Category Archives: Colors Thrown At Canvas
Astonishing X-Men
Just a quick post today as I have to go plan my wife’s birthday. I picked up the first trade collection of Astonishing X-Men, with art by John Cassaday, and story by Joss Whedon, and I’ll tell you, it’s been … Continue reading
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Another Exhibit
Well, the boys and I decided that we would have a round of themes for the next eKaku exhibit. So far, we have space (mine), tempted, and banana, with two more to be chosen. I’ve got my ideas for the … Continue reading
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Tea and Oranges Final Version
Tea and Oranges Final Version.JPG Originally uploaded by SunToad. I’m not entirely happy with the final color choices, although, like always, it looks a lot better in person. The gold tracing looked really good in my head, just not so … Continue reading
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The Tools Involved
Just a quick post today with pictures of the tools I have been using lately, in case anyone is interested. The top photo is the pastels that I used on the drawing “Loves Me Not”, while the lower is a … Continue reading
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Tea and Oranges, All the Way from China
The latest, still in progress. The title comes from the song “Suzanne” by Leonard Cohen. This one is a little different in that I am painting the main image with oil sticks, rather than brush and tubes, after having already … Continue reading
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Loves Me Not
So, one of my friends turned 26 the other day and had himself a little party. I went, naturally, and was pretty surprised to find that he had a late birthday gift waiting for me. I received a nice sketch … Continue reading
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Sword of Damocles Redux
Well, not to be outdone by the One Man, who has opened up a great cafepress store to make his artwork more available to all of you out there in the world, I created a new cafepress store today, celebrating … Continue reading
Setting Free the Kites
Setting Free the Kites Originally uploaded by SunToad. Another sketch. That is all.
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As Long As I Can See the Light
As Long As I Can See the Light Originally uploaded by SunToad. Put a Candle in the Window So, with regard to Saturday's post, I set out to find a story I could illustrate. In this case, I'm using the … Continue reading
Mirror Mirror
Mirror Mirror Originally uploaded by SunToad. Back in the day, I used to have these great fantasies about starting my own web-comic and using it to achieve fame and fortune. (I realize what that says about my geek. Sigh.) To … Continue reading
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On the Train
On the Train Originally uploaded by SunToad. Somedays, I really feel like this is accurate in one of those bitterly painful ways that are hard to describe.
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How Do I Look?
How Do I Look? Originally uploaded by SunToad. The caption reads "So, uh, how do I look?" which is funny, because, see, he's green. And wearing a horrible stripey shirt. With a polka dot tie. And a big thumbs up. … Continue reading
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Breakfast
Breakfast Originally uploaded by SunToad. Another one I drew up yesterday morning. I know, Warhol did it first, but, ahem, I did it better. Things are going very well at the moment. The art show launch went very well last … Continue reading
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Sword of Damocles
Sword of Damocles Originally uploaded by SunToad. I woke up with this in my head and put it down on paper before doing anything else this morning. Then I grabbed my other sketchbook and laid down six more drawings and … Continue reading
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A Penguin
A Penguin Originally uploaded by SunToad. Super busy day today. Lots of stuff to do, so, here, have a drawing to pass the time. This is a companion piece to "An Owl" that I did a while back. This one … Continue reading
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Salvage What You Can, Throw the Rest Away
Put in about three hours painting this afternoon, forcing an image when there was nothing in my head that I felt strongly about and ended up with an image that I absolutely hated. I scraped as much paint off the … Continue reading
Decompression
Hawaii Originally uploaded by SunToad. Yesterday was the first time I had been able to sit and paint in quite a while. I am not too pleased with the final result although I really enjoyed the act of painting, if … Continue reading
Great Artists Steal
“Good artists borrow, great artists steal.” – Picaso Or maybe it was TS Eliot. They’re both credited with originating the phrase by various sources, but that’s not really the point. The point is, every starting artist has to beg, steal, … Continue reading
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Volcano
Volcano Originally uploaded by SunToad. After the last painting, I wanted to do something easy and quick and I wanted to try out that masking technique again. So, I took an old canvas that had been mostly covered with Lamp … Continue reading
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Confetti
Confetti Originally uploaded by SunToad. The canvas for N'Orleans had been sitting in the stack waiting to be covered over ever since I got frustrated with my inability to put the image down the way I wanted. However, it managed … Continue reading
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Snow
Snow Originally uploaded by SunToad. Here’s the latest. This one’s a bit smaller than I have been working with recently. I’m not thrilled with it, but, at the same time, this was the idea in my head. They match. Which … Continue reading
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Colors Thrown at Canvas Until An Image Appears
I met with the One Man yesterday morning to discuss my latest existential crisis. Now, to be fair, I should mention that, for myself, turning to the One Man for existential advice is much like the blind man leading the … Continue reading
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N’Orleans – First Layer
N’Orleans – First Layer Originally uploaded by SunToad. So, the base coat is down now for the majority of the painting…I like how it’s going but I’m not sure where it’s going to go from here. I haven’t been able … Continue reading
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N’Orleans – Guide Lines Painted In
N’Orleans – Guide Lines Painted In Originally uploaded by SunToad. First I should apologize for the crappy quality of this photo – I had to blow out the contrast in order for the guidelines to be visable, and even then … Continue reading
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N’Orleans – First Object
N’Orleans – First Object Originally uploaded by SunToad. Quick post today. I decided to start the painting by putting in the flat base coat for the bead necklace. I used a gold oil stick to draw directly onto the canvas, … Continue reading
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N’Orleans – Pencil Sketch
N’Orleans – Pencil Sketch Originally uploaded by SunToad. The good news is that I’m no longer in a state of brain-fried-ness, the bad news is that, once again, I’m in way over my head with ambitious projects. I managed to … Continue reading
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