Expressive Series No. 9

Expressive Recycled


going back to the "Expressive" series with this posting. I worked with a bit more of the overlay effect and hues of the traditional primary colors. 


A story for you concerning the "primary" colors.  I had submitted a piece over on Deviant Art entitled "primary faces" (if memory serve me correctly) This image consisted of the three primary shapes - square, triangle, and circle and the three primary colors - yellow, blue, and red. Well, one of the comments I got back was that the title was incorrect since the primary colors are CYM (cyan, yellow and magenta) or RGB (red, green and blue)  I asked this person, in reply, if he had ever worked traditionally and if he knew what a color wheel was. He replied back that he would "only work digitally and did not like traditional art of any kind" and "what was a color wheel?" 


Well, I don't like to limit myself and I felt a bit sad for this person because I feel he is missing out on ALOT of awesome artwork. Anyway, off the pedestal and back to the artwork. 


I came back to this piece several times with a different opinion each time. It took some time for it to feel right. I really love the colors in this and the depth it has.   I had gotten the total number of layers up into the twenties at one point during the process. eventually, through trial and error, additions and subtractions, the final work consisted of about 8 layers before flattened. 


Enjoy!!

Sharpie Art (Part Four)

Open Bridges


another pen and ink abstract drawing. I have been asked that if I do any "Photoshop" on these works. The only thing I do is adjust the brightness and contrast so the image can be seen clearly. Any "smudge" marks or "ink test" lines I "erase" from the final image. My sketchbooks have a habit of getting very messy during use. Coffee/Coke (the caramel-brown liquid of awesome tastiness) stains, rings, and various other elements (bug splats) tend to "show up" during the process of filling up the book with sketches. These things can be cleared once scanned in and visually "edited" with Photoshop. I have rarely been "neat" in my process (my textile work can definitely attest to this) of doing my artwork. I find if I'm thinking about the mess, I lose focus on the art. 


(Hmmm, I'm gonna use that last sentence as a personal quote!!)

Sharpie Art (Part Three)

Kimono


I believe this one is pretty obvious as to the shape. This image plus a couple of other pieces done similar to this, got me an invite to join a "Shapist"  artists club over at the Deviant Art site.


Enjoy!

Sharpie Art (Part Two)

Hurricane


another "sharpie" work. The title for this piece comes from a specific  image within the artwork itself. 


June 1 was the "official" beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane season. 
The "Meteorological Summer" also officially starts on June 1st.  
Also in June, we have "St Medard Day" on June 8th. St Medard is the "patron saint of good weather".

Sharpie Art (Part One)

Cogs

I'm going to start a new series of works with this post. I call it "Sharpie Art" because all of the ink drawings are done with a Ultra Fine point Sharpie pen. I have been doing this type of work, off and on, for a whole lotta years. What got me started was sitting in a classroom and "doodling" on the sides of paper during lectures. While I was in art school, I expanded on these doodles and put more time, lots of time, into these works. I did several 18" X 24" pieces that took several days to complete. These completed pieces were part of a show I did in the student gallery at school. Since that time, I have not done too any ink abstract drawings. About a month ago, I came across a "Sharpie Art" group on Deviant Art. I joined this group and since I needed new art to submit, I started the ink abstract drawings once again. I'm not working as big as before but I am re-discovering the fun I had doing these abstract works. Enjoy!

Expressive Series Pt 8

Expressive Reused

This piece got its start as an traditional acrylic painting. I had liked the color combination in the painting and decided to see what I could do with it after scanning it into photoshop. The original image has been twisted, down-sized, split, re-sized, quartered, rotated, pushed, pulled, and twirled, among other effects, so much so that only the colors remain as anything used from the original. Overall, I went through two dozen "layers" before getting the piece to look the way I wanted it to and felt satisfied with it. It also took me a few days to "get it". But sometimes, the greater the struggle, the more satisfying the accomplishment.

Enjoy and Cheers!