“Freshwater fishes” Largemouth bass, Walleye, Rainbow trout. Background story During Covid lockdown in 2020 while we just relocated to Minnesota, my son and his dad got bored staying at home. They were eager to go outside and explore. At that time, bikes were sold out, community pool was limited, no school and no summer camp.ContinueContinue reading “Abstract oil painting “Freshwater fishes” series”
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Digital sketch time lapse with Procreate (11)
This post is for time lapse videos of digital sketch “Freshwater fishes” series, including Walleye, Largemouth bass and Rainbow trout. https://youtu.be/gNwXlXb34co Digital sketch “Walleye” https://youtu.be/6ifMgcP0DgY Digital sketch “Largemouth bass” https://youtu.be/xMshUcUl-mc Digital sketch “Rainbow trout”
Painting “Coffee octopus” on round wood plate
Digital sketch This is my relaxing drawing experiment. I want something coffee shades but not only bubbles or foam. The octopus tentacles are good fit because they have round suckers, a lot. I plan one lighter tentacles on darker coffee color. The other is darker tentacles on lighter coffee color. I draw them in rectangleContinueContinue reading “Painting “Coffee octopus” on round wood plate”
Digital sketch time lapse with Procreate (10)
This post is for time lapse videos of digital sketch “Coffee Octopus Black/Cream” series. The sketch is rectangle shape but the final oil painting is round. https://youtu.be/kyZEeTFwzXE Digital sketch Coffee Octopus Black https://youtu.be/bzyEquwNSgw Digital sketch Coffee Octopus Cream
Fantasy oil painting “Cardinal ride”
Holiday spirit What would you think of combination of cardinal red bird, snowy pine needles, gingerbread man and jingle bell? Sounds holiday? Well, this is my version of holiday painting. To be honest the gingerbread man in my mind is much wilder. It wears metal armor and holds a sword. It rides the red cardinalContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Cardinal ride””
Fantasy oil painting “Cyber jellyfish”
Initial thought I found out a city street night scene photo while exploring online reference photo website (picture shown as below). I like the color combination and the mood. However I am not that interested in cityscape or buildings. They have way too many straight lines. So I am looking for some other subjects thatContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Cyber jellyfish””
A tip for cleaning up dirty oil color palette
Method I found out this trick to clean up dirty oil paint palette by accident. One time I left a puddle of acrylic paint in a tray and forgot it. The next day when I peeled off dry acrylic paint film, it lifted the old oil paint residue on palette beautifully. I tried several timesContinueContinue reading “A tip for cleaning up dirty oil color palette”
Fantasy oil painting “On-Meow-Ji”
Fantasy oil painting “On-Meow-Ji” Background Onmyōji (陰陽師) was one of the official positions belonging to the Bureau of Onmyō [ja] of the Ministry of the Center under the ritsuryō system in ancient Japan, and was assigned as a technical officer in charge of divination and geomorphology based on the theory of the yin-and-yang five phases.ContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “On-Meow-Ji””
Exploring mixed media and collage
Idea I am exploring mixed media with collage. The general goal is to let the paint speaks itself. All I have in mind in the beginning is color theme. For example, all blue or all red. I don’t plan where the paint will be or what shape it will form. So I choose gouache andContinueContinue reading “Exploring mixed media and collage”
Abstract oil painting Backyard birds (2)
Abstract oil painting “Backyard birds” part 2 Digital sketch Actually, blue jay is the first of this series and gold finch is the last. Summary According to Google lens, my experiment with this kind of abstract forms worked. Soon after the “Backyard birds” series, I did another “Freshwater fishes” series, including Rainbow trout, large mouthContinueContinue reading “Abstract oil painting Backyard birds (2)”