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Happy Mother’s Day. This is my mom, so alls I go

Happy Mother’s Day. This is my mom, so alls I gotta say is, this better get a lot of likes!
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#digitalpainting #mothersday #portrait #painting #glasses #grandmom #familyportrait #heirloom #digitalart #lightstudy #paintsketch #photoreference #momselfie #selfie

Title this piece? I decided to flip the script and

Title this piece? I decided to flip the script and do some photobashing, and came up with a sort of extraplanetary cat rover vehicle and work site. I’ve been reading Dune lately. Could this be mining or oil rigging on other planets?
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#photobashing #digitalpainting #rover #space #nasa #vehicledesign #terraforming #scifi #mars #marsrover #spacecraftdesign #oilrigs #landscape #collage #photoshopcc #conceptart #artstation #moonmagic

I’ve been mourning the loss of my good friend Ga

I’ve been mourning the loss of my good friend Gabriel Labossiere @heart.laboss a magnetic enlightened soul taken from us far too early. He was a beacon of light during a time when I felt very distant from this planet. He was inspiring and loving to a lot of people, some of which I’ve had the pleasure to meet, commiserate and celebrate with over the last few days. A vigil will be held tonight in Byrd Park at 5-8pm. The main photo is from when he modeled my screenprinted tee, if anyone would like to buy one from coylecavern.com at this time the proceeds will go to a charity that he avidly supported @orphansofugandachildren_center Slide for pics of his incredible folky abstract work, a life sketch I did one night, and lastly an ink of mine that he wanted me to tattoo on his bicep. I’m sorry I never got to do it brother. Sorely miss you Laboss ❤️ R.I.P.
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#laboss #positivity #rvaartists #carystreetcafe

The wet look. Several different challenges tackled

The wet look. Several different challenges tackled which I shall list: figurative subject, reflections of glass, satin highlights and the sheen of pink velour. Bright high contrast natural light on very pale skin. Slightly more stylization, exaggeration and improvisation, choice of smeary wet mixer brushes for nuanced stroke composition and spontaneity.
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#speedpainting #dailypainting #painterly #wetbrush #digitalpainting #digitalart #lush #girlportrait #glass #sargent #traditional #portrait #photoshop #paintsketch #nft #nftpainting #highcontrast

If the ancestors were watching what would be the l

If the ancestors were watching what would be the look on their faces? Sun drenched study of browns. I pressed into new territory with digital brushes bringing about 5 brushes in to play, instead of the 1 or two from previous trials. What do you think?
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#sunlight #realism #digitalpainting #ancestors #oldman #african #blackman #skintones #digitalbrushes #brightcolors #brownstudy #portraitpainting #facestudy #worldwide #paintingoftheday #digitalart

Low contrast grays for the gray day. Sometimes I c

Low contrast grays for the gray day. Sometimes I can feel the sepia tones seeping in to stain my memories when I’m not looking. From the other direction comes the dry overcast cover with clinical blue highlights to bleach my futuristic old age. I can’t stand it. Give me back my god damned color, I’m not your fucking statistic. Don’t touch that! Get away from me. Nurse!
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#sepiatone #lowcontrast #digitalpainting #gray #whitebeard #portraitpainting #grayscale #beard #dimlight #overcast #study #studiopainting #studentofart #oldage #oldman

Meandering in my soul I found a well. Floor of dee

Meandering in my soul I found a well. Floor of deep mud. Water content trapped in it. What does this mean, for everything here is a symbol? I cut a few drops of blood off my red tree and spattered them at the bottom. What have I done, for everything I do has a consequence here? Where is the eye? Where are my foes? Where is the Naiad? My face drowning, submersible in her chest? I come across a fruit tree, toppled over a broken fence. The dried pits are on the road, but there are no birds here to take them where they might germinate. The grass is yellow. Everything has meaning here. The smallest incident. Will meaning put gas in the car? Will patience bring the flood?
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#grayscale #oldman #easternman #hardwork #faces #portraitpainting #photoshopcc #digitalpainting #paintingaday #expression #poetry #bleak #tonality #leathery #workingclass #slaverystillexists

With each new painting I move a little deeper into

With each new painting I move a little deeper into levels of detail and nuance with the digital brush. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle made of flower petals. The practice of being a student of visual art is what I’m performing, whilst my other self is wrangling words to draft a world, embroiled in conflict with inner personalities, lizard men, vampires, soup boilers, thief kings, root people, and women pure of heart.
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#digitalpainting #blueportrait #turquoise #learning #student #master #painting #digitalart #nft #practice #artpractice #photorealism #realism #postimpressionism #pixels #brushes #photoshop #dailymotivation #discipline #artwork #writer

Exploring the absolute wonders of digital painting

Exploring the absolute wonders of digital painting. I’ve recorded my screen while painting this and will soon release an inexpensive tutorial narrating the workflow. If you’ve ever painted with oils, you know that the physicality of the medium imposes certain technical strictures, maybe it’s obvious to everyone already, but painting digitally offers a ridiculous amount of freedom by comparison. In a way it feels like cheating. Certain tools almost obliterate the difficulty of training. However with an understanding of traditional painting and a good eye, these tools just supercharge the process. Speed painting becomes a truly apt descriptor. Stay tuned for news on my upcoming video release!
Photo ref: @aiony (unsplash)
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#portrait #tutorial #traditionalpainting #digitalpainting #photoshopcc #unsplash #digitalart #paintingtitorial #photoreference #brushes #seeingcolors #teachingartist #technique #speedpainting

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