Among the 40+ oil paintings, 13 are 14 x 11 inch paintings that will be displayed at my upcoming solo art exhibit at Katsea Gallery Oct 2 to Nov 7, Towson, MD.
Opening reception is Oct 2, 6 to 9 pm. Hope to see you there.
Designing an Artbook, Episode 25 Painting #16 of 48 & lots more art stuff. Plus TBT, The Journey to Ukazoo
This episode features painting number 16 of the 48 primary paintings of the ArtStory book, ‘Fractured Sun, 10 x 8 inch, oil on Canvas
Also included in this Episode 25 is lots more art stuff:
Preview of painting #20 in progress.
Continuation of current painting for ’section’ page.
Plus making its debut to the episodes is a TBT (Throw Back Thursday) segment highlighting the 9 year Anniversary of the social media postings of “The Journey to Ukazoo”.
And for the ending credits a special guest, ‘The All Boys East Coast Cicada Choir’ making their first public appearance in 17 years to add backup vocals for the ending credit music.
Overall view of the “24 Album Cover” book Episode series project is Highlighting the artistic design, writing stories, creating art images, computer applications including learning InDesign & Photoshop, layout for conversion to PDF, and a crowdfunding campaign to help fund the conversion of the self-published ArtStory project to printed form.
The ArtStory book will feature 48 full color images, 77 supporting images, and 24 short story/vignettes within a 9.5 x 9.5, 100 plus page self-published book.
This episode features painting number 15 of the 48 primary paintings of the ArtStory book, ‘Oh My!!’, 10 x 8 inch, oil on Canvas
Also included in this Episode 24 is my travels from Vietnam to Arizona and books that shaped my journey of creating art.
The Episode concludes with transferring a pencil worksheet subject to canvas and the beginning painting process.
Overall view of the “24 Album Cover” book Episode series project is Highlighting the artistic design, writing stories, creating art images, computer applications including learning InDesign & Photoshop, layout for conversion to PDF, and a crowdfunding campaign to help fund the conversion of the self-published ArtStory project to printed form.
The ArtStory book will feature 48 full color images, 77 supporting images, and 24 short story/vignettes within a 9.5 x 9.5, 100 plus page self-published book.
Title: Designing an Art Book, Ep 23 – Painting #14 of 48. Chocolate Cookies, A Fictitious Letter & Vietnam
This episode features painting number 14 of the 48 primary paintings of the ArtStory book, ‘The Kiss’, 8 x 10 inch, oil on Canvas
Also included in this Episode 23 is making another batch of chocolate chip cookies. A Fictitious Letter from Felix & the history of me becoming an artist with a look back at Vietnam.
Overall view of the “24 Album Cover” book Episode series project is Highlighting the artistic design, writing stories, creating art images, computer applications including learning InDesign & Photoshop, layout for conversion to PDF, and a crowdfunding campaign to help fund the conversion of the self-published ArtStory project to printed form.
The ArtStory book will feature 48 full color images, 77 supporting images, and 24 short story/vignettes within a 9.5 x 9.5, 100 plus page self-published book.
This episode features painting number 13 of the 48 primary paintings of the ArtStory book, ‘The Little House’, 8 x 10 inch, oil on Canvas
Also included in this Episode 22 is Part Two: The demonstration of painting with ‘Gouache’ featuring Artist and friend, Karen Trimble.
Overall view of the “24 Album Cover” book Episode series project is Highlighting the artistic design, writing stories, creating art images, computer applications including learning InDesign & Photoshop, layout for conversion to PDF, and a crowdfunding campaign to help fund the conversion of the self-published ArtStory project to printed form.
The ArtStory book will feature 48 full color images, 77 supporting images, and 24 short story/vignettes within a 9.5 x 9.5, 100 plus page self-published book.
Designing an Art Book, Ep 21 – Painting #12 of 48 and an Artist Interview
This episode features painting number 12 of the 48 primary paintings of the ArtStory book, ‘Red Sphere’, 8 x 10 inch, oil on Canvas
Also included in this Episode 21 is my first interview segment with a local artist and friend, Karen Trimble. Subject of interview is Part One: the introduction of the painting medium ‘Gouache’
Part Two: The ‘Gouache’ painting demonstration will be featured in Episode 22.
Overall view of the “24 Album Cover” book Episode series project is Highlighting the artistic design, writing stories, creating art images, computer applications including learning InDesign & Photoshop, layout for conversion to PDF, and a crowdfunding campaign to help fund the conversion of the self-published ArtStory project to printed form.
The ArtStory book will feature 48 full color images, 77 supporting images, and 24 short story/vignettes within a 9.5 x 9.5, 100 plus page self-published book.
The first of the two artworks created from yesterdays posted sketchbook ’doodle’ was a ‘color pencil/watercolor/pen&ink’ image, titled “Freckles” that more closely followed the ‘doodles’ design.
Additional notes on this image is in the Ep. 20 Youtube video.
The highlighted painting, #11, in this week’s ‘Designing an Artbook’ Ep. 20 YouTube video started with the ‘doodle’ from my Sketchbooks and then transfer to a worksheet as the next stage of creating Painting #11.
Of note; the ‘doodle’ spawned two finished artworks, one ‘color pencil/watercolor/pen&ink’ and a second as an oil painting – shown in next postings
This episode features painting number 11 of the 48 primary paintings of the ArtStory book, ‘Bob & Bob’
Also included in this Episode is working out all the details, measurements, and narrative on the worksheet to get it ready for transfer to canvas.
Overall view of the “24 Album Cover” book Episode series project is Highlighting the artistic design, writing stories, creating art images, computer applications including learning InDesign & Photoshop, layout for conversion to PDF, and a crowdfunding campaign to help fund the conversion of the self-published ArtStory project to printed form.
The ArtStory book will feature 48 full color images, 77 supporting images, and 24 short story/vignettes within a 9.5 x 9.5, 100 plus page self-published book.
Musical guest for Episode 19 ‘End of Video Credits’ background music: