The Artistic Biker

Sketches and Musings

  • Weekly Update 04DEC2011

    This week I ended up running out of town for the day job and missing out on the weekly broadcast of The Artistic Biker Live! I did manage to take a break from my globetrotting to have both the drawing class and the painting class this week as well as getting the membership area of my website going.

    The membership area of my site signs you up for the newsletter where the password for the classes is published every week. You will get 50% off of any workshops offered and it also signs you up for prize drawings like gift certificates to Dick Blick or some personal art work. Premium membership gets you all of that as well as unlimited, download access to all of the classes, PDFs and videos and a total of 75% off of the workshops.

    Drawing Class 1:1 Drawing a Gazing Ball went on sale this week here, it's free to premium members. Painting Class 1:1 Color Wheels also went on sale this week here: https://www.artisticbiker.com/category/ppp/

    Click here to sign up for membership by going to https://www.artisticbiker.com/membership.

    The Drawing Class this week was about seeing the basic shapes in the real world. With everything being made up of circles, triangles, and rectangles, I present you with some exercises you can do that will help you find them in everything you see. That class is still available for free at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18827823

    The Painting Class this week centered around adding depth to the popcorn painting. I discussed shading techniques that make the object stand out and give it depth. That class is still available for free at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18847447

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  • Painting Class 1:1 Color Wheels

     Tonight we went through the process of creating a color wheel and experimenting with your paints.  Materials used were gesso, student and professional acrylic paint, various inexpensive brushes, multimedia paper and some index cards.

    [nonmember]This class is no longer available as free content.  You can download this class for $5 by clicking the Pay Pay button below:

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  • Drawing Class 1:1 Spheres

    Tonight, we went through the basics of drawing a circle, shading a sphere, and seeing reflections.  Materials used were a 2B charcoal pencil and a sketchbook.  The subjects were a glass ball, a matte silver Christmas ornament, and a silver mirrored Christmas ornament… ’cause gazing balls are pricey!

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  • A Brief Note 28NOV2011

    Hello Peoples!

    It is week four of the Drawing and Painting classes!!!  That means that the first drawing and painting classes have been moved to a pay-per-view functionality.  The videos have been free for 4 weeks and now they are to be used to help fund the studio.  On U-stream, you can still watch them for the measly pittance of $2US.  I made that so low because you will be trapped there watching and shouldn’t be able to download it to watch at your leisure.  If you can, you are wise and will find a way to do so regardless of whatever barriers I put in your place.  Therefore,  I must simply trust that you either need what instruction I have to offer more than I need to be able to give it to others, OR you just enjoy stealing.  :)

    I am setting up the site so that you will be able to pay $5 and download them to watch at your leisure.  Burn them to CD.  Share them with your real world classes.  It is your download to play with as you wish.

    You will also be able to register for a membership for $10/mo.  That $10 will grant you access to ALL of the downloads for a month.  It is automatically billed to your selected payment method by PayPal.  If you intend to download two videos a month, you may as well do this.

    Finally, I have made a bargain for those wishing to pay annually.  The annual subscription rate is $100.  If you are good a the maths, or if you have a computing device of some sort, you may notice that is a $20 savings.  It will also come with unforetold yumminess such as downloads and surprise gifts and drawings that only YOU, the annual subscriber, will have access too.

    More details on all of that as I figure out this stupid software.

    We failed to mention on The Artistic Biker Live! last week what the password is.  This week’s password shall be: wonderland

    The classroom is at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oasisgalleryok.

    This week in Drawing Class: Finding Shapes.  You’ve been told over and over to look for the basic shapes whenever you want to draw something, but what exactly does that mean.  I will show you a few examples and then I will draw a cat.  :)

    This week in Painting Class: Popcorn II.  I’ll add the shading and finishing touches to the popcorn painting, explaining the color choices and brush techniques as I go.

    Please feel free to share this information with ANYONE you think might be interested.  Remember, I’m not password protecting the classes to exclude anyone.  I only want to ensure that the people who attend are doing so on purpose.

    Look forward to seeing you all,

    Blade

     

  • Art Journal: Christmas Cards

    2 Hours on Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18725877
    6 minutes on YouTube: Art Journaling Christmas Card

    On this week's The Artistic Biker Live! My mom the producer was back from her globetrotting adventures. We were also joined by my beautiful daughter Girl1, who showed off her "Daddy's Girl" tattoo. She was the subliminal baby this week.

    With all that excitement we chase a LOT of rabbits on the show, including discussing using my waterbrush as an ink filled brush pen! (which I LURVES!!!) Somewhere past half way done with the show, I finally managed to make a few card prototypes for Christmas this year. I'll probably re-do all of them this weekend and then get them to the printer. I could print them myself, but it's way more cost and time effective to go to Staples (free endorsement).

    This week's featured artists were:

    +Eveline Hessels http://eveline-timeless.blogspot.com/2011/11/urban-sketching-from-home-2.html
    +Darcy Wilkinson http://art-and-sole.blogspot.com/2011/11/mandala.html
    @artistpoetgirl http://mypurpledoorstudios.blogspot.com/2011/11/because.html
    @sandyjonesUK has a daughter that made this http://yfrog.com/ocf1kgsj

    In the chat this week were:

    http://theartisticbiker.com
    http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-junque-studio
    http://teardrop-loveandbeloved.blogspot.com/
    http://themusicalscrapper@blogspot.com
    http://art-and-sole.blogspot.com/
    http://twitter.com/threedot
    http://www.ProfessionalEncourager.com
    http://artjournaling.ning.com
    http://eveline-timeless.blogspot.com/
    http://moon-light-creations.blogspot.com/
    http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/Timeless
    http://www.youtube.com/user/EvelineUK
    http://www.comfortableshoesstudio.com/
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/coffee_and_art/
    http://inkiwell.blogspot.com/

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