Golden Gate view at sunset

Golden Gate view at sunset
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

This painting started off as a an overly-ambitious figure study that I could not finish within the 3-hour session. when I was on the way to drawing one night, the fog was hanging over the bay and the sun was setting. I snapped few photos and was anxious to paint the scene so I decided to recyle the figure study. Having been a professional photographer, it is often hard for me to let a photo be just "inspiration" and not take it too literally. With this painting I listened to the paint, and not to the photo. One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard about painting is to remember that only God can make a tree - you can't make a tree with paint, so try to make the most interesting painting you can.

SOLD - private collection Oklahoma (18x24 oil painting)

Couch Potato Portrait

couch potato
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

This is the perfect example of a drawing that surprises you. I was bored with TV and wanted to draw. It was late at night so I was tired and too lazy to get off the sofa. BUT I alwasy stash some trusty pens and paper everywhere (even though it drives certain people crazy) and I turned by sights on the nearest victim. If you can't tell, she is rolling her eyes. Still I know I will always love this drawing as a portrait of an every day sight and late evening quiet at home.

I am totally amazed that some folks on Flickr have commented that this is a "gibson style". What a compliment! Click the image to see more comments on Flickr.

Pablo Take 2

Pablo Take 2 -119
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

The dog and the girl are very popular as a team in some of my life study drawings. The "wrinkles" in this drawing are caused by the water in the wash on the thin Frabriano Ingres paper. Some people seem to like the rippling effct. In general I love this paper and the "adventurousness" of it in my work. Maybe I should start a whole series or do a calendar? I can't believe how popular these drawings have become on flickr.

In general though "Figure Studies" and "life drawing" with nude models are very enjoyable for artists but not popular to sell and make a living. It's a curious thing.

jane tree on fire

jane tree on fire
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

this little oil painting of the Jane tree in my back yard was a personal breakthrough for me. it doesn't come across nearly as strongly in the photo as it does in person but I remember stepping back from the easel and thinking, "OMG I might be able to do something serious - not just dabbling and playing" In a few posts below you can see three paintings of the tree from inside the kitchen and in full bloom. It's an amazing tree, and the largest Jane magnolia tree I have ever seen (it's more than 25 feet high) Here's a link to a photo of the tree in full bloom about the same time I painted this. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cazsh/106129591/

(9x12 oil painting)

[checkered::penguin]

[checkered::penguin]
Blog of some cool young dudes designing and sketching for the entertainment industry. always amazes me how we spend so much time in the digital age drawing pictures and creating characters of swashbucklers and lpeople who lived before electricity.

BiblioSquirrel

BiblioSquirrel not about art but great tidbits about what's going on the world. all those things I try to ignore when I am doing my art.

Ladi's Kitchen

kitchen french windows and the tree
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

I originally painted this oil painting as a gift so that Ladi could "take her kitchen to work with her" and, so far, it is the favorite of my "Kitchen Paintings" posted to Flickr.

Click the picture to see full size on Flickr and read the comments. Here are the other 2 paintings of the same scene (both are watercolors and if you click them you will go to the Flickr page and see their comments)
The Green watercolor below is runner-up to the oil painting.

Here's the magenta one

Heads in the Tahoe pool

heads in the Tahoe pool
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

This little watercolor got a lot more notice on Flickr than I would have thought. it is now my most "interesting" Flickr image. I remember sitting with Ladi by the pool that day because she was sick and we couldn't go hiking or playing. Why was she sick? she accidently drank some of my odorless turpentine (long story). Lucky day that we didn't have to rush to the hospital.

(click the picture to see all the comments about it)

Grand Ave. Mural

Directing the traffic?
Originally uploaded by digitaldi.

I walk past this almost every day and it is so well-done. I love my neighborhood for having this! Muralist, Dan Fontes, site says: “Grand Performance” 1984, 25’ x 220’, enamels (with Keith Sklar, Daniel Galvez Karen Sjoholm & Brooke Fancher) Grand Avenue beneath 580, Oakland, CA http://www.danfontes.com/page/200

(or click the picture to see more pictures by Digitaldi on Flickr in the Lake Merritt neghborhood)

Little tasty apples

apples 901
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

These Mendocino apples were small and tasted like those from my grandfather's tree -- the kind you can't buy in grocery stores. This small oil painting is now my most commented picture in Flickr. Who knew people liked apples so much? Cezanne? (Click the picture to see all the comments) I did two paintings of this group of apples in a teak bowl. One sold quickly and this one I have saved for a show. (8x8 oil painting)

TAM was here Mail Art Project

http://tamwashere.blogspot.com/
this is a cool art project

Pablo and the model

x152 pablo and the model
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

This drawing of Pablo, the dog, and his partner model has now become my #2 most favorited picture on Flickr. I love drawing on this gray pastel Ingres paper by Fabriano. it has a warm tone and it's thin (which sometimes causes wrinkles, depending on how wet I make it). I wish there were more good, gray toned papers to choose from out there (especially in pads). Click to go to the image on Flickr to see what people say about it. Should I start a new series with dogs? (ink wash with pastel highlights)