Works in progress

A Bakersfield Hills Painting Progress 1

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Here is a real sneak peek at a new Bakersfield Hill painting I started last recently. The outlines have been drawn and I will fill the shapes with solid colors after which I will add textures using various brushes.

I start out with a basic drawing then add solid colors using the fill tool in Infinite Painter before using various brushes to add textures.

Another Bakersfield Hills work in progress

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I need to do some more work on the sky and clouds. There are a few other things with foreground and the purple hills in the back that need a little more work.

See the finished painting in the “recent work” gallery of this site.

This will be Bakersfield Hills No. 13 when it is finished. Based on a photo taken in July, 2022. The hills of California are forever brown in the summer.

Back in the saddle again

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I haven’t done any art work for the past couple of months mostly because of some needful distractions and partly because of a creative slump. I decided I needed to get myself out of this creative fear. So having been inspired by places seen during our recent trip to California, I’m back in the saddle again with some digital painting. Here is a sneak peak at something I started working on today.

All of my digital land and seascape paintings have been squares (3000 x 3000 px). This time I thought I would do a size that I hope will fit a more standard size frame such as a 16 x 20 inch and be easier to frame.

Update August 3rd
You can see the finished piece in the “recent work” gallery of this site.

Bakersfield Hills No. 11 | This one is from a reference picture I took out the car window while my wife was driving east along Hwy 58 through the hills above Bakersfield, California on our way home from Cayucos on the central coast a week ago. It’s late July and the hills above Bakersfield are golden and brown with punctuations of green.

Infinite Painter v7 on a Galaxy Tab S7 | 2880 x 2304 px

More portrait work

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I felt like I was a bit too tight in my rendering with the clowning fish piece so I tried working looser with this one. I used the pencil brushes and watercolor brush I normally use and several paint brushes that I haven't use before. There are a lot of brushes to choose from in Infinite Painter and there is plenty of room for experimenting and exploration.

Tool: Galaxy Tab S3 tablet, App: Infinite Painter, Size: 3000 x 3000 px.

Making Sailor Sunny Jim's sailor cap

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This morning I made Sailor Sunny Jim's sailor cap using a piece of dowel, heavy paper, newspaper, glue, and paint.

First I cut a section of dowel to a size compfortable to hold.

I then started shaping the dome of the cap with a sanding block.

After getting the shape of the dome where I wanted it I cut it off the dowel.

Here I've finished shaping the side of the cap using a sanding block.

I glued some heavy paper around the side of the shape to form the brim. I placed it on what is going to be Sailor Sunny Jim's head to see how it will fit. I then glued some tiny pieces of newsprint around the brim.

Here is the finished sailor cap with a fresh coat of acrylic paint.