The Videos

Once a year I get to go back to my old Alma Mater and inspire young minds with art demos. Ultimately, the goal is to this full time with all of the rural schools within 200 miles. I did a speed painting demo for them this time and it was really fun.  – Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-artistic-biker

You can watch the full 90 minute LONGY here: http://youtu.be/puzji03q1pA

You can watch the short 3 minute QUICHE (quickie) here: http://youtu.be/sPKMo6frKf4

The Easels

This week: The Sexy, Red-headed Darcy, Athala, Kelly, Raine, Gillian and Caartje! You can watch the video here: http://youtu.be/qA_SrTV-t0k

Athala

http://www.youtube.com/jandrathala

The Sexy, Red-headed Darcy

http://art-and-sole.blogspot.co.uk

Artist Poet Girl

http://mypurpledoorstudios.blogspot.com

Kia Gillian

Raine Phoenix

Claartje van Swaaij

http://www.claartjevanswaaij.com

And me

The Videos

My wife and daughter couldn’t get home to us because of tornados and storms. I’m not sure if she’s was more worried about us in the storms or the damage we would do to the house while left alone. If you ever had a husband and kids, or if you’ve ever had a new pet trapped in the house, you know this fear. – Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-artistic-biker

You can watch the 90 minute longy here: https://youtu.be/r2CHvdYSKPU
Or, you can watch the 3 minute Quiche (It’s pronounced “Quickie”) here: https://youtu.be/uEwt-tGTU8c

Also, if you would like to see this week’s easel submissions, there’s a video here: https://youtu.be/A4-UpvFbtVE

The Easels

Nomadicrose:

Pamela French

Artist Poet Girl
http://mypurpledoorstudios.blogspot.com

The Sexy, Redheaded Darcy
http://art-and-sole.blogspot.co.uk

Jonathan “Blade” Manning

The Artistic Biker Does The Hangman’s Knot

This week, I am in Pecos, TX, with the day job. I went to the West of The Pecos Museum and saw one of the court houses of Judge Roy Bean, “The Hanging Judge”.  Turns out ol’ Judge Bean only really ever condemned two men to death in his entire tenure as Judge of Everything West of The Pecos. And of the two, one of them escaped.

One of the techniques employed this week was the muting of the background to make the foreground pop. Regular viewers know that I do this often as I like to obscure the backgrounds in favor of the real subject matter. In this episode after painting and drying the background, I painted the rope on top and then obscured the background with a dark blue watercolor. You can watch the full hour and a half LONGY  or you can watch it in the hyperspeed QUICHE.

Here is the 3minute 44 second  QUICHE: Mixed Media Art Journal Hanging Knott s6e30quiche

And here is 1 hour 42 minute LONGY: The Artistic Biker Does The Hangman’s Knott s6e30longy

What’s On Your Easel?

This week we have works from:

Pamela French

NomadicRose,
http://www.youtube.com/nomadicrose

The Sexy, Red Headed Darcy,
http://art-and-sole.blogspot.co.uk

and a class offering from Dede!
http://inkiwell.blogspot.com/2015/04/blog-post.html

And I managed to ink out a face this week!

So, What’s On Your Easel? What have you been doing with yourself? I sincerely want to know what you are currently drawing, painting, sculpting, dancing, writing, singing, choreographing, photogging, or otherwise artistically making love to! If you would like to be a part of What’s On Your Easel, simply send an email to Blade@artisticbiker.com with the subject line Easel. We’ll use your works to inspire others to create on their own. And that’s what we’re all about here, getting people to try.