Butterflies...

Tonight, I sketched out a rough of my next painting that I am going to work on. I will be pulling out the old oils for this one, even though the coward inside of me is ready to wimp out and lean on the familiar acrylics! I'm going to make the leap though...and this little beauty will be my first muse....

Commission

Here is a commission piece that I just finished for a friend at work. It's a digital painting of 2 friends of his that are getting married, this is his wedding gift to the couple. :)



On a side note...I am going to finally stop being a pussy and get all my oil paints out this week to work on a new painting. Everyone that paints with oils swear by them, so I think it's about time I give it a whirl again...considering I was like 8 years old the last time I tried them. Wish me luck! :)

Dave Cooper

Well, I got the chance to meet an amazing Ottawa artist yesterday , Dave Cooper, through a friend. We were invited to check out his studio and we got to see some of his works in progress for upcoming shows. Let me just say....holy....freakin'.....amazing! His work is just sooo insanely detailed and just such a joy to take in. The amount of detail that you get to see in his work in person far outweighs any detail ever captured in any photo I've ever seen of his work. No duh, obviously you will see more detail in a piece standing right in front of it then you would in any magazine...but the overwhelming amount of extra detail that you see in his pieces in person, is such an awesome surprise. If you haven't had a chance to check out his work yet....please do...it's definitely worth it!