The Mad Cat is Back!

"Jobin D2"
Digital, Brushes app

There is a lot I don't like about this Jobin iteration. It's been sitting on the pad and I only recently went back into it experimenting with textures mostly. It may be I am trying too hard to hold on to the original sketch or the original painting. No matter, it is only one. I brought it along as far as I'm willing and I don't hate it so here it is... no real point going any further with it. If I still want more from it I would start fresh.

Many of these I started and they lay dormant on the pad because I was still struggling with just how to use the app... (and you should see how many of those suffered the demise of the DELETE button!).23

Jobin Digital Painting Playback

OK, it took some research and doing but I learned how to get the playback (video) of my iPad Brushes painting here on the blog.
Note: the video playback is a bit blurry at fullscreen. I will have to look into why that is, perhaps it is a matter of settings.

I remembered a post on one of the blogs I follow, "Making a Mark" by Artist and writer Katherine Tyrrell, searched it out and then proceeded to learn how to do it. This is the link to that specific "Making a Mark" post.
Katherine's blog is one of the best. It is loaded with informative and thought provoking posts and links. It is one of those that really shortens the learning curve for the rest of us.

The short answer is it must first be uploaded to YouTube or Flickr then uploaded here to my blog. Of course that meant launching my own YouTube Channel.

As I said in my second post (below) I am having fun and experimenting.
BTW Jobin is a real cat with a ... um... difficult disposition. One of the challenges will be to capture her various 'states of existence'.v1

Maniacal Snow Drift

This post is copied from my other blog Avid Art. It's from 2011.
It exists better here.
I yanked this post from my other blog.
Well, actually the cat made me do it (copy cat).
Viscous.
You'll probably be seeing more of the like here on this blog.

"Snow Drift" sculpture

foam, plaster, wire, acrylic paint on mat board

"Jobin Study" painting

oil on panel,

2011, private collection

Sometimes you just have to break away and try something for the simple pleasure of creating. Something outside of the normal scope of work.

Here's a fun little project I did as a Christmas decoration.

My inspiration came after seeing the Tim Burton show at LACMA. I just had to do something grim and maniacal for a change. I love doing projects like these. It takes me away from the usual art I do and has a way of feeding my creativity when I go back to it. So I find it artistically healthy.

The recipient is a fan of this kind of art. I sent her two emails, prior to giving it her, as a teaser of what was to come and to arouse her curiosity. They were hints based on my ideas. The first an old (modified) philosophical question that was the basis for the piece. The second a short poem I wrote for it.

The first email:

If a tree screams in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a noise?

The second email:

Beware of Serene Scenes

Snow can be evil,

Snow can be grim,

It can rise up against you,

At its own whim.

The small cat portrait is of her (mad) cat,which isn't friendly to other cats, the mad catter you might say. Originally that was what I was going to give her. Upon finishing it I thought, how lame that would be to hand her that! But I still wanted to incorporate it into the sculpture though so I hung it as an ornament. It did not have to make perfect sense, this was all about the fun. No rules.4

BUNNIES! FLOWERS! KITTENS!

My first post... (it was the first in drafts, now it's the second).
So much for planning.

Not too long ago I said "If things don't start selling soon I'll have time to paint pink bunnies... and flowers, and kittens."
Not too long ago I said "If things don't start selling soon I'm going to HAVE to paint pink bunnies... and flowers, and kittens."

Woo hooo!?
Dang it!

And I'm glad, I love bunnies,... and stuff, really!
Crap, I wish I never said that. I don't even like pink (or lavender).
Besides, I was kidding.
Of course that doesn't mean I have to like it, and frankly I don't and won't!

... and I can hardly wait to get started!
... and I also don't have to paint perfect pretty little pictures for you to peer at while you sit perched on your porch drinking pink lemonade overlooking a placid pond on a pleasant play day ...   ...   ...   while reciting platitudes.

Jobin the (mean) cat. I should have posted a bunny (rabbit) but did not have any I liked so far.
This is another iPad Brushes painting. I'm just having fun experimenting and trying to avoid cute. Actually, it's not all fun since much of it is frustrating. {: (

I tried including the playback movie but am having some difficulty loading the Brushes movie (video) to the blog. I keep getting an error message. In fact what is really weird is I can't remove the "Uploading video... Your video will appear here when finished" image from the draft, it won't go away!
I may have to load first to YouTube then back to my blog as I have read online.
I will look into it.2