http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress Lifelong Journey of an artist... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:03:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love the art of Chuck Close. Recently I began a painting technique similar to the one displayed in the above pictures. He developed a technique where an entire image is made up of tiny equally sized portions, that are filled with various colors ... http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/fluidity-pattern http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/currently-on-my-deskeasel The past few weeks have taught me a lot about inspiration vs replication. I have researched and studied the works of many different artists; gaining valuable insights on various techniques. About 2 weeks ago, I came across the work of an artist that literally blew me away. She seemed to ... http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/be-the-artist-you-are I have been trying to hone in on a style for my pen and ink with color pieces. Here is a sketch that I worked on today. I like how it turned out and I am looking forward to applying this technique to pieces for my upcoming show. [medium used: ... http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/new-style-development Here are some recent sketches and 2 photos that I took. http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/sketches-and-photography http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/sketches http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/patterns-2 http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/patterns http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/penink-with-h2ocolor I have been working on my taxes all week, and I am almost finished :). The process was very smooth, since I used TurboTax. What makes it even better is that it told me how much of a refund I will be receiving. I picked up some 1099Misc forms, so that ... http://twogil.com/Blog/wordpress/taxes