first things first

i finished my piece for the 'tentacle love' show at Monkeyhouse toys on february 18th. The show runs through March 18th.

and here it is














this is just a photograph, so ill probably post up a scan once i have it. im pretty happy with it.i do mean it when i say this looks better in person.

no noodles

just a quick check-in to post my night's progress on my latest painting.













this is one of the few pieces ive worked on that i actually think looks better in person.

yay

PAUL

new noodles

4th post tonight! what!

actually, its after midnight, so this is my FIRST post of tomorrow

i did some quick sketching on a new canvas last week, and tonight i tightened it up and started with some light painting. so far so good. the canvas is 8" x 8" and i'll be painting with acrylics as usual. i might do some quick color studies in photoshop, but i think i know what i want this to look like

the sketch...













the early painting...













also, for anyone interested, i have Instagram and Twitter accounts...

@iamwheatking

where i like to pop up photos of my works in progress as well. plus, instagram adds those sweet, stylish filters

thanks
PAUL

real deal

i finally took this one to work and scanned it, so i wanted to post the result

15" x 30" acrylic on canvas













showed this one at the 'pancakes & booze' show this past friday and saturday

thanks
PAUL

art zombie

i call this post 'art zombie' because i revived a painting that had been 'dead' for about 8 months.

and here it is...






in case you havent read the earlier post, this is 36" x 12" acrylic on canvas. thats really all i have to say about it.

thanks
PAUL

2 shows, 1 weekend

so this past weekend i participated in 2 shows,

pancakes & booze:
a lot of fun. it was a 2-day event that took place in a pretty large rented warehouse type space. they had a TON of art, a bar, live music, free custom pancakes ( i got blueberry and chocolate chips), and a santa-themed bikini fashion show. i spent several hours there...it was fun.

in the spirit of time-saving, since i was confirmed for the show so late, i finished 2 pieces i had already started and displayed them along with a piece I had finished in october.

price...less @ the hive:
awesome show. the 'price...less' show was cool because all the pieces were under $250, and there were several full single-artist shows there as well. Crowded Teeth (michelle romo) had a full wall of work, and the usual in-house artist work was good as well.

enough typing, im bored of it.

hand-me-downs DONE

11" x 14" acrylic on canvas

this painting is done. i ditched the background because it just wasnt working. i ended up going to a simpler background to highlight the characters and to help their colors pop. the 'open door and lit hallway' had some meaning to it, but whatever...it truly wasnt working













ill be off to the gallery tomorrow afternoon to deliver it for next weekend's show. honestly, im kinda just happy to get this piece out of my hair. i spent way too long on it for how big it is and for how much it will be listed to sell for. i wont get a chance to scan it until after the show (assuming no one buys it), so for now it is here in photograph form

thanks
PAUL

old, new

hello there folks

for anyone actually reading this, bare with me as it will be a long one...

sneak peak! so you dont lose interest













im putting 3 pieces up at the Pancakes and Booze show on December 2nd & 3rd. that means i have a TON of painting to do so i can drop them off at the venue on december 1st...the day before the show.

so, i decided my best plan of action would be to pick up an unfinished painting that i kinda like, and finish it.

also, as i know about myself, i tend to not work too hard on my stuff unless i am forced to. so this was a golden opportunity to force myself into figuring out and finishing this work-in-progress that i felt had some promise.

so tonight i will be posting this painting in 3 stages of development.

Stage 1 (i figured out this was started in April 2011!!! what! thats forever ago)...













funny you can see another painting behind this one. if it is familiar to you, thank you for following along for the past year!











laying down colors, figuring out shadows...














now onto stage 2...













more colors.













i didnt have a clear idea for the background yet. my thought was that he was running/falling/dancing down some alley...













i remember being frustrated here for a couple reasons:
1.) i didnt know what i was doing
2.) the paint wasnt coating very well! it was at this point that i vowed NOT to ever sketch with these black, waxy crayon-type pencils that i like. when i got into it with this much YELLOW, the sketch seemed impossible to cover.

and, tonight was stage 3...













more shading and development of reflected light etc.








this picture shows the proportions of the canvas, which i like. it is 36" x 12" so that in itself helps to add something dynamic











im not at all happy with the quality of these photos, but i have a hard time finding a great place to photograph in my apartment. i always paint at night, and i prefer dim lighting in my home.











ill get a truer-to-life image when this is done and i can scan it.

SO! there you have it. thank you for making it all the way to the end of this post. and, ill post the final piece when i think its done.

goodnight!

coming to the end

ive been painting this canvas, sort of battling with the background and the contrast of the thing. and this is where i am.

first, the background was this easter-egg pastel pink and purple. fine













come on

so i tried out some colors in photoshop...













technology, use it!

and sort of followed in real paint













its different

thanks
PAUL

art show suckas

wanted to do 3 things here

1. post the postcard for the show i will be participating in


























2. give a link to the venue

3. post progress on the painting i am showing