Here’s a painting from an automatic drawing that I’ve been nibbling on this past week.
It’s been kind of a chaotic week. I hung the art show at Angel city brewery and it was just not smooth sailing.
It seemed like every step of the way was more difficult than it needed to be.
They had to cancel the opening at the last minute because of scheduling conflicts.
Honestly it was just annoying and I can’t talk about it too much because I’m sick of thinking about i...
2023-10-08 00:57:37 +0000 UTC
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It's a hard life out there for a dark/surrealist/abstract painter. What's a weirdo to do?
Well, I take other commissions outside of my desired realm.
However, I loved doing this one.
The origin of this was teaching little kids to paint kitties.
I've learn my lesson the hard way, that if you want (especially little girls) to pay pay attention in art class, you have to have a really cute subject to paint.
I've consulted with our overlords as Disney and ...
2023-10-07 00:00:01 +0000 UTC
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This piece is definitely a study to be developed into a larger painting. I'm really into the color and concept of it. But there's definitely things I'm going to change about it too.
I had been really studying the warm/cool dynamic of color mixing in preparation for the color lesson for Intro to Drawing Bad Art for a few weeks before I got sick. So in my covid haze I could just see it.
2023-10-06 01:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Atom St. George
My friend Atom uses what I like to call "Automatic Gradients" as a starting point for his paintings. Instead of scribbling he creates these little patches of color. Sometimes he throws paint around or presses the brush into the paint in random patterns. Then he spends a lot of time adding form and detail.
Follow him on instagram @atomstgeorge
Tia Thistle
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2023-10-05 02:00:01 +0000 UTC
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With Automatic Drawing it's fun to see the transition from the scribbles to the finished product so I decided to make a little video with the submissions.
I'll make a full video of mine at some point in the future. and I'll make a post with all the pictures of the submissions too.
Here's the s
2023-10-04 02:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Have fun with it! Submissions are due Oct. 30th!
You can submit them through the link, or email them to me.
scumchoir@gmail.com
The painting in the picture Is an an ink and acrylic piece I did in late 2020.
I did a few ink wash paintings with ghosts in them around that time. They actually stemmed from me studying perspective. I would draw these old houses to try and find the perspective lines a...
2023-10-03 02:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Here's a little behind the scenes video about how I made the color amp in my newest intro to drawing bad art course!
2023-10-01 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I think he's cute and kind of hideous. Life can be like that ya know.
I think I might do another pass on him.
The second picture is the automatic marks.
Please try and get me your prompts by the end of next week!
2023-09-30 23:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The October Prompt will be due on October 30th!
You have until Monday to vote on these, I'll announce the winner on Monday or Tuesday.
Since this is the Halloween month prompt, they are more subject matter driven than technique driven.
2023-09-30 18:46:57 +0000 UTC
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timelapse painting with narration about this painting and why I'm not seling it.
Listen to the song here
Go straight to YouTube to watch ...
2023-09-30 00:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The Automatic Drawing Prompts are due tomorrow!
Submit them here! Or email them to scumchoir@gmail.com
I have a show next week that I'm going to be promoting on my social media. And. I won't be posting the submissions until the following week. So you have a little flexibility with getting them in.
We will be voting on the next prompt this weekend sometime!
Any suggestions? lea...
2023-09-29 19:25:13 +0000 UTC
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This is the demo video for the color lesson in the Intro to Drawing Bad Art Course.
This is the first painting demo in the intro to drawing bad art course.
And its my first real time, acrylic painting demo!
Since we're talking about color, I thought it made the most sense to do a demo where I'm using color the way I normally would. In an acrylic painting.
I recap the lesson and talk about color for the first 20 minutes or so.
I tried to stay focused o...
2023-09-29 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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It's time to enter the kingdom of color! This is honestly My favorite video I've done for the Intro to Drawing Bad Art Course.
In this video my goal was to do a broad overview of the basics of color theory for artists, and then give some practical advice on how to approach color.
Color is all about controlling and balancing Hue, Chroma and Values. In this video I explore each of those characteristics of color. And then demonstrate my approach to finding that balance.
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2023-09-28 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Painting timelapse and a little cold medicine heavy narration about this piece from the Covid Colllection
Check the song out here
Go Straight to the Youtube Video Here
2023-09-27 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I'm putting together some videos of the Covid Collection (the paintings I did while I had covid)
A little different format for this one. I was going to just post the timelapse with music like I normally do. But I really wanted to say something about this piece because of the strange circumstances I painted it under.
BUT, I had already made the song and I liked it. So I went with both.
Watch it directly ...
2023-09-26 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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In this video I walk you through the process behind the beer can design I was commissioned to paint.
I think it will be useful if you have to work with a client, or if you have deadlines, or need to come up with a system to finish art pieces.
I hope you enjoy.
*** Art Life Update:
I've been slammed with work lately. Ever since covid I've felt like I'm playing catch up. I have a few shows coming up, including one I'm curating (which is the show I talk about i...
2023-09-25 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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This is a painting commission I got for the design of a beer can.
I made a longer walkthrough video of this painting that I'll share soon.
Here's the secret link to listen to the song I made for this. ...
2023-09-23 20:00:01 +0000 UTC
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I finally got this guy in a frame. If you remember, way back in July I found this beautiful frame for him, but I couldn't attach hanging hardware to it. So I put him in a temporary frame, hung him in the gallery, and ordered a new frame.
It took a while to arrive, and I couldn't find any time to go in and swap him out. Then I got covid, then I had to play catchup.
Well, anyway, I finally did it. So I'll give the choir a little time to have first dibs on him.
He...
2023-09-22 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Timelapse and painting process for my painting "New Girl" part of the Covid collection.
I started with a very loose gesture drawing from a model. Then I let it sit for a while till I forgot about the reference. then I started defining it. my goal was to kind of abstract the figure. I finished this piece when I was sick.
It's part of the covid collection which you can see exclusively in the Secret Choir sho...
2023-09-22 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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In this video I'll walk you through how I set up my palette for acrylic painting. One of the big complaints people have about acrylic painting is how quick it dries on the palette.
And that is an issue. One of the ways I deal with it is by using Sta-Wet Palettes. It's kind of a process to set up, but it really makes your paints last longer. I've have piles of paint stay workable for a month in these palettes.
There are other ways to keep your acrylic paints wet while w...
2023-09-21 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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If you're reading this in email and want to go straight to the YouTube video Click Here
Here's the secret link to the song
This piece was inspired by the death of a plan...
2023-09-20 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Grab a cannoli and some drawing supplies! It's time for another Art Life and Lives! In this one we're talking about the making of the Godfather.
In my last Art Life and Lives about Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday, I talked about the inevitable failure that comes with the territory in art.
I recently read Leave the Gun Take the Cannoli by Mark Seal about the making of the Godfather. And while there is a lot of interesting stories in that book (film history, the mafia, the tension ...
2023-09-19 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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9 paintings from the Covid Collection now live in the Secret Choir Only Shop.
2023-09-17 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hope this is helpful for the Prompt this month's prompt! Sorry if my voice sounds a little scratchy, I was still getting over being sick when I recorded it.
If you're looking at this in an email and want to go straight to the video, click this link
2023-09-16 19:00:59 +0000 UTC
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If you're looking at this in email and want to go straight to the video without opening Patreon: Here's the link to the video
Here's the Song I made for this Video
2023-09-15 21:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The music on this is one of my favorite beats as of late. You could listen to it here.
You still have early access to this piece in the Secret Choir Shop.
2023-09-15 02:00:01 +0000 UTC
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I've been doing all these Alla Prima studies lately. This is the first one of those paintings that really got the ball rolling. I was working on my fantastic beast, and designing my "Crossroads Joe" monster in photoshop. And I was just bored and wanted to paint. I decided to commit to painting something in one sitting AKA Alla Prima.
I think this painting took 2 or 3 hours in total.
I'll do a video specifically about Alla Prima painting eventually. But in this video I wanted...
2023-09-14 01:14:32 +0000 UTC
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I'm finally feeling better and testing negative. The worst thing about covid to me is the brain fog. I've had it twice and both times I just couldn't think straight. The first time I had it, last year, I couldn't even paint.
What was interesting this time was that the brain fog seemed to only affect my ability to read and write and that type of stuff. It took me like 2 hours to write a paragraph. But I could paint just fine. And it kind of felt like the painting side of my brain h...
2023-09-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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This started out as an automatic drawing and then I developed the image more and more. The cool thing about the automatic drawing process, especially when applied to a longer painting process like this piece, is that you can really get to some interesting and surprising places in your mind. And it all starts with a few scribbles.
Anyways. I am finally getting over being sick and was able to frame her and put her in the Secret Choir Only Shop.
I'm also working on a process walkthro...
2023-09-12 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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This is the piece I'm the most proud of from 2015. Beautiful Nightmare. It's a combination of spray paint, paint markers, and acrylic. It was a real breakthrough for me in translating my pen and ink work to canvas.
I was teaching myself how to draw and paint at this point.
I liked the feeling of pen and ink, the images seemed to emerge from just scribbling on paper with them. But I couldn't translate that to painting on canvas.
When I'd try to create with paint a...
2023-09-10 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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