Need to do some urban exploring, again soon. lol Such beauty in decaying buildings.
(Source: artboxconcepts)
Via I can't be in love if it's plastic
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My court hearing has been set. Feb 6th!!! I barely know what to say. It’s so close to the end now.
I painted today, but it sucks. So, no post for me today, but maybe I’ll do better tomorrow.
I think I’m starting to rely too much on digital art to do these daily paintings. I’m doing that because it’s easier. But, it just doesn’t beat sketching with a pencil. Even if I sketch with pencil and then scan it in to paint digitally, that’s always so much better and more accurate than when I just rely completely on digital.
And of course I really need to start using traditional paints more often. It is harder for me, but I won’t get any better if I never use them.
Here is my unfinished painting for today. I don’t think I can get much more done on it tonight. I took a really old drawing and completely re-painted it. This time I tried to concentrate on the planes of the face, and I used a Sargent painting as a reference for the lighting. So, even though there aren’t a lot of details and it’s really messy, I think the form is still there to some degree. And, even in this sketchy phase, this painting is a lot better than my original drawing. I’ll post the original for comparison.
I lost the intent and harshness of the original, but if I keep working on it, maybe I can get it.
I painted today, but it isn’t worth posting. I’ll make a big post full of quick painting studies that aren’t really worth posting individually, but might work well together just to show what I’ve been working on. I’m sure these little studies will add up quickly because sometimes I’m just way too lazy to do a decent composition.
Now that the Holidays are over, I’m back to trying to do a painting a day.
I’m not sure about this, but it’s a painting so it counts.
I think it’s good for an artist to look over their progress for the year, so here is my progress or lack there of which ever way you see it.
The top bunch of pictures (first 3 rows) is 2010, and the bottom is 2011. Here are a few things I’ve noticed between the two years. First, I really dislike my art. It’s a snooze fest. I seriously need to figure out what I’m doing because looking back, most of this seems like a total waste of my time as an artist. I either need to step up my game, or stop, because this is crap. It’s funny because I didn’t necessarily see this while looking at individual pieces, but when I put them all together and realize I basically did nothing, it kind of annoys me. It’s not so much that they are all badly drawn (some are), but mostly that there is nothing interesting, there is no vision or passion. Maybe it was because I had a bad year, but seriously something needs to change here or I really am wasting my time.
Second, I think that I am grasping values better and I’m getting down the forms and planes better, so at least there is a little improvement. And, I am happy to see that I’m trying new things, especially painting.
It’s the last day of a very troubling year for me. I’m glad to see it come to an end.
And, on top of that, my divorce is almost over! It has been such a long time. I haven’t talked about it that much on this blog, but today I think I’m going to share a few things. I’ve been separated for a year and two months. It was about 4 years prior to that when our troubles really started to happen. To keep this as simple as possible, he had tried to cheat on me, and after that things just fell apart and never got better.
Anyway, this year has been such a headache trying to deal with him. He hasn’t exactly cooperated with me that much. But, I was finally able to see a lawyer in Novemeber of this year, so now things should all be over soon (hopefully). The crazy thing is that he moved in with a girlfriend sometime last spring. And, I was recently told that he had told everyone that we were already divorced, and that he is engaged and ready to marry this other woman. She has a ring and everything. His friends and co-workers didn’t know he was still legally married, and I’m sure she didn’t either. So, this adds a little insight into why it has been so difficult trying to deal with him this year. lol This is stuff that happens on a bad Lifetime movie.
But, as I said, this is all almost over for me, and I can finally move on and fully heal. So 2012 seems like a hopeful year for me, and one full of potential.
About me
My name is Angie, and I like to draw.
