Me, again

 I just have to add this very useful tutorial video to my blog right away. It saved me a ton of questions not to mention money, opting to learn what art tools I already have (an iPad Pro, the Apple Pencil and the very powerful  Procreate app ) and not buy another Wacom MobileStudio Pro Tablet  conspicuously on sale now. My iPad Pro 10.5" was bought in April 2018 and is a 2017 model. This video was first published in  2 Jan 2019.  Other useful links: http://www.idontknowwhattodraw.com http://www.bardotbrush.com

A quick chalk outline of Beth Harmon, chess prodigy on the chessboard, but without the chess pieces. I'm trying to measure and layout the elements on the canvas. Outlined the figure with Sennelier Mars black and some leftover orange paint for the face. Outlined the board and blocked in the flesh with some leftover yellow paint I didn’t want to dry up. I can’t wait to continue with this experimental painting tomorrow morning. I keep visualising it in my mind. I’m happy with the way my “experimental” portraiture is coming along. Added in the first chess piece, the queen for scale and checkered in the board mint green for white. Made the background ultramarine & prussian blues and titanium white. Also made the dress a dark violet with white highlights. Finally blocked in the chess pieces, the real stars of the show. Da-da-da-done! My Queen's Gambit and my lucky charm done in the  Expressionistic style of Russian painter Alexej Jawlensky . I hope to do more of his style of pain...

Ground of Ultramarine, Primary, Prussian Blues with Deep Violet and Titanium White painted quickly in a sweeping motion. Blocked in some 9 lucky pups with titanium white Added 4 floating plants in thick impasto-like fashion. Yummy! Colored in the fishies and added some more plants but something seems to be lacking...surface water perhaps? Water ripples and a few bubbles make this Lucky 9 Kois done. Hooray! Thickened the ripples. 

Old Red Truck Christmas Wreath, a TAS tutorial . 18" x 24" Acrylic on canvas. November 30. A Landscape Zoom tutorial by Vianna Szabo . 10" x 12.5" soft pastel artwork. November 29. Teapot and Lemon Soft Pastel exercise. 12.5" x 10" Canson Mi-Teintes paper. November 28. Frida Kahlo in watercolor. Not an original. November 21. Zachary and Jacqueline in watercolor. November 21. Praying Mantis, 18" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas. November 19. Queen's Gambit Fanart in Expressionism, 18" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas. November 10. Expressionistic Flowers, a digital drawing using Procreate. November 10. Lucky 9, 18" x 24" acrylic on canvas. My concoction of 9 lucky kois. November 4. Watercolor Koi from TAS . November 4. Funny Fall Bird on Twig from TAS . November 4, Fall Tree by the Lake watercolor from TAS . November 1.

Dark wispy clouds and an even darker table Table grain Blocking in pumpkins and lamp with titanium white Orang-ey pumpkins and a lamp still blocked in Added some highlights Cobwebs and grass Added in the crows and it's done.  Happy Halloween  to me! Decided to turn the pumpkin into a Jack-o-Lantern after  Macoy asked about the face.

A pink chalk and brown acrylic outline of a cow. Logo of house and Ado painted in. Experimenting with shades of brown on the body. This is not the painting itself. It was coloured using the iPad Pro Paper App by 53. It’s part of planning for the colors. Can’t wait for tomorrow. Body of cow painted in complete with highlights and lowlights. Pastel background of light blues and greens painted in leaving a white outline around the body.  Cut my cow! Labelled the cuts! Good lettering using a stiff round brush. Added grass and prepped the title cards. Finished boxes and lettering. My infographic is done! How now, brown cow?

My smallish watercolor artwork of niece Chelsea’s dog Pirolito,  a beagle/basset hound mix. October 30. Halloween Pumpkins and a Murder of Crows as derived from a Ginger Cook tutorial.  18"x 24" Acrylic on canvas. October 28. Cardinals 10"x 14" Watercolor. October 19. Primal Cuts of Beef Diagram. 18”x 24” Acrylic painting on canvas. October 15. A character study for my High School Viber group. As a Sticker Pack. October 12. Vincent's The Bedroom in colored pencil and ballpen. October 9.  Anne Hathaway/Witches pop-art digital drawing. October 8. Carabao Boy, 18”x 24” acrylic on canvas. October 3.