Year: 2013

  • $2 Tutorial Tuesday: Essence Of

    This is an introduction to what I call “Essence Of”.  This is for stuff you need in your painting, but is not the focus of the painting.  It’s a way for you to lay in shapes quickly and to trick the viewer into thinking there’s more detail than really exists. This tutorial is available for…

  • The Artistic Biker Does Austerity Measures

    The Videos My favorite pants are cutting me in half and my “DominARTist” shirts look like swollen balloons. So I have instituted some austerity measures to solve that problem. ;) This week on What’s On Your Easel, we had works from Athala (http://www.youtube.com/user/jandrathala), Michelle Greene Hotchkiss (https://www.facebook.com/MichelleHotchkissArt), Marilyn-in-Oregon, and my beautiful, young bride. Video Short:…

  • Daddy/Daughter Breakfast 03AUG2013

    We had breakfast wicked early this week so we could dash over and finish cleaning the studio. We’re teaching sketching to the art council’s First Saturday Kid’s Club.

  • Studio Update 01AUG2013

    This Saturday I will be teaching an outdoor sketching class for the Chickasha Area Art Council’s First Saturday Kids Club.  I have been stressing a bit about where to get inexpensive sketchbooks. It wasn’t going to be a big deal. I was going to just fold over some 11″x17″ paper and loan them a clipboard. …

  • What’s On Your Easel 23JUL2013

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwLl72vMmmU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwLl72vMmmU Each week on The Artistic Biker Live, I have a segment where I promote other artists around the web in what I like to call “What’s On Your Easel?”!  Here are this week’s entries: Last week we had works submitted by Michelle Greene Hotchkiss (https://www.facebook.com/MichelleHotchkissArt): Wandering Widget sent in: The Sexy, Red-headed DarcyW (http://art-and-sole.blogspot.co.uk)…