today i painted an american bald eagle with a flag. i did it for my friend Torrey's Grandpa Ted as a gift. i'm happy to say he appreciated and liked it a lot. he served in the U.S. Army. his house is full of eagles, pictures of the American flag and all sorts of patriotic things. he wanted me to paint this on a wall in his backyard. the picture is found his favorite bbq hat, which of course i used as a reference.
i'm actually looking at something above the painting, which is why i'm facing up higher. haha.
Armand is the vampire character created by Anne Rice. in one of her books, Armand is quoted saying, "if i am an angel, then paint me with black wings". that's what i did. i might even do more versions of this.
I just finished painting a piece on a friend's wall the other day. took me only about four hours. right now the only pic i have of it is when the piece is unfinished, but it still looks pretty cool. here it is:
I created this blog to push myself to create more artwork at a faster constant pace. I like the idea of keeping an online record of what I've done.
I'd also hope to meet new people and artists and perhaps friends and to learn what I can and I hope I can teach some of you something as well.
I will be posting mostly art related articles and occasional articles that are unrelated to art, but yet still interesting and humorous.
Thank you for reading.