When I paint from reference, most of the time it’s from photos displayed on my computer monitor. There are quite many benefits to using a photo versus the real thing. Living beings barely staying still long enough for a camera to capture won’t make an exception for an artist, regardless of their skill or fame. Unless you’re a fast worker, the light of day too will change on you and that scenery’s colours you are trying to capture along with it. If you cut open some fruit for that extra juicy still life, you better make sure to finish […]
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Self Sabotage
Originally I put the following blog post up on ko-fi titled “Procrasti-no-tion”, but seeing as how that was in May and now it’s September and I’ve not at all managed to move ahead with the plans I had back then, it really can’t be called anything else than self sabotage. For a minute I thought about leaving this blog post out of the mirroring process to my own page here, since it probably comes off even more embarrassing now than it did then, but the point of this is to be authentic after all. Besides, omitting mistakes and low […]
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When Digital & Traditional Meats
While I’ve done quite a bit of digital painting in recent times, my acrylics had been patiently waiting for me to give them the time of the day. Not because I don’t enjoy using them, but there’s more friction to get going and when the end result is primarily shown on a screen anyway, it’s easy to reach for the stylus in front of me over setting up an easel, brushes and a palette. About a week ago however, their moment had come. A friend from overseas told me about his upcoming visit to Vienna and we made plans […]
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A Study of Comfort
Despite having been an artist for a long time, I only got into painting studies quite late. Though by now, they have become not just a learning activity yielding satisfying results, but also a source of comfort for me. While I wouldn’t claim that discerning shapes, forms, colours and values from reference and putting them down onto a canvas with your own hands is easy, it does mean there’s something tangible you can work from. Be it a photo or a still life arrangement, if something feels off in your painting, you can compare, look just a little harder at how […]
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The Sweet Smell of Nostalgia
Despite the title of this post possibly suggesting so, I’m not much of a nostalgic person. In fact, if this article were focused on the topic of nostalgia, it would very likely be critical and step on toes and be some sort of analytical downer. Maybe there will be a time for that, but not so now. Now, there is a board game to be talked about. Amusingly, I’m also not much of a board game person, having no recollection of the last time I even played one. Yet here I am, next to me the glossy cardboard box which has given […]
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Small Legged Bowl
Get a look at my thought process and the steps involved in the creation of a small legged bowl of wood.
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