Another LavaDog363 in progress

"LavaDog363-A"
Digital, work-in-progress


OK- found something. One from the iPad Brushes app. A work-in-progress. That should put the pressure on to finish it. Or maybe not. Avid Art 2 is so informal I don't have to do anything, I think.

I had decided to do another version of LavaDog 363 form an earlier post. This designated as  -A.
Digital makes it easy to do other versions from saved ones. We'll see where this one goes. I certainly don't know as of now.

I'll try to get this finished sooner than later and start posting on a regular basis here again.28

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iPad Landscape Comp

Landscape comp
digital, iPad, Brushes app

I really need to get more up here on  AA2  this year... starting with this one from earlier in the year, a comp I was working on before my iPad went kaput.
It still works technically but it charges really slow, uses the battery up fast and my computer no longer recognizes it.

I'll have to get a new iPad sometime this year. I miss the painting apps and the digital fun I was just getting the hang of before the pad went bad.26

Oh, BTW... Happy New Year !!!

Iteration

AvidRabbit7
digital, Brushes app

Iteration, from this post... I decided to toss the "re-"... so here is another iteration.

I don't know why he is green, or at least this particular green, I just don't.24

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

LavaDog363

"LavaDog363"
Digital, Brushes app

Just playing here. Started with shapes until I saw some suggestion of form and idea(?).
From there it morphed into a dog, a rock dog. I ran with it and ended here.
It was a good exercise in allowing my brain to play without constraints or formality.

It can be hard to retrain our brains to think another way we are not used to (in our usual work).
This is a good way for me.

I am not liking the lava streams. I worked on them over and over trying different approaches, even studying lava photos. Eventually I simplified it back down. I know it can be better. But as I have said I consider these iPad paintings as works in progress. Maybe I'll keep working it and re-post.22

Rabbit Reiterated (again)

AvidRabbit6
Digital, Brushes app

OK... as I work on Art-A-Fair paintings, submissions for shows, even a wall graphic etc, I will be posting more iPad art. This is because I am not posting work for shows until notification or in the case of Art-A-Fair not until the show draws closer. Even then most I will not post until the show starts.
... maybe a teaser on my Avid Art blog at some point?

I have been getting more quality time with the Brushes app, both 1 & 2. I am actually comfortable enough with it now that I am finally enjoying it.
Enjoying it is important because it does give me a break from working on all the projects with specific goals or intentions in mind. With these I do anything and everything that comes to mind. I can just let it flow and it has a way of clearing my head which is artistically healthy. As you can see it is very different from my work on Avid Art.20

Just to Reiterate...

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AvidRabbit4
AvidRabbit5
Digital, Brushes app

As I may have said I needed some place to put my artistic ramblings, the stuff that passes through my head but does not quite fit on my (real) blog. That is why I started this one, a dusty little corner somewhere in my brain.
The best part is no pressure, no pressure to impress or earn so it's more akin to a sketchbook.

Here are digital iteration's of AvidRabbit (or would they qualify as re-reiteration's since there are now at least 5 versions not counting the original ballpoint pen sketch? I really don't know. How many re-'s are we allowed? Does anyone know?).

What I like about the digital medium is the ability to make variations of the original painting or sketch without losing it. Just hit duplicate at any point and start going left with it. Don't like it? DELETE, go back, try again. Part way through a painting? Don't want to risk screwing it up but you want to try something out? There is of course the undo button but if you are a ways down the road already that is too many taps. Duplicate and full speed ahead. The saved version is safely tucked away.18,19

Happy Easter!

AvidRabbit3 (top)
AvidRabbit2 (bottom)
Digital, Brushes app

AvidRabbit will be making appearances in various manifestations from time to time.
The top one, 3, is one of the first paintings I imported the from the first version of Brushes into the second version to work on it.
It took me awhile to get familiar with the more basic earlier version before I could tackle the second slightly more advanced one, which is still a far cry from Photoshop and the like.
Still really basic considering what's out there.

Anyway... Happy Easter if it's all the same to you.16,17

The Lookout, Digital Painting and Playback

"The Lookout"
Digital, Brushes app

This was originally posted to my other blog, Avid Art, but without the video playback.15,V2

Straw

"Straw"
digital, Brushes App

I figured I had better start posting more here. Nothing serious, just meanderings. An April Fool.
With the iPad I really allow myself to do anything that comes to mind. No pressure to earn. Totally random. Relaxing, when it is not frustrating... just like golf.14

Industrial Garden

"Industrial Garden 1"
digital, Brushes app

Industrial meets the garden, sort of.

This blog will feature more of my random artistic musings and that means more iPad art.
I use the iPad for experimenting, trying out new idea's.

It's certainly cheaper than wasting paint so I like it for that.

Trying out new idea's means for me I am never really finished with any one iPad drawing/painting. They are all works in progress so I just reach a point and stop. Sometimes posted as is, other times I may rework one and repost.

It is a bit crude (unrefined) but again the only digital tool I have is the iPad with the Brushes app and I am still in the digital learning curve. Bear with me as I take it for a ride, think Driver's Ed.

Like this one above. It simply is at this current state. Will I go any further on it? I don't know.
I got the idea down visually and that is what counts. It is a beginning. I don't want to work it to death. I want it to remain fresh like a sketch. It would serve me better to just do another, and besides I will get better which each one, so move on.

Lately I have had fusion on my mind, part of the reason for a new blog. I like the idea of combining two things opposite or two things, one of which I like (industrial) with another I don't like or at least, don't normally do (floral, bunnies, kittens) . 

Many of these will also serve as studies for paintings or drawings in traditional mediums.13

Face Off Sketch

"Face Off"
iPad Sketch, 2014
Brushes App

Here's a quick digital sketch for fun.10

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

Weird Party

With my new found joy...
Other than being forced to paint .... these things...

I thought they deserved a special happy place all their own!
I didn't quite know where to put them...

A sunny cheerful blog!
I couldn't put them on my other blog.

But, if it's for sale it will mingle on my DAILY PAINTWORKS gallery page like some really weird party. You know what I'm talking about, you step through the door and think... what the heck is going on here!

Yep.
(Sorry).

Yeah, it's digital. Done on the iPad in the Brushes app.3

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