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Showing posts with label digiatl painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digiatl painting. Show all posts
Friday, April 24, 2009
You've got talent...
10:55 AM | Posted by
the road less traveled...
During a late dinner last night Michael and I sat at the dining room table discussing the days events as we both nibbled on our meal. Two golden's resting under the table, one eye open for you never know when a tasty morsel will tumble to the floor....Niki wandering about, Gemma napping without a care in the world.Our conversation tuned to an interesting topic....talent. When I worked full time as a dog trainer most people would watch me work with their dog and they would say...wow....I was so "gifted" to have the ability to understand canines. The same with my camera.....then later with my painting....and now with writing a tale or two.
Talented/ Gifted are not words that I use....I remember so many years ago reading an article in a magazine about dog training...I gave it a try and could not believe how the relationship with my dog improved. I read every book on animal behavior...and with each dog that joined our pack....such wonderful teachers, they taught me well. Soon I was training other peoples dogs, teaching group classes....I worked hard....as did my dogs.
During group classes I started photographing students on graduation night....the camera just felt right in my hands. Soon flowers were my subjects....while I will photograph everything, anything if the lighting is wonderful... my true love is animals....domestic and wild.
Again...my own little pack taught me well....for there is a little secret to getting the best shot.... patience.
You cannot rush the moment...the light....it just happens naturally....if your patient. The same with painting...the life that you can create with your lines, color....scribbles....one must have the ability to look and see what is not so visible to most. My paintings are often time not the exact likeness of the subject....my interpretation....what I see.
I no doubt there are those that have chosen the very same journey as I and arrived so much faster, achieved so much more...I suppose.some do have an inner gift....but still their craft must be honed.
Along my journey my furry friends have been by my side every step of the way...as teachers, as my subjects...and as students....and it all started with one dog, a magazine article and a lot of hard work....still ;-)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Irish for the day...
Irish? No worries if your not, for on St. Patrick's Day we are all Irish for the day!Drink your morning coffee in style, mugs and tee shirt sold on Zazzle.
The other day the TV was on for background noise...I was in front of the pc while on the phone...doodling. I happened to pick up bits and pieces of the news, and it happened to be about people who doodle tend to absorb more then those who do not. Pretty interesting for I tend to scribble...doodle a bit....the above was the master piece from the other day.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Feed the Birds...
Earlier today I visited Different Strokes from Different Folks and saw the image of the week...a man sitting on a bench reading the paper. No one had yet painted it....looking at it I am not at all sure as to why...but the song "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins popped into my mind. I was not really a big fan of Mary Poppins as a child....but that one song stuck with me....a bit haunting.
Just as Mary Poppins is a childhood memory, so too was visiting the neighborhood park (Highland Park in Brooklyn) and watching the older folks play board games, sit on the benches feeding the birds, and yes, some actually read books and the paper as in the original image. As a child my eyes were drawn to those either chatting with themselves, or feeding the birds. Oh...no animals were harmed in any way during the course of this painting ;-)
While digital art is not to be included among the many lovely paintings that are shown each week....I just could not resist having a quick go at it.
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