Pizza Salad

Chalupa Tostadas

all saints tree

All Saints Patio Tree in Spring Flower

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beach house

summer / city - how I did it

Because this digitized analog piece was an excellent example of one of the ways I go from analog to digital, because this time the process was clear and clean-cut, and also took a few more steps than usual, I thought it would be an excellent choice to publish as a gallery on my facebook design page. After posting once, then reposting, and not getting a single "like" or comment, I deleted it. Later, maybe.

01. scan



02. canvas



03. outlines



04. color blocks



05. windows



06. flower beds



07. with flowers



08. paving



09. plus words



10. almost



11. copyright / signature

snowy harwich house

beach house, "how I did it"

Processes I use to digitally output an analog drawing or painting are many and varied. They range from a little color correction plus a subtle filter leading to an outcome that for all practical purposes is identical with the original to an intensive, multi-layered process that ends with a final image quite different from the original. This recent "beach house" is fairly characteristic, and as usual, I planned the project for screen display and for digital printing. About three years ago I made a version of the drawing that's similar in many ways yet quite different in others.

Most often my fills are subtle, 2-colour linear gradients; in this beach house all the fills are solid, except for the sun and windows. A few years back I tended to use gradients that were contrasty in colour and value and led to a more dramatic, artistic effect; I may return to that practice soon.

01. first, a scan in 24-bit colour; because the original was about 12" x 8" I scanned this one at 450 dpi:



02. for the window reflections, this time I used a beach photo I took at Columbia Point, Boston, and edited with Photoshop filters:



03. canvas:



04. outlines:



05. colour blocks:



06. plus grass:



07. with sun:



08. windows:



09. almost ready:



10. with copyright / signature in Helvetica Neue ultralight:



The finished "beach house" totals 11 layers, including the signature / copyright. I saved out only 8 selections, which probably is an average number. Just as a couple years ago, I did versions with two different sky colours, but decided to make thistle sky the default.

world drawing day rhino

For World Drawing Day 2012, here's my drawing of a devastatingly endangered rhino:

earth day 2012

draw a bird day 2012

Sunday, 08 April was the annual Draw a Bird Day; here's the Blackbird I drew for the occasion:

guitar recital

summer sandals

summer solstice, 2010

Joshua 10:¹²On the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord; and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and Moon, in the valley of Aijalon." ¹³And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in mid-heaven, and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. ¹⁴There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded a human voice; for the Lord fought for Israel.

city delights / sun country