Abstract

Hello dear readers,

Like I promised, this is my latest piece of art. I have it in my living room and it looks amazing with all the little decorations that we bought and have similar blues, yellows and oranges.

I hope you like it.

"Water Fire", oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2015

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Holiday gift

Hello dear readers,

Do you know what to gift this holiday season?

This time is a small blog only to remind you that you can give a great give to the ones you love. Try making a gift by yourself.

I decided to give this replica of an artwork  from an artist called Niko, I liked the colors and the shapes; the person that I giftinging it to liked it very much and will match his art collection.

 

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Prekrasna

Hello dear readers,

Remember I talked about Chuck Close and his impressive portraits; not only because of the grid technique also because of the dimesions; so I decided to take on a bigger task after my first attempt of  this technique. 

After I finished Oko I wanted to paint my girlfriend and gave it to her as a gift; the problem was that the size and the spare time I had were not proportional.

Besides I wanted to be a surprise but with all the time that took me even her parents saw it and actually titled it differently. So again prekrasna is in Slovak and it means beautiful. Talking about languages. I'll be learning Italian and Slovak next year; I'll keep you posted about my advancement on that end.

Back to the painting; lately I've been putting some hours and here is the final product. I started by painting the background colors; that took a lot of time, I wanted to be precise because usually the portraits does not resemble the model. I this case I wanted to show how beautiful my girlfriend is.

 

 "Prekrasna" 36X48 Inches, oil on canvas, 2014.

 Do you have some suggestions? comment and share.

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Modern impressionism

Hello dear readers,

At the end of October I was watching some videos about impressionism for a change and it always makes me feel inspired; the way they used to paint, the speed and the colors; I wanted to buy more materials and canvases.

So it was set for the day that I would go shopping, get my canvas and again my goal was to paint it in one session; I spent around 4 hours one night and another hour tonight. 

The result is the next painting that I titled "Rainy evening"; actually I found a painting on the internet made with a knife. Just search for modern impressionism; you will find it.

 

 "Rainy evening"  36X24 Inches, oil on canvas, 2014.

Adding a good quantity of paint is helping me to get the feeling of painting fast, but I'm still not sure that is the best technique. What do you think? What would be the best way to do an impressionist painting?

In case you are wondering I haven't sign in to the art classes; for sure I'll get answers to my questions; but I still think that is better to try it.

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Life is still

Hello there,  have you ever wondered what's the best type of painting for the kitchen? 

Still life is my answer. Usually fruit is the main subject, glasses with wine and bread. My first instinct was to paint a reproduction of a masterpiece from Manet or Monet even Picasso; but there was nothing I fell in love with. 

So the search continued until google suggested 'still life photography'... clicked on it and voilà... the perfect picture.  Composition, lighting, colors. The only challenge was the metallic kettle. 

The very next day I bought a nice 16x20 inches canvas a couple of brushes and headed back home decided to finish the painting in one sitting. My plan? You guessed it. Impressionism.

I started painting the background then the kettle and at this point the fact of being an amateur artist showed right away, the painting slowly became realistic. Although I'm happy the painting took me 3 hours the first night and two nights later another 2 hours to finish;  it was clear that I need some classes and fast.

"Still life one" 16X20 Inches, oil on vanvas, 2014

What do you think about this still life painting? Do you have any suggestions or comments?

Stay stay tuned because I'll be blogging about my art workshops and classes.


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It all started with Chuck

Hello dear readers,  to be honest I always loved arts; maybe thanks to my brother because he used to paint and me next to him for hours just watching.

One day as part of my job I was introduced to a project, the goal was to rewrite the website of a prestigious art gallery. We had to develop a customized search engine to find artworks, it was then that the name of Chuck Close came across the table,  across computers and across cold programing code. 

The memories of my brother painting came right away when we started searching for Chuck's art; impressive even on a small digital picture of portraits; taller that a regular man; I was in awe.

The project continued and I started studying Chuck Close's portraits. Based on a grid technique; according to the descriptions made in videos I found on youtube; Chuck Close takes pictures of close friends and family submitted to a grid and then painted to create massive portraits.

I found this way of painting a great technique for me to start in the arts world. Soon after discovering this artist I painted "Oko" which means eye in Slovak.  

Oko, 20X20 Inches, oil on canvas, 2014.

Why Slovak?  Well that's another story.

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