It’s fun zooming in on tree ornaments and trying to render their light effects.
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July 28, 2011
Christmas In July - Part 2
Here is another little 5x7 oil painting which I used as a holiday card. This piece is also a part of my solo exhibit at the Mt. Lebanon Library in the sunny South Hills of Pittsburgh.
It’s fun zooming in on tree ornaments and trying to render their light effects.
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It’s fun zooming in on tree ornaments and trying to render their light effects.
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July 26, 2011
Christmas... In July?
Well not exactly.
As part of my current solo exhibit of twenty-seven paintings going on in the South Hills of Pittsburgh this month, there are three still lifes that have garnered some very positive public feedback. In fact, one has just recently been purchased.
All three paintings are little, five by seven inch, oils that have a Christmas theme. I’ve been doing a new painting for the holiday season every year for the past few years. This becomes my holiday card I send out to friends, collectors, and art galleries.
The subject of this particular still life is an arrangement of holiday cookies my mother made. The title is “Cutouts”. There were infinite compositions for this subject (almost as infinite as the number of cookies she makes) and I’ll probably execute some of them in the future, but I settled on this arrangement for now. If I keep the scale the same, but ad more cookies it could become almost an abstract composition, which could be cool if done right.
Next time we’ll look at another holiday-themed oil painting!
JoeWinklerArt.com
As part of my current solo exhibit of twenty-seven paintings going on in the South Hills of Pittsburgh this month, there are three still lifes that have garnered some very positive public feedback. In fact, one has just recently been purchased.
All three paintings are little, five by seven inch, oils that have a Christmas theme. I’ve been doing a new painting for the holiday season every year for the past few years. This becomes my holiday card I send out to friends, collectors, and art galleries.
The subject of this particular still life is an arrangement of holiday cookies my mother made. The title is “Cutouts”. There were infinite compositions for this subject (almost as infinite as the number of cookies she makes) and I’ll probably execute some of them in the future, but I settled on this arrangement for now. If I keep the scale the same, but ad more cookies it could become almost an abstract composition, which could be cool if done right.
Next time we’ll look at another holiday-themed oil painting!
JoeWinklerArt.com
July 20, 2011
Today’s Featured Sketch
Since the better part of the country is currently under a huge dome of heat and humidity that makes it feel like a greenhouse out of doors, just thought I’d share this rose sketch today. We have roses in our front garden and they thrive in this type of weather (as long as we keep them watered that is).
I did this for my Sketchbook Project 2011 book. Doing a loose, graduated background like this helps to give interest to a single, simple subject.
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I did this for my Sketchbook Project 2011 book. Doing a loose, graduated background like this helps to give interest to a single, simple subject.
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July 14, 2011
"Hello Kitty!" Exhibit Reception
My latest oil painting of our hairy, but lovable, half-a-lump cat is now being displayed in a new exhibit in the Sewickley area of Pittsburgh. Here is the little E-vite I designed for the reception and sent out to folks.
Consider yourself invited!
Here is a link to more specifics about the oil painting itself!
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Consider yourself invited!
Here is a link to more specifics about the oil painting itself!
JoeWinklerArt.com
July 12, 2011
Photography Sidebar - Part 2
The cool thing about photography is that in order to turn an average snapshot into a really good artistic shot, the same design and composition rules apply as in painting. The one rather challenging difference in sports (in this case tennis) photography however, is that the subject is moving really fast so you can’t control the subject. You have to just know where the action is going to take place, set yourself up, and hang on for the ride!
Here are some shots I took at this years PNC Bank “Futures of Pittsburgh” event in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon that I mentioned last post. It just ended last Sunday.
One fun thing to do, is zoom in on players faces after the points. Sometimes these type of shots can really tell a story.
Here are some shots I took at this years PNC Bank “Futures of Pittsburgh” event in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon that I mentioned last post. It just ended last Sunday.
One fun thing to do, is zoom in on players faces after the points. Sometimes these type of shots can really tell a story.
One, non-tennis photography, note for today - Christie’s is auctioning a bunch of never seen photos of the first American tour of your favorite band and mine, The Beatles. Click here to bid on these beautiful signed gelatin silver prints. Click here to read the Ecatalogue.
July 7, 2011
Photography Sidebar - Part 1
In past posts I’ve mentioned my affinity for drawing tennis players in action. Mainly I draw from photos I shoot. Sometimes though, I’ll work from old photos as well.
There’s a few reasons I enjoy tennis sketching. First, I love the game of tennis. Love to watch it, love to play it. Second, it gives me practice in drawing the human figure in poses that no live model could hold for very long. Lastly, drawing from tennis action shots gives me practice in indicating clothing (drapery and folds) on a figure.
Aside from sketching however, I like digital photography and the challenges that shooting the game of tennis brings. I have shot a huge bank of tennis photos over the years. Even though I don’t make it a point to travel to the tennis ATP tour events, I am still able to get some sweet artistic photos at local pro events. One of those events is happening this week called the “Futures of Pittsburgh” (now sponsored by PNC Bank), which is a low-level USTA event.
Here are a few shots I’ve taken at that event in years past that are decent enough to stand alone as artistic photographic compositions as opposed to just simple sketch reference shots.
As every digital photography enthusiast (which I am one) will attest, only one out of about every fifty or so shots ends up being good enough to process into a nice artistic photo composition. That’s the great thing about digital photography though - no wasted shots, since it’s so easy to delete them. And I used the term “process” because if you’re like me and shoot RAW as opposed to JPG, then there’s a bit more work to be done after pressing the shutter button and downloading to your hard drive.
More photography stuff next time!
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There’s a few reasons I enjoy tennis sketching. First, I love the game of tennis. Love to watch it, love to play it. Second, it gives me practice in drawing the human figure in poses that no live model could hold for very long. Lastly, drawing from tennis action shots gives me practice in indicating clothing (drapery and folds) on a figure.
Aside from sketching however, I like digital photography and the challenges that shooting the game of tennis brings. I have shot a huge bank of tennis photos over the years. Even though I don’t make it a point to travel to the tennis ATP tour events, I am still able to get some sweet artistic photos at local pro events. One of those events is happening this week called the “Futures of Pittsburgh” (now sponsored by PNC Bank), which is a low-level USTA event.
Here are a few shots I’ve taken at that event in years past that are decent enough to stand alone as artistic photographic compositions as opposed to just simple sketch reference shots.
As every digital photography enthusiast (which I am one) will attest, only one out of about every fifty or so shots ends up being good enough to process into a nice artistic photo composition. That’s the great thing about digital photography though - no wasted shots, since it’s so easy to delete them. And I used the term “process” because if you’re like me and shoot RAW as opposed to JPG, then there’s a bit more work to be done after pressing the shutter button and downloading to your hard drive.
More photography stuff next time!
joewinklerart.com
July 3, 2011
Today’s Featured Sketchs and Exhibit Postcards
Today’s featured pencils come from my sketchbook which is part of the Sketchbook Tour 2011.
The next stop for the tour is the Hyde Park Art Center at 5020 South Cornell Avenue, in Chicago IL. It will be displayed there from July 14-17. It’s like a concert tour but with sketchbooks.
This is basically the preliminary sketch for what became my painting “Lilly Mesmerized”, which currently hangs in an exhibit at a public library in one of Pittsburgh’s lovely suburbs.
This was done in about an hour from a photo I shot (and boy do I have a lot of photos of her). That's the tough part about composing a picture of pets, they just move so darn fast and the lighting being less than good inside, and me being not a big fan of using flash - it just adds up to a pile of not real good reference. But this one was good. Too good to pass on doing a painting of.
I do of course sketch her from life sometimes. Most of those time are when she’s sleeping, curled up in the shape of a big hairy apostrophe. Here are some of those sketches:
One final note - my solo exhibit is now up in the Public Library of Mt. Lebanon which is in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. The exhibit will last through the entire month of July. Here are some shots of that show just after set up.
Click here to read local press coverage of the exhibit!
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The next stop for the tour is the Hyde Park Art Center at 5020 South Cornell Avenue, in Chicago IL. It will be displayed there from July 14-17. It’s like a concert tour but with sketchbooks.
This is basically the preliminary sketch for what became my painting “Lilly Mesmerized”, which currently hangs in an exhibit at a public library in one of Pittsburgh’s lovely suburbs.
This was done in about an hour from a photo I shot (and boy do I have a lot of photos of her). That's the tough part about composing a picture of pets, they just move so darn fast and the lighting being less than good inside, and me being not a big fan of using flash - it just adds up to a pile of not real good reference. But this one was good. Too good to pass on doing a painting of.
I do of course sketch her from life sometimes. Most of those time are when she’s sleeping, curled up in the shape of a big hairy apostrophe. Here are some of those sketches:
Click here to read local press coverage of the exhibit!
joewinklerart.com
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