I've done a few bad art/ sloppy art posts before, so here's another one. Every now and then I get some time and decide to paint a few paintings. But before I get into that let me explain my painting style. Honestly, I can't paint life-like/realistically to save my life. I learned that I am too impatient, and way too sloppy. But then, I was introduced to impressionist art. And it was perfect for me. I found that the sloppier I was, the better I was.
So here's what I have been up to lately.
This one is called "Picasso's Blue Reef." Of all the paintings I have painted, I think I like this one the best. I wanted to do something like Picasso, where he had a "blue" period. I thought, what if I took Picasso's blue thoughts, and used them to paint a coral reef. So I used all sorts of blues on this painting. It came out great. Again, I am really happy with it.
This one is called "Around the Old Oak Tree." I wanted to so something a bit different. This was supposed to be part of a five part series. I'm still working on the series, but this one was supposed to be "Earth." The picture itself is a little brighter than it is in real life due to the flash. I think it's a nice, happy painting that doesn't try to over think anything. It's just nice.
This one is called, "The Little Red Admiral From Argentina." The butterfly itself is called a Red Admiral, and the species that I painted makes its home in Argentina. Again, this was something outside my comfort zone. I actually started painting a butterfly, but it didn't turn out right. So I painted over that painting, and came up with this. I'm pretty happy with it. It has a lot more detail than you can see in the photo.
This is part one of a two part series. I made this painting and the following one as a "fire and ice" theme. This of course, would be the ice. I call it, "Busy Day on the Blue Reef." Here's a funny note. I had an idea for a brush I needed, but they didn't make that kind of brush. So I went to Home Depot, bought a brush, and cut it to the needed shape. If you see the "seaweed" on the bottom, that's what I used the brush to paint.
This one is called, "Maroon 5 Clownfish." Yes, I am a bit of a smart aleck. But if you look there are 5 Maroon Clownfish in the picture. I also used my special brush in the middle bottom of this painting. It's come in really handy. At first, I wasn't sure how this painting would come out. But once the finishing touches were put on it, it really started to pop out.
So that's what I have been up to lately. Stay tuned. I'm sure I will spit out a couple more works pretty soon.
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