Monday, April 4, 2011

Rufous-necked hornbill










I did this bird in a couple of days, all ink pointilism. I just found out how to make my pictures bigger on blogger. Yeah!! I'm learning something new everyday.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

pointilism is easy










I bought myself some pens at walmart, now I can draw!!!
I started using my pointilism method on my whale, now that my sketch is done. It's easy, when the dots are closer together, it's darker on the paper. When the dots are spread out more parsely, then the shadow is lighter. I added a touch of blue to my whale, you can't see it very well on the picture.

Humpback whale





I'ts snowing again. We are in april and we've getting snowed in! How depressing!

We went to a restaurant/pub for lunch, the kids got to learn to play pool.

I had fish and chips, emma has the chicken quesadilla, chandler had chicken fingers and fries and Jon had the spaghetti and beatballs.


I just started the draw a new piece, it's a humback whale.

I had to stop because I can't find my pointilism pens, I'll have to go buy some.

So this piece is on hold for now.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

How to sell your contemporary art?

Author: patricksharpe

You are an artist and created contemporary art to earn substantial amount of money by selling them. If you really want to sell your art to earn money as well as fame then you must have to plan to promote your paintings for sale. Here are few steps to sell your abstract painting. >> Initially, market your art and paintings at regional and local art shows. This is the vital step towards selling your contemporary art. You need to make your client database and increase the new fan members by meeting new people. Networking is the best tool to get popularized your abstract paintings or contemporary art. >> Instigate exhibiting your art into the local galleries and make sure that your art portfolio must have elegant and eye-catching arts. You need to follow up relevant procedure of exhibiting the art such as particular time period and fees for the exhibiting work. This is the vital step towards promoting your contemporary art incorporated with other art. >> You can consider art gallery websites that allow users to showcase and exhibit their contemporary art to the viewers at massive scale. There are several art galleries that offer you best option to exhibit your large sculpture and abstract painting for sale over the website. Online selling of the paintings is the best and fastest way to generate money from your paintings. Most of the people currently surf over the web for everything. Thus, exhibiting painting for sale over the web is the easiest method to get started with this. >> You can consider auction house in case you want to sell number of pieces of you're abstract painting. There are several consigning houses that will offer you various types of negotiation. Moreover, you can go for the auctioneer agent who will manage all your auction operations. He will locate and find the best auction for your abstract painting collection. >> There is another option to sell your art but not the original one. Before selling your art, you have to think twice that do you want to make your career in this field or not for long time. There are several websites that offer fine art print services to the clients. In this way, you can save your original painting and sell out print format to the viewers. It is the contemporary art printing and this is that you have to consider before selling your abstract painting. You must have to understand other methods too.

Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art''s Meaning in Contemporary Society

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The squirrel




Today I made an effort to draw, nothing much, just a little sketch of a squirrel.


Here's a picture of the squirrel before filling in with colour.


And another picture with brown added.


Sunday, March 20, 2011

assorted pieces of art









































I just took pictures of all the pieces of art I have that I've done in the past.


The original pictures were taken from national geographic magazines.



If you send me a picture of your pet, yes, I'll be able to draw it using pointilism.

I'm gonna make en effort to draw a little everyday and post to you folks.
Thanks for watching my blog.








Thursday, June 25, 2009

Renderings, Words On Canvas

Alluring Piece Of Canvas

Author: TravisOl

Often the first thing that occurs to one's mind when you think about canvas prints is that you want them to last as long as possible. It is one of the most important aspects of canvas art in addition to beautiful, stylish and qualitative ones. Canvas prints is the perfect decoration for your room or work place, especially if you turn your favourite photos, reproductions or artworks into canvas. You can create a group picture, a portrait that will embellish your living-room and the like. Why are canvases so attractive? They can be stretched to any size so that you have an opportunity to enjoy desired photo enlargements. Just choose the right size and canvas company does the rest. All due to fabric canvases having the advantage of elasticity over that of paper material. Canvas prints are more charming and appealing. Also a piece of canvas art can embellish not only your interior, but can be hung outdoors as well.

Now I would like to stop at this significant point as I had better draw your attention to another facet while making a canvas print. What makes your canvases last for years? The answer is the inks. Only good UV-protected inks make it possible to admire your canvases in 75 years time and maybe even longer. Enjoy vivacious and spirited memories on your canvases. Colours are resistant to fading again due to the inks used. Colour fastness and longevity are reached on the bases of best modern methods, practical approach, and excellent conditions for printing process. Of course, with some older archival inks are pigmented. But, the percentage is very, very low. However, if you use high- quality inks, then this fading is reduced to minimum.

Even taking into account bright illumination onto your print, you will get pleasure from contemplating your canvas at least for another hundred years. Now I want to give you a piece of advice on how to preserve your canvas prints. As by observing the conditions you preserve them in depends also on the quality of manufacture of them. Try not to get your prints wet. Of course, you may that say that canvas prints are water - resistant. Yes, you are right, but it is does not mean water- proof. So, you better take care not to drench them. Water- resistant means that water glides easily off your prints, but it can partially be absorbed into material.

Though, it is UV-protected, do not hang in direct sunshine. Intense, straight and permanent sunlight fades bright and vivid colors. Especially, if you place it outdoors avoid direct sun rays. Keep your canvas away from acids. Check the frame and make certain it is acid- free. Acid in a moment can turn a print into rubbish and thus destroys the whole art pieces. You should have a special brush in order to remove dust from your print. Brush must be soft and clean not be able to scratch or do any harm to the beautiful canvas print. Just follow these simple rules and canvas print will fill your heart with warm memories, pleasant emotions and sense of beauty. By the way, you can share your joy and make a nice present of such a canvas print for your beloved one. It is a very special thing to give.

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Natural canvas prints meet all the requirements and necessary standards. Canvas photo allows creating the most desirable size that suits perfectly either the interior or outdoors of your place. Our company is aimed at providing stylish, fine and cheap canvases. Do you want to verify it? Contact our company.

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