Painting a Day

Number 75

2010-08-18T23:52:00.000-05:00

Pissed the day away. Shame on me. Here is a watercolor I did this evening.

3.5x5 Watercolor and Ink on Paper

Number 74

2010-08-17T13:55:00.002-05:00

I wasn't happy with the way the mug came out on yesterday's painting so I decided to paint it again today. Eh, it's getting there.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 73

2010-08-16T13:29:00.002-05:00

Here ya go.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 72

2010-08-10T23:36:00.001-05:00

It's been a while that me and my paintbox hung out. (Ignore the shadow on the top of the painting I took this picture at night and I only had the shitty light on the fan to use.) I am still trying to push through this lack of drive to paint. Well see what happens.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 71

2010-08-09T23:34:00.000-05:00

Sorry for the late posting. Here is a watercolor of an elephant.

Watercolor on Paper

Number 70

2010-08-04T23:32:00.001-05:00

Seventy!! Thirty more and it's a hundred. Here is another watercolor. Titled: "Porcine Ascension" compliments of Persecution.

5x8.5 Watercolor on Paper

Number 69

2010-08-03T23:17:00.000-05:00

Another watercolor.

3.5x5.5 Watercolor on Paper

Number 68

2010-08-02T16:58:00.003-05:00

Lately I have had zero motivation to get any work done. I spent a good chunk of today drawing trying to get shit going again. This is gonna be a fight to push through this. Today's piece isn't a painting but its an image no the less. I was done in Flash.

Number 67

2010-07-28T23:52:00.002-05:00

More watercolor.

8x5 watercolor on Paper

Order 66

2010-07-27T21:24:00.005-05:00

Did this one while I was out. I haven't watercolored in a long time.

3.5x5.5 Watercolor on Paper

Number 65

2010-07-26T23:56:00.000-05:00

Saturday I went down to the river to paint. It was one of those days where painting reminds you that you don't know shit and have a lot to learn. This was a very hard painting. I ended up stopping cause I was starting to get dizzy. It was way too humid. I will be going back.

6x8 Oil on Canvas

Number 64

2010-07-23T18:19:00.002-05:00

And here is a bowl that sits in the corner. Wish me luck tomorrow a painting group from Austin will be in town and I'm getting up the nerve to go out and paint with them. I'll post the results tomorrow.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 63

2010-07-22T23:18:00.000-05:00

Mug...

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 62

2010-07-21T21:35:00.003-05:00

Ok so I guess that was an unscheduled break from painting. I'm back baby!

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 61

2010-07-13T14:55:00.001-05:00

This week I think I will be painting things around the house. Here is the dirty pot that is still on the stove. Enjoy.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 60

2010-07-11T23:53:00.000-05:00

And so ends another skull week. What did we learn? I cant paint skulls facing right. Poop.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 59

2010-07-08T23:58:00.000-05:00

I can't tell if I am taking steps backwards or forwards. I did notice that for whatever reason I'm blending out the brush strokes. Go figure.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 58

2010-07-07T17:16:00.001-05:00

This time a a 3/4 view but from the other side. I bit out of my comfort zone.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 57

2010-07-06T15:35:00.000-05:00

Heh, these are looking like the other ones.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 56

2010-07-05T17:14:00.001-05:00

SKULL WEEK PT2!

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 55

2010-07-04T21:56:00.001-05:00

Here is number 55. I did not post this when it was finished because it was a suprise for my brother and his house mates.

30x40 Acrylic on Canvas

Number 54

2010-06-30T15:58:00.000-05:00

These colors are not correct. Oh well.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 53

2010-06-28T18:03:00.002-05:00

The schedule should be returning to normal this week last week was weird. Here and there I'll be doing some make up paintings to catch up with the number I should be on. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love being a turtle, and painting a glass with water in it is tough.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 52

2010-06-24T13:09:00.002-05:00

Ok so it's lighter. I think the blue messes everything up. It's starting to look like glass. It'll be better tomorrow.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 51

2010-06-23T12:46:00.002-05:00

This one turned out a little on the dark side. Heh, the ability to paint water in a clear glass is insignificant next to the power of the force. I'll be painting clear glasses all week. Well the next four paintings since I'm off a little this week.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Slight Delay

2010-06-22T20:07:00.001-05:00

I am waiting on some panels to come in, hopefully I'll be painting tomorrow.

50

2010-06-18T13:17:00.001-05:00

And here is number 50!

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 49

2010-06-17T13:58:00.000-05:00

Apples.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 48

2010-06-16T13:56:00.000-05:00

More apples. I figure I still have them so paint them before they get eaten.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 47

2010-06-15T20:15:00.000-05:00

Mug.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 46

2010-06-14T23:42:00.000-05:00

A mug to start the week off.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 45

2010-06-11T17:53:00.001-05:00

And so ends unofficial apple week. Five more till fifty.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 44

2010-06-10T18:35:00.001-05:00

Today's apple. I'm not a big fan of the background.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 43

2010-06-09T16:53:00.004-05:00

Today was a difficult painting day. It was hard to keep it looking yellow green in parts. On a good note I totally lost track of time which means my brain shifted to the right hemisphere and was completely focused on the task at hand. I also noticed my cad yellow is a little weak sauce when it comes to mixing it with other colors. Happy Mid-Week!

6x6 Oil on Canvas

The answer to everything

2010-06-08T20:30:00.004-05:00

Here is today's apple.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 41

2010-06-07T16:27:00.001-05:00

Woot! Nine more till fifty. I just bought some apples so expect apple paintings for a while, most likely for the rest of the week.

6x6x Oil on Canvas

Number 40

2010-06-06T22:50:00.000-05:00

Without further adieu number forty. Crazy how many paintings that is.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 39

2010-06-04T14:57:00.003-05:00

SKULL! I used pthalo blue for the background and it got way out of hand. I need to remember that a little of that color goes a real long way. I sure your saying, "wait, it Friday and it should paining number 40." Well I declared Tuesday as a river day and I didn't paint that day. Number forty will be tomorrow.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 38

2010-06-03T15:10:00.001-05:00

More mugs.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 37

2010-06-02T22:08:00.000-05:00

Here is the lamp on my drafting table.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 36

2010-05-31T22:10:00.001-05:00

More mugs.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 35

2010-05-29T22:58:00.000-05:00

Here we are painting number 35. A little later than usual but done.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 34

2010-05-27T14:41:00.001-05:00

Here is today's grapefruit. Kinda looks like a peach.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 33

2010-05-26T17:53:00.001-05:00

Here is today's painting. I'm digging the orange and blue.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 32

2010-05-25T15:17:00.005-05:00

Today I decided to paint a grapefruit. I enjoyed painting this and I believe I will paint more grapefruit tomorrow. I used a bigger brush in an attempt to keep the painting looser. I got some new panels for my birthday and will let you know what I think about them after I've painted a few more things.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 31

2010-05-24T22:14:00.001-05:00

Here is today's painting another mug.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 30

2010-05-21T09:43:00.000-05:00

Wow thirty paintings. I believe I just doubled the amount of painting that I have done in my entire art "career". I've been drawing since I was little but I didn't get really serious about art until about five years ago, up until then I was coasting. My stuff was as good or better than the people around me so why push myself to get better (big fish in a little pond). While sitting at a horrible job at a dollar store I realized that I drew worth shit and needed to practice if I was going to get any better. It had been a long time that I just drew for fun. I think what helped too was reading a book called "Art & Fear". It basically said that the only person that is gonna care about your work is you so work for the enjoyment of making work (or something like that). So now it's work for work's sake. OK I'm rambling. Have a great weekend.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 29

2010-05-20T14:35:00.003-05:00

Today's painting was a struggle, it was a thick mess towards the end and I had to scrape it down and redo it. I'm still not a hundred percent on the background.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 28

2010-05-19T15:38:00.001-05:00

More mugs. Feeling a little bit better today.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 27

2010-05-18T21:51:00.002-05:00

Not feeling too great today so here is one quick and dirty.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 26

2010-05-17T22:24:00.003-05:00

It was interesting today painting a portrait of the wife. I started late in the evening and I was neat watch the light from the window fade and the light from the laptop she was on become the predominant light source. Next time I do this I will start way earlier. I do think this painting looks more like her.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 25

2010-05-14T13:06:00.003-05:00

To end the week I did a value study of the mug on my desk. I wasn't going for the true colors, I was just trying to convincingly paint the form of the mug. This week I've been using a painting medium for pretty much the first time ever. I don't know whats in it it just says "oil painting medium", oh by the way I use Windsor & Newton Artisan oil paints and the medium is the same brand. The paints are the water mixable oil. I use them rather than regular oils because the room I work in is on the small side and regular oils have a strong smell and it would make the Apt. smell. Plus cleaning up regular oils are a giant pain in the ass. What did I learn this week? Painting with some sort of painting medium is awesome, I should have been using this all along. I need to work on doing some more portraits. Last but not least, I need to do more exercises where I count the number of brush strokes I takes to make a painting, in order to focus on making everyone of them count. I have officially done more paintings in these five weeks than I have done in probably the last three or four years, so that's something. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

6x6 oil on Panel

Number 24

2010-05-13T19:46:00.003-05:00

I tried to do a portrait of my wife. I assure you she's less mannish than the painting makes her look. I need a lot more practice doing portraits. Maybe next week.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 23

2010-05-12T14:50:00.003-05:00

In today's painting I tried to use the least amount of brush strokes to convincingly model the coffee mug. Total number of brush strokes for toady was 242. It's a lot looser than the other paintings I've done recently. I will definitely do this exercise again.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 22

2010-05-11T14:51:00.002-05:00

Here is today's painting. It's supposed to be morning, I'm not sure if it reads like that. More tomorrow.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 21

2010-05-10T20:11:00.003-05:00

Today was one of those days where life got in the way. I have todays painting half finished and rather than rush it I'll finish it tomorrow. In it's place I'm putting up and older painting.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 20

2010-05-07T10:25:00.004-05:00

And so ends landscape week. What did we learn this week? Painting water is hard. Painting what you see rather than aping some impressionist work is hard. Using Windsor & Newton Artisan Lemon Yellow is like trying to paint with chewed gum. Cerulean Blue Hue gets shitty real fast when adding white (I should know better. That's what I get for getting the cheaper version of the color). Last but not least the thought of having to talk to people or paint in front of an audience kept me from going to paint in public. Chicken shit I know, but I'd rather not be bothered when I'm working. I've pretty much run out of pictures I've taken, so next time I'll be forced to go and find landscape subjects outside. Maybe it's like swimming, always swim with a buddy. Looking for painting buddy, preferably one who wont get all stabby when we're painting out in the middle of nowhere. I'm Rambling. Have a good weekend and don't forget to give your Ma a hug on Sunday.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 19

2010-05-06T21:09:00.004-05:00

Today's painting is based off a photo that I got off the Wet Canvas forum. It was another struggle getting what I saw onto the canvas. Painting water is hard. Tomorrow will be better.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 18

2010-05-05T21:50:00.004-05:00

Today was a really hard day. I wiped the canvas three times, then lost the sun and was forced to work from a picture I took. I also learned that some of my colors are shit. I need to stop being cheap and buy the real colors not the ones with hue in the name. Oh and Lemon Yellow can suck it. Your weak sauce Sir, weak sauce. On another note I read a book today called "Hawthorne on Painting" and I'm not sure if that was a reason for today's difficulties. I heard about this book from reading around the forums and other people's painting blogs and maybe not being familiar with this guys work the book kinda sorta made sense but then I had no idea what he was talking about. Still I think its a good book. I also picked up "Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting" and Hensche on Painting" all on internet recommendations. We'll see if they fuck my shit up too.

6x6 Oil on Canvas

Number 17

2010-05-04T15:15:00.003-05:00

This one is from a picture I took a while back. Man picture quality is terrible.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 16

2010-05-03T16:26:00.002-05:00

And so starts landscape week. Sorry for the shitty picture I think I might need to fire my camera. EDIT: I uploaded a better image for this painting.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 15

2010-04-30T15:41:00.003-05:00

Well were at the end of skull week, poop. I had fun this week not having to worry about what to paint and just paint. Skull week will be back. Next week I'm thinking landscapes, that is if I can convince myself to leave the apt. Have a good weekend.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 14

2010-04-29T14:30:00.003-05:00

When I set up today's setup I put a blue sketchbook on the shadow side of the skull so the reflected light would be blue. Hopefully it reads in today's painting. Looking back at this weeks work and today's feels more solid than the other ones. One more in this weeks series to go. I'm thinking a profile. Everyone have a good day.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Lucky 13

2010-04-28T14:41:00.005-05:00

Here is today's skull. It is a three quarter view which are a bit tougher. On a gear related note my tripod for my paint box came in. So far so good. Is it bad that I want a bigger pochade box? Na I have everything that I need to work I just need to focus about the work. I also figured out the music situation. I put on the same stuff that I used to work to before. I have heard this stuff so many times that I'm not even paying attention to it. Why listen you ask? It helps drown out all noise. Enjoy your hump day.

6x6 Oil on Panel

P.S. I still haven't figured out a good place to take pictures of these.

Number 12

2010-04-27T14:53:00.002-05:00

Today's painting I went for a close up. The drawing is still a little off and the colors got real muddy fast. Skull week continues tomorrow.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 11

2010-04-26T14:07:00.002-05:00

Here is today's painting. Enjoy.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 10

2010-04-23T15:16:00.004-05:00

Another week down. It was a hard week but I got through it. Did we learn anything? Most likely. Next week will be all skulls so it should be fun. At least I don't have to worry about figuring out what I'm going to paint. Have a good weekend.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 9

2010-04-22T15:42:00.003-05:00

This week has progressively gotten harder to work. I think I've exhausted my bag of tricks and am now since I am not doing the old standby, painting has become difficult again (that is a good thing). I also noticed today that I'm trying too hard for everything to be perfect and I'm not painting, or I'm not losing myself in the work. That sounds really artsy fartsy, but when it happens it's bad ass. Before you know it's three hours later and your work is finished. I think worrying about what iTunes is playing keeps me from having that shift in my head. I think next week I'm going to work from the replica skull that I have. I can draw skulls but I can't really draw skulls. If that makes sense. Expect five skull paintings next week.

6x8 Oil on Panel

Number 8

2010-04-21T14:57:00.003-05:00

For some reason this weak has been hard to get the painting to a point where I feel they are done. Here is today's.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 7

2010-04-20T17:07:00.004-05:00

Today feels like I took a step back. I started this painting four times. This one was a struggle.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 6

2010-04-19T14:59:00.003-05:00

Pill bottle from my desk. I really need to figure out how to take better pictures of these.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 5

2010-04-16T14:17:00.003-05:00

Today's painting was a request. Todays paining went way faster, and is from one of my favorite movies. I used a different brush today. It felt more like im used too so maybe that made a different in today's painting.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 4

2010-04-15T17:28:00.003-05:00

It was only a matter of time before it became star wars. I'm surprised I lasted this long. I need to figure out how to take better pictures of these.

6x6 Oil on Panel

Number 3

2010-04-14T16:26:00.002-05:00

Skeleton chunky style. Still getting a feel for oils again. See ya tomorrow.

5x7 Oil on Panel

Number 2

2010-04-13T14:05:00.000-05:00

Today I decided to switch to oils. It's been a very long time since I've painted in oils. We used to be real good friends me and oils but I stopped using them due to school and acrylic is way easier to clean up. I'm very out of practice. I am not happy with my brushes, that what I get for purchasing brushes based on their handle size and not by the quality of the brush. I wanted smaller handles so they would fit into my pochade box. If anyone is interested this is the one I own. I have yet to use this box outside. Its become a useful tool around the house to do smaller paintings on, and fits happily on my lap. Todays painting was done on my box. (I giggle every time I type box, I'm like a five year old.) See ya tomorrow. EXTERMINATE!!!

6x6 oil on panel

Number 1

2010-04-12T20:18:00.001-05:00

In an effort to become a better painter I have decided to paint something everyday. Today reminded me how much I still have to learn about painting. I forgot how hard it is to paint something the way it looks. Also how different it is to paint on an easel, im used to sitting at a desk and working. Well here is number 1. It can only get better from here, I hope. Heh.

6x6 Acrylic on Panel