I have recently had the great pleasure of
going through a free e-course offered by Jason Horejs, owner of Xanadu Gallery
and author of the book “Starving to Success”. I know the information I am
learning in this series of emails, reading his book and joining the free webinars
is going to be key to me reaching my long-term goals as an artist.
One of the take away points that I wrote
down this week in my notes is: "The most important thing you can do
for your art career is develop a consistent style." At first when I
read this I thought that referred mostly to subject matter. For example when I
think of successful artist Nancy Medina, I can't help but think of flowers.
She paints flowers of every shape and color with consistency and passion
from her studio in Flower Mound, Texas
Another artist that I admire his work
greatly and give all the credit to for my return to painting is landscape Tim
Gagnon. His basic landscape painting course was amazing and lit the fire
in me to pick up my brushes and get to work. He is a master at painting
landscapes that contain amazing trees and clouds. I can instantly pick
out his pieces amongst a page of landscape images. His method of painting
dictates his style and even if he paints a portrait I can still see Tim Gagnon
all over it. His website link is also found below.
I have for a number of months now been
sketching portraits when I wasn't able to paint. I have a stack of what I
think are pretty nice sketches and so you shouldn't be surprised that a number
of my paintings this past year have included human subjects. Granted they
are usually old dusty prospectors, but human never the less. They have
also been getting larger and with more detail until lately they subject has
become the portrait and not just a human form added to a landscape.
Portraits are challenging indeed, but I
find myself excited about the challenge. This week I had the amazing experience
of painting a piece in a few hours that was wildly received on my social media
network. It actually sold within 10 minutes of me posting the picture.
That is a definite first for me and something I hope to repeat.
So here she is.... 11x14 Acrylic called
"Marilyn-A Vision in Pink". I used my Alizarin Crimson for her
skin tone, Pthalo Blue for her hair and even highlighted her hair with
Iridescent Gold. She really pops on the black background. For fun I
also painted Audrey Hepburn in Blue just before my attempt at Marilyn and while
many commented how much they liked her and how ARTSY she was, I couldn't
help but think she looked like a smurf...A cute smurf but a smurf none the
less. So am I still going to be painting Nevada
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| "Marilyn-A Vision in Pink" 11x14 Acrylic |
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