, the most time consuming is...
... deciding what you´re going to make or paint, how you are going to create it and which colors you will use.
The painting technique part is the easy part.
It´s definitely acceptable to copy someone else´s work while you learn or have some fun, as long as you give credit to the original artist...but remember that true art is the creative part and that is something that cannot be copied. It can only come from you.
So even if you use someone else´s work for inspiration or reference, be sure that there is always something there that is uniquely yours and, please, remember to give the credit due to the original artist.
The customary way of doing this is by adding the word "after" and then the name of the original artist. For example: Male Figure by Beatriz Socorro "after" Roberto Ferri.
Remember this: even monkeys can imitate and elephants can paint (some of them even better than me).
Here are some links about some of the famous artists who have used other famous artist´s work as reference.
As you can see they are not exact reproductions but rather the artist´s own version of the original work.
1. Van Gogh
2. Picasso
3. Francis Bacon
4. Andy Warhol (starts on paragraph 4)
If you wish to use someone else´s Art Work or Photos as reference for your work, your best and safest bet is to use works that are already in the public domain. This way you don´t risk infringing copyrights. You can get these by doing a Google search on images in the public domain.
I also recommend you do some research on artist's copyrights. The more you know...the better.
Have Fun!!!
Contemporary Art
This is one of those things that I´ve said before and I´ll say again and again.
The most difficult thing in art, the most time consuming is...
... deciding what you´re going to make or paint, how you are going to create it and which colors you will use.
The painting technique part is the easy part.
It´s definitely acceptable to copy someone else´s work while you learn or have some fun, as long as you give credit to the original artist...but remember that true art is the creative part and that is something that cannot be copied. It can only come from you.
So even if you use someone else´s work for inspiration or reference, be sure that there is always something there that is uniquely yours and, please, remember to give the credit due to the original artist.
The customary way of doing this is by adding the word "after" and then the name of the original artist. For example: Male Figure by Beatriz Socorro "after" Roberto Ferri.
Remember this: even monkeys can imitate and elephants can paint (some of them even better than me).
Here are some links about some of the famous artists who have used other famous artist´s work as reference.
As you can see they are not exact reproductions but rather the artist´s own version of the original work.
1. Van Gogh
2. Picasso
3. Francis Bacon
4. Andy Warhol (starts on paragraph 4)
If you wish to use someone else´s Art Work or Photos as reference for your work, your best and safest bet is to use works that are already in the public domain. This way you don´t risk infringing copyrights. You can get these by doing a Google search on images in the public domain.
I also recommend you do some research on artist's copyrights. The more you know...the better.
Have Fun!!!
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