Here’s a painting from an automatic drawing that I’ve been nibbling on this past week.
It’s been kind of a chaotic week. I hung the art show at Angel city brewery and it was just not s...
2023-10-08 00:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a hard life out there for a dark/surrealist/abstract painter. What's a weirdo to do?
Well, I take other commissions outside of my desired realm.
However, I loved doing this o...
2023-10-07 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This piece is definitely a study to be developed into a larger painting. I'm really into the color and concept of it. But there's definitely things I'm going to change about it too.
I h...
2023-10-06 01:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My friend Atom uses what I like to call "Automatic Gradients" as a starting point for his paintings. Instead of scribbling he creates these little patches of color. Sometime...
2023-10-05 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With Automatic Drawing it's fun to see the transition from the scribbles to the finished product so I decided to make a little video with the submissions.
I'll make a full video of mine at so...
2023-10-04 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Have fun with it! Submissions are due Oct. 30th!
You can submit them through the link, or email them to me.
s...
2023-10-03 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little behind the scenes video about how I made the color amp in my newest intro to drawing bad art course!
I think he's cute and kind of hideous. Life can be like that ya know.
I think I might do another pass on him.
The second picture is the automatic marks.
Please try and...
2023-09-30 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe October Prompt will be due on October 30th!
You have until Monday to vote on these, I'll announce the winner on Monday or Tuesday.
Since this is the Halloween month prompt, they are...
2023-09-30 18:46:57 +0000 UTC View Post
timelapse painting with narration about this painting and why I'm not seling it.
The Automatic Drawing Prompts are due tomorrow!
Submit them here! Or email them to scumchoir@gmail.com
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2023-09-29 19:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the demo video for the color lesson in the Intro to Drawing Bad Art Course.
This is the first painting demo in the intro to drawing bad art course.
And its my first real t...
2023-09-29 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time to enter the kingdom of color! This is honestly My favorite video I've done for the Intro to Drawing Bad Art Course.
In this video my goal was to do a broad overview of the basics o...
2023-09-28 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Painting timelapse and a little cold medicine heavy narration about this piece from the Covid Colllection
Check the song out 2023-09-27 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm putting together some videos of the Covid Collection (the paintings I did while I had covid)
A little different format for this one. I was going to just post the timelapse with music like...
2023-09-26 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video I walk you through the process behind the beer can design I was commissioned to paint.
I think it will be useful if you have to work with a client, or if you have deadlines, or ...
2023-09-25 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a painting commission I got for the design of a beer can.
I made a longer walkthrough video of this painting that I'll share soon.
Here's the s2023-09-23 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I finally got this guy in a frame. If you remember, way back in July I found this beautiful frame for him, but I couldn't attach hanging hardware to it. So I put him in a temporary frame, hung him ...
2023-09-22 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Timelapse and painting process for my painting "New Girl" part of the Covid collection.
I started with a very loose gesture drawing from a model. Then I let it sit for a while till I forgot a...
2023-09-22 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video I'll walk you through how I set up my palette for acrylic painting. One of the big complaints people have about acrylic painting is how quick it dries on the palette.
And ...
2023-09-21 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here's the 2023-09-20 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Grab a cannoli and some drawing supplies! It's time for another Art Life and Lives! In this one we're talking about the making of the Godfather.
In my last Art Life and Lives about Ego is the...
2023-09-19 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
9 paintings from the Covid Collection now live in the Secret Choir Only Shop.
Hope this is helpful for the Prompt this month's prompt! Sorry if my voice sounds a little scratchy, I was still getting over being sick when I recorded it.
If you're looking at this in...
2023-09-16 19:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're looking at this in email and want to go straight to the video without opening Patreon: Here's the link to the video&nb...
2023-09-15 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The music on this is one of my favorite beats as of late. Y2023-09-15 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been doing all these Alla Prima studies lately. This is the first one of those paintings that really got the ball rolling. I was working on my fantastic beast, and designing my "Crossroads Joe...
2023-09-14 01:14:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm finally feeling better and testing negative. The worst thing about covid to me is the brain fog. I've had it twice and both times I just couldn't think straight. The first time I had it, last y...
2023-09-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This started out as an automatic drawing and then I developed the image more and more. The cool thing about the automatic drawing process, especially when applied to a longer painting process like ...
2023-09-12 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the piece I'm the most proud of from 2015. Beautiful Nightmare. It's a combination of spray paint, paint markers, and acrylic. It was a real breakthrough for me in translating my pen and in...
2023-09-10 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post