Here are few of my latest watercolor painting.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Figurative Painting Demo
This Painting demo is at high speed, that means that hours of painting have been moved up to a few minutes so enjoy a quick look at how I paint.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
When to start your art career
Don't wait. The time will never be just right."
- Napoleon Hill, pioneering US self-help author
Things to think about.
"I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices. I saw myself Things to think about.
condemned to a future of nothing but masterpieces." (Henri Matisse)
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Dolphins in front of the Studio
I am suppose to being doing Spring Cleaning i the studio today but when you see Dolphins out the front door you just have to go and look.
Now that was more fun then cleaning.
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Now that was more fun then cleaning.
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
Painting Demo
Hot Pepper
About This Painting: Today I painted a hot pepper and I have a short video of how I did it.
Hot Pepper
5x7 oil painting on canvas mounted on a museum quality panel
5x7 oil painting on canvas mounted on a museum quality panel
Media: oil painting
Size: 7 in X 5 in (17.8 cm X 12.7 cm)
Price: $100 USD
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Thursday, March 07, 2013
Chicken Trot
Chicken Trot, Delilah
About This Painting: I am working out an idea for an oil painting so I will be doing a few Chicken watercolors until I can get it figured out in my mind. Here is the first as I work through how I want the chickent to look.
Chicken Trot
12 x 9 watercolor on 140 lb watercolor paper
12 x 9 watercolor on 140 lb watercolor paper
Media: watercolor
Size: 9 in X 12 in (22.9 cm X 30.5 cm)
Price: $100 USD
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Daily Paintings for the Month of February
My daily paintings from February 2013. To view more of my daily paintings visit my Painting of the Day blog.
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Sunday, March 03, 2013
March News Letter
I have been airboating around Florida this month, thye even let me drive. It was a ball even though we got caught in a tropical down pour before we returned to the docks. It was a good thing I had extra dry cloths in the car.
Last week I painted with the art Don Getz who is traveling through the US painting and journaling small towns on his trip.
| He has taught watercolor since 1967,and always cherished the idea of doing a country-wide tour. Seeing America's back roads and teaching as he toured. He lost his wife, Judie, last August , and not getting any younger; altho at 78, he is very able and up to the task. I love to travel but taking oil paints on a plane is now almost inposble, so if I am not driving I had to find another solution. I think watercolor Journaling may be the solution for me.  |
Here are a few of my first attempts. No pencils alowed so I really had to think before I started.
HOT OFF THE EASLE
A few of my lates oil paintings
Fuzzy Wuzzy No 2
Winter Barns Rabbits
8x10 8x6
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Be who you are and Paint what you love
I hope your painting is going well.
It's no secret that it's hard times financially for most artists around the world.Two of my own representative galleries have gone under in the past few years.
There’s a saying that I love: “Don’t try and give the world what you think it needs, do what makes you come alive, the world NEEDS more of those people.” I really take that to heart and I hope that you will too… When you passionately pursue your dream, you create a unique road to travel on that is full of surprises and amazing experiences and people.
See, it doesn’t even matter what you are passionate about; it could be art, writing, selling your products or services…When you radiate passion, people of all walks of life are drawn to YOU, even if they aren’t totally interested in what you are offering. They become emotionally involved in you and the story you can tell them about whatever it is that you are offering.
So, for those of you that don’t absolutely love what you are doing, selling, etc, you need to move on to something that makes you come alive. I’m not saying quit your job, what I’m saying is that you need to start something after-hours that really makes you tick. If you are already on the road of doing what you are passionate about, congratulations. Success is much more attracted to people who love what they do.
It’s only a matter of time before more and more people start to notice you and connect with you and your story.
As you know I have a passion for Painting and each year I start at least one large painting. If you follow my small daily paintings on Painting of the Day you know I already paint one warm up work each day that takes about 2-3 hours to do, well these large works take 3-4 months to complete sometimes longer.
I have had a hard deciding just what I was going to paint and I have changes my mind several times. The sketch book is full of sometime maybe ideas.I finally decided that I would paint something a little whimsical and from my childhood. I grew up on a Michigan farm so I love painting farm animals.
I started by going to Lowes and buying lumber to build a stretcher frame. The painting is going to be 6 feet high and 4 feet wide. This is really large for something whimsical but I am already in love with the crazy idea.
I built the frame stretched the canvas then added 4 coats of gesso sanding after each coat dried.
I sketched it in with some alizarin crimson just to mark where I wanted things. It will be painted over so it's just to give me an ides of placement.
I want a rear view of the cow so I have been looking at a lot of cow behinds lately, oh the things we do for art.
because this is going to be a Michigan cow I wanted it to be on the shores of Lake Michigan, above I have added the sky and below I have started to add the water.
It's going to be bright sunny day so I have started to work on the shadow area. I work from the top down that way I don't get my arm in the paint so often. I will be posting more as a work on this old cow.
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It's no secret that it's hard times financially for most artists around the world.Two of my own representative galleries have gone under in the past few years.
There’s a saying that I love: “Don’t try and give the world what you think it needs, do what makes you come alive, the world NEEDS more of those people.” I really take that to heart and I hope that you will too… When you passionately pursue your dream, you create a unique road to travel on that is full of surprises and amazing experiences and people.
See, it doesn’t even matter what you are passionate about; it could be art, writing, selling your products or services…When you radiate passion, people of all walks of life are drawn to YOU, even if they aren’t totally interested in what you are offering. They become emotionally involved in you and the story you can tell them about whatever it is that you are offering.
So, for those of you that don’t absolutely love what you are doing, selling, etc, you need to move on to something that makes you come alive. I’m not saying quit your job, what I’m saying is that you need to start something after-hours that really makes you tick. If you are already on the road of doing what you are passionate about, congratulations. Success is much more attracted to people who love what they do.
It’s only a matter of time before more and more people start to notice you and connect with you and your story.
As you know I have a passion for Painting and each year I start at least one large painting. If you follow my small daily paintings on Painting of the Day you know I already paint one warm up work each day that takes about 2-3 hours to do, well these large works take 3-4 months to complete sometimes longer.
I have had a hard deciding just what I was going to paint and I have changes my mind several times. The sketch book is full of sometime maybe ideas.I finally decided that I would paint something a little whimsical and from my childhood. I grew up on a Michigan farm so I love painting farm animals.
I started by going to Lowes and buying lumber to build a stretcher frame. The painting is going to be 6 feet high and 4 feet wide. This is really large for something whimsical but I am already in love with the crazy idea.
I built the frame stretched the canvas then added 4 coats of gesso sanding after each coat dried.
I sketched it in with some alizarin crimson just to mark where I wanted things. It will be painted over so it's just to give me an ides of placement.
I want a rear view of the cow so I have been looking at a lot of cow behinds lately, oh the things we do for art.
It's going to be bright sunny day so I have started to work on the shadow area. I work from the top down that way I don't get my arm in the paint so often. I will be posting more as a work on this old cow.
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Monday, February 04, 2013
Daily Paintings
Painting that I have done over the month of January.
Thank you for viewing my artwork
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Thank you for viewing my artwork
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Creat your owns success
Be more successful by eliminating annoyances
What are you putting up with? You might be tolerating any number of small things. We artist tend to put off things that are not art: Cleaning off the desk ,filing, boxes of stuff for still life paintings that you need to go through, taxes stuff that should be posted, and every time you see these things you feel disorganized. You are creating your own bad habits.
Everything that is disorganized and annoying wears you down, To eliminate these 50 - 150 things that you are tolerating, write them down. Make list. Get it out of your head and put it on paper now there is more space in your mind for creative stuff.
Get a buddy, on line or on the phone and put aside a day to clean up one or two things, check in every hour to see how you and your buddy is done. Set a timer for an hour and see how much you can get done.
After you get one of the jobs done give yourself a treat; a walk at the beach,ice cream, a movie.
When you finish all the little stuff because that what most folks do start on the small stuff and the really big things are still there. Decide how long it will take to get one of those done and start.
Be more creative with little stuff cleaned up.
So start Painting!
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What are you putting up with? You might be tolerating any number of small things. We artist tend to put off things that are not art: Cleaning off the desk ,filing, boxes of stuff for still life paintings that you need to go through, taxes stuff that should be posted, and every time you see these things you feel disorganized. You are creating your own bad habits.
Everything that is disorganized and annoying wears you down, To eliminate these 50 - 150 things that you are tolerating, write them down. Make list. Get it out of your head and put it on paper now there is more space in your mind for creative stuff.
Get a buddy, on line or on the phone and put aside a day to clean up one or two things, check in every hour to see how you and your buddy is done. Set a timer for an hour and see how much you can get done.
After you get one of the jobs done give yourself a treat; a walk at the beach,ice cream, a movie.
When you finish all the little stuff because that what most folks do start on the small stuff and the really big things are still there. Decide how long it will take to get one of those done and start.
Be more creative with little stuff cleaned up.
So start Painting!
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Saturday, January 05, 2013
Goal Setting for the New Year
Goal Setting and Bushiness Planing for 2013
When the economy slows down you must not only work harder but smarter. It is easy to become discouraged but setting realistic achievable goals will set you on the right path to a successful artistic career.
Here are some ideas to point you in the right direction. Please share things that you use I know we would all love to add them to our bags of tricks.
How to plan for more income:
1.*** Review your expenses and income from 2012***
You can not make improvement if you do not know where you have been.
a. Is there any way to cut expenses?
b.How can you increase revenue? (SALES)
2. Review your sales, where did they come from
a. Galleries
b. Art Shows
c.on line
3. Do you have other ways to market your work or generate income from it?
a. Cards
b. Prints
c. Jewelry
d.Teach
4. Set Attainable goals that are measurable.
a. How many paintings did you paint in 2012, what % sold
If you sold everything you painted, can you paint more this year? If not then it is time to raise your prices.
b. Was there a common factor in the works that sold? Color,size,subject?
5. Break down your sales by price and sales. To set goals for this year.
Let's say you made $10,000 last year and you want to increase revenue by 25% this year.
Last year you sold :
20 @ 100= 2000
10 @ 200=2000
5 @ 500= 2500
2 @ 1000=2000
you taught 2 class @ 500=1000
Then you sold cards,prints,and trading cards for 500
This was the break down of you 10,000 revenue stream.
Now you know where the money came from what months were good which ones were slow? Now plan how to make those months even better this year.
6. Now write your business plan/goals for 2013. Break it down into months. Review each month at the end of the month and adjust for the next month. I would write each months plan now and it will be so easy to adjust it later if needed.
Remember goals can be adjusted. The more you think about them and review and rework them the more ideas you will have. It funny how lucky you get when you are ready.
Live long and prosper. -- Spock, "Amok Time", stardate 3372.7
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Friday, December 21, 2012
The End of the World
As you can see it has started. The end of the world and the great apocalypse.
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Get off your Limb
Your beliefs don't...
“Your beliefs don’t make you a better person. Your behavior does.” - Unknown"
We all have sets of beliefs many we learned as small children. Taking those beliefs and making the world a better place is where behavior an action come in.
The painting below a time to fly means just that, get off your limb and start making the world just a little better today.
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“Your beliefs don’t make you a better person. Your behavior does.” - Unknown"
We all have sets of beliefs many we learned as small children. Taking those beliefs and making the world a better place is where behavior an action come in.
The painting below a time to fly means just that, get off your limb and start making the world just a little better today.
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Sunday, December 09, 2012
A Daily Painting Demo
I do a small painting every day and post them to my blog Painting of the Day. Here is a high speed demo of one of those painting.
A little Demo on how this small painting was done. I quick review of this oil painting.
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A little Demo on how this small painting was done. I quick review of this oil painting.
Sunshine Sparkle, still life with marbles
About This Painting:
Sunshine Sparkle
6x6x1.5 oil painting on stretched gallery wrapped canvas
6x6x1.5 oil painting on stretched gallery wrapped canvas
Media: oil painting
Size: 6 in X 6 in (15.2 cm X 15.2 cm)
Price: $100 USD
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Thank You:
Art by Delilah, with a Passion for Painting
Thank You:
Art by Delilah, with a Passion for Painting
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Painting Demo Get Loose
Get Loose and Paint
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Keep painting this is fun:
Time t Finish this painting:
Hope you had as much fun as I did painting this watercolor.
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Sunday, December 02, 2012
Artistic Temperament Touched with Fire
The drive to paint is all consuming. I do this because it's what I want to do.
Many people can not understand this obsession of mine to show up at the easels every day with pure joy. Not because there is a boss who say's you must clock in a 7 AM, not because I would be docked on my pay check. Employers use paycheck deductions as a way to penalize for sub-par performance. I know if I don't show up everyday I will not paint as well because it really boils down to brush miles to get better
.I know when a painting is sub-par. It kills me until I get it right.The artist temperament kicks in, the drive to do it right, better, make it the best that I can and learn from it. Do it again until it is the thing that was in my head then on my brush dab with paint onto the canvas.
Money is not the motivator even though sales are a part of the business of doing art. Sales are bench marks little goals that I set for myself.
The hot button is to make art, to follow the muse and not be distracted by what people say is good or bad art. If the work is well received and sells it is validations. The touched with fire emotions of creativity that turn my thoughts and imagination into something real that became a painting.
I do these little daily paintings to think with my brush to work ideas out. To see if I would like to do a larger work.
Many people can not understand this obsession of mine to show up at the easels every day with pure joy. Not because there is a boss who say's you must clock in a 7 AM, not because I would be docked on my pay check. Employers use paycheck deductions as a way to penalize for sub-par performance. I know if I don't show up everyday I will not paint as well because it really boils down to brush miles to get better
.I know when a painting is sub-par. It kills me until I get it right.The artist temperament kicks in, the drive to do it right, better, make it the best that I can and learn from it. Do it again until it is the thing that was in my head then on my brush dab with paint onto the canvas.
Money is not the motivator even though sales are a part of the business of doing art. Sales are bench marks little goals that I set for myself.
The hot button is to make art, to follow the muse and not be distracted by what people say is good or bad art. If the work is well received and sells it is validations. The touched with fire emotions of creativity that turn my thoughts and imagination into something real that became a painting.
I do these little daily paintings to think with my brush to work ideas out. To see if I would like to do a larger work.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Lets talk Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving From Art by Delilah
Lets Talk Turkey
This year there is much to be thankful for my family,my friends, and for all the support you have given me while sharing my artistic journey.
I would like to offer a Black Friday special:
Olives Still Life
5x7 oil painting on canvas mounte on a museum quality panel
$50.00
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Friday, November 09, 2012
Take a Positive Punch with your art
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| Art by delilah |
Having read this quote made me think, yes this is so true. Creative ideas seep into the cracks of your mind when you let your thoughts drift. I keep a note book with me at all time because I have a mind like a steal sieve , if I don't write it down,sketch it or make some kind of note, I know it with disappear like vapor in the morning sun.
I sometimes go back and read The Creative Habit: Learn and Use it for Life, by Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp"s Book " The Creative Habit: Learn and Use it for Life". Is an excellent read. It targets people who make their living with their creativity regardless of what medium you work in the information is transferable.I recommend this book as part of any creative persons library as a must for staying motivated and showing up at the Muse of your choose daily.She talks about habits and how rituals form our daily lives lead to habits. By changing are habits we can create rituals that lead to more creativity in our lives. New Habits lead us in a more creative direction.I reread this book at least once a year to help keep me focused on whats important to my creative career. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life]]
I really believe that the habits we develop lead to who we are and what we become. I personally have several daily rituals that lead me to more creativity. I start my morning with classical music, a cup of coffee, scented candles, and my journal. My Journal is where I jot down ides,success',goals. This is where I pat myself on the back and say nice job you got so mush done yesterday. It's the way I wake up that Artist Muse in me. The most important ritual I have is showing up at the easel and painting every day. Showing up is the most important creative habit you can have. The rest will come if you are there.
1.) You don't control all the variables, but you should make an attempt to find out the one's you do control and make use of this.
2.) Make an assessment of what you are actually good at and expand on those things. Make these abilities work for you.
3.) Always be open to learning new skills and information, history, etc, . . . The world is a big place and no one knows everything.
4.) Know what "finished" work looks like. This seems like a "no-brainer", but people often lack the ability to be their own self-editors.
5.) Stay positive, there may be something great just around the corner. You cannot work in a state of panic and expect great results.
Verba volant, scripta manent” is a Latin proverb that means “spoken words fly away, written words remain
Verba volant, scripta manent” is a Latin proverb that means “spoken words fly away, written words remain
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012
New Age Art for the kid in us
I'm not good at getting into the the digital age for art how about you? the kid in me really would like to try, how about you?
Do you use any of the new technology to create art? I personally would love to learn more about it, but I am so slow at learning any thing it is a real hard row to hoe ( gardening hick talk, not geek speak)
I you have never meant Val let me introduce you to the Wow artist of the New Age.To see more Val's Art Diary watch her YouTube Channel.
So tell me more about what you are doing with your art in the digital age.
Is this the New wave of art?
Do you use any of the new technology to create art? I personally would love to learn more about it, but I am so slow at learning any thing it is a real hard row to hoe ( gardening hick talk, not geek speak)
I you have never meant Val let me introduce you to the Wow artist of the New Age.To see more Val's Art Diary watch her YouTube Channel.
So tell me more about what you are doing with your art in the digital age.
Is this the New wave of art?
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