A few weeks ago, while working on the Genesis painting, I was “tweeting” my Work In Progress photos out on The Twitter.  @DarcyW had commented how much she liked a particular background, so I thought I would do a show about how that background was done.  It was a gorgeous day, so I broadcast from outstide. You can see that recording by clicking Here!

The technique is very simple and effective.  Once you have sealed your page, hit it with some light mists of precious metal spray paints.  In this cat example, I used gold.  Just a light mist then let it dry completely. Then I take acrylic paints mixed with water in spray bottles and lightly spray them.  I allow each color to dry completely before adding another layer.  The result is a beaded color effect with the sheen of the metallic paint showing through.  The cat is an ongoing gag at The Artistic Biker Live!  Someone ALWAYS says “DRAW A CAT” in chat.

I had some technical difficulties at my day job this week, so there was no show! Measures are being taken to ensure that doesn’t happen again, even if I have to have a guest host.  Wonder if I could get Jay Leno…

Anyway, you can watch the cat video at Teh YouTube, or in the embedded player below:

The Artistic Biker Live! is on Ustream every Thursday night from 6-8p central time.  Each week we’ll discuss a little bit of technique, a little bit of material, and a bunch of art gossip.  Join me and my family as travel the road of creative living.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-artistic-biker

This Week:

While painting the obligatory calgary and easter bunny, I introduced new features to the show. I expanded the announcement portion to let you know what’s going on with everyone AND I started a What’s On Your Easel portion showing what others are working on.

Dale Anne Potter is still raising money for her trip to Madrid for the artist’s retreat she has been accepted into.  Mitzi Curry, Tammy Ozuna, and Barb Owens are all making gifts for folks who donate. Slide over to Dale Anne’s Blog and click the donate button if you’re able.  If not, help spread the word so that other might help.
Follow @daleannepotter on twitter

Here is the link to what @inkiwell DeDe has on her easel.  These are mockups for planned paintings.
Follow @inkiwell on twitter

Jay The Viking is offering a 10 week, college level drawing course that comes complete with a certificate of completion. You should be able to sign up for that at his website http://moon-light-creations.webs.com
Follow @TheMightyJay on twitter

Here are some other links posted by viewers of this week’s show:

• http://artjournaling.ning.com
• http://www.ustream.com/channel/inkwell
• http://www.ustream.com/channel/the-junque-studio
• http://twitter.com/threedot
• http://lillovecreations.blog.net
• http://www.ustream.com/channel/journalartista
• http://www.ustream.com/channel/larurelfromnj

 

We have been focusing lately getting the studio open by June 1st. My mother and I spent the morning conspiring to do just that while driving to Girl1’s last high school band competition.  Part of the discussion was the current format for the show, The Artistic Biker Live!, and changes we might make to it. One feature I want to expand on is the announcement portion. During the opening of the show, while gessoing the page, I like to go through a list and announce classes and online events of my viewership. To that end, I will need my viewers to help keep me apprised of any upcoming events. So, please, if you know of any classes or events that are ongoing, or upcoming, e-mail me and let me know what’s up.  Perfect examples of this would be Leslie Herger being listed in this artfire collection, or Connie Hozvicka’s 21 Secrets that’s still going on.  Prayer lists, fund raisers, being featured or authoring a published article, these are all things to toot about!

Another feature that I want to introduce is “What’s On Your Easel?”  I want to see and show off what my viewers are doing in their journals, in their sketchbooks, on canvas, or out of a block of ice and with a chainsaw.  Even if you’ve written and recorded a song, let me know about it, I’ll play a snippet, and link to the rest. Again, e-mail me with a link to your image and I’ll be happy to show them off, reading short descriptions, and probably while Girl2 sings.

This week’s video is a tribute to The April Fool.  I’ve been thinking about a recent post from Connie Hozvicka of Dirty Footprints Studio, who said that you should do what you love in your journal.  A lot of people collage, many stamp and stencil, I love to paint.  Drawing and painting are my main loves so that’s what I decided to do in my book.  Of course I will still be experimenting with different mediums and techniques, but I’ll be sticking with my first love.

During the The Artistic Biker Live!, @Threedot Dave suggested that I use Steve Miller’s The Joker as the song for the video.  I explained to him at the time that as I am now a YouTube partner, I have to be careful with ASCAP licensing.  If you’re not familiar, they manage MOST of the copyright licensing in the US.  Anyway, after having said that, I thought about it a long time.  I decided that’s what I was doing when they invited me to become a partner so why on earth should I change.  ASCAP can bite me.  Of course, if I ever want to profit from YouTube, I’ll have to buy a license, but for now, let’s just have some fun.

You can watch the video on The You Tube, or in the embedded player below: