Oil Painting blog to check out

May 30, 2012inspiration

I just got an email from my oil painting teacher that he’s started a blog. I invite people to check it out, he has very definite opinions on what makes good art and he is pretty entertaining to boot. The blog url is http://blog.fineartportrait.com/. There are four entries so far, with hopefully a lot more … Read More

Alien Encounters: The tree of life

May 5, 2012New art work

Here is my latest project which I managed to finish for Mocca last week. It’s a “double book”, the cover page is a long piece of paper folded into a z which allows you to fit two books. The two books have the same story, the same artwork, the difference is that one book is … Read More

Oil Painting class

May 5, 2012New art work

Last week my oil painting class finished. The portrait you see above is the culmination of 30 hours of work. This was my first painting class ever. I did some acrylic paintings when I was in middle and high school, but I’ve always been more focused on drawing than painting…so don’t judge too harshly. Admittedly … Read More