Studio Saturday: This Is The Sound

This weekend has been very productive due to mostly one reason: music. I sat my bottom down the last two nights and put on an album, no shuffle, just listened all the way through while painting. I forced myself to not get interrupted, other than for the necessary sip of coffee and/or a message on my phone. Music is very important and inspires my work and I believe after all this time, I have found a new way to focus. I always usually listen to music when painting, or watch a TV show, it just depends on what I'm doing and how focused I need to be. Either way, I have a snippet of some works in progress - I have not worked on one of these this weekend, but you'll see the finished product soon enough. 

Left side is one evolution, right side is another. Oh and yes I used Photo Grid for this.......

As a reference, here is the music I've listened to to help me paint the past 48 hours. 

Friday: Hallatar - No Stars Upon the Bridge (painted all the way through)

Saturday: Edge of Sanity - Crimson (to get me in the mood to paint and tidy up)
                Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale (painted all the way through)
                The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers (painted halfway through)
                Cellar Darling - This is the Sound (painted and wrote this blog through)

May the music inspire you. 

Currently Reading: Stephen King - The Dark Half

Studio Sunday: Decima

This is going to be a heavy picture post. I've completed yet another music inspired painting. The song is "Decima" by Katatonia. I started this piece in the late spring and made decent progress before summer vacation. Thankfully, that progress meant I was able to come home and finish it, since Texas summer heat can drain my energy and make me unproductive. This time, I left at a good stopping point, and came back refreshed to finish it. The first pic is the full piece followed by close ups of the different sections. I'm very happy how it turned out and hope I can submit it to a show. Maybe I should start working with more sizes like this and see what kind of world I can create. Anywho, thanks for looking.

Here she is in all her fallen glory.

Currently playing: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Currently listening: Chelsea Wolfe's new album Hiss Spun.

Studio Sunday: Updates, Updates, Updates

I had the sad realization that I had not created a 2017 page for the work I've done. It's rather belated, but late than never right? In doing so, I realized I forgot to post a Meg Myers inspired painting, you can view in 2015 - 2016 page, here.  As I uploaded for 2017, I also realized I am missing photos of 2 pieces, thus, I'm not completely done, however, it's a start. 

This week has also been accomplishing: I submitted to two art shows, managed to get photos yesterday (despite being very sick and in bed most of the day), and now, updating the site. I'll take it. I hope you are all well and creating. I have a few posts in mind coming up. For now, you can view the 2017 and see a detail of a submitted piece below. I hope you enjoy!

Spooky!

Currently listening: Katatonia's album "Tonight's Decision"

Thoughtful Tuesday: Long Time No Post

It's always hard for me to be productive during the summer. I blame the Texas heat, but this time I also had the belated honeymoon almost a year later. I get the double whammy because heat + vacation = not as much time to bring ideas together. However, this time, I started working on a piece in the late spring, I was able to get to a good place before the vacation, then able to slowly focus on it when I came back. 

It also helped to slowly start new projects too. So this summer, despite the heat and the travels, I was able to work on pieces, slowly, and still be productive. Now, I'm working towards a piece that I hope to submit to a show, and it's somewhat different for me due to the guidelines/theme, but let's see what happens. 

Let's see how this goes....

Currently Watching: Season 3 of Jane the Virgin (watched mostly Labor Day weekend while working on this painting)