The Digital Sketchbook #4

7x10

multimedia on multimedia paper

This is different from what I normally post. This work is from my sketchbook. I thought I'd show some of the work that goes into making a painting by showing my sketches.

The Nose

8x10

acrylic on canvas

this time nose next time lips

watch this tutorial: 

Curly Hair

8x10
acrylic on canvas

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.
Sumner Redstone 

Tony Parker

8x10

acrylic on canvas

future hall of famer Tony Parker

GRACE

8x10

acrylic on canvas

today well lived makes yesterday a dream of happiness

LOCKS

8x10
acrylic on canvas

My secret ingredient for this one is love. I know how cheesy and corny that sounds but because I was painting dreads I couldn't help but to think of all my friends and family with locks. So when there was a choice to do a little more or less, I always chose more. It wasn't anything huge, just little extras that add up and It shows in the final product. Little things mean a lot.

ERYKAH BADU

8x10
acrylic on canvas

We must cultivate our talents by diligently practicing so that we become skilled at what we've chosen to do or practice makes perfect. Peace

VISION

8X10
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Meridiculous (JKPP)

8x10

acrylic on canvas board

The process of painting is pretty interesting. The more I do the more I see I fall back on some really basic principles. The problem with paint has nothing at all to do with the simple rules. The difficulty is in the doing. If you can get ourselves to do it continuously then we will get the results we've been looking for.

 check out this 'how to"

3 women

8x10 

acrylic on canvas 

this is an instructional painting. I'm creating an online resource for artist.