When painting pinups, the magic happens in the initial sketch. Once you get good at sketching, everything else just falls in place. In the old days, artists took anatomy classes and dissected bodies. I won’t go that far. However, I strongly recommend that you know bodies very well. I’m a damn good masseuse and also… Continue reading When painting pinups, the magic happens…
Category: Musings
Did the Ancient Greeks see a mermaid? Brizo from Delos
How do legends start? They’re usually based on some kind of truth. Or what someone with a lot of charisma thought was the truth. On the Ancient Greek island of Delos, women would leave offerings to a beautiful nude female creature that they called Brizo. They’d leave her offerings in exchange for her protection of… Continue reading Did the Ancient Greeks see a mermaid? Brizo from Delos
How to deal with distractions
Distractions. Nowadays, it seems like we have more than we’ve ever had before. Before, we had the telephone and the television. And that was it. If nobody called and nothing was on TV, you got shit done. So much easier to have a creative mindset back then. Note that I wrote this article mainly for… Continue reading How to deal with distractions
Why do people buy art?
Have you ever asked anyone why they bought art? I don’t mean in a negative way, like “why the hell would you buy that?” I mean, ask them sincerely why they purchased that particular piece of art. You’ll be surprised at the responses you’ll get from art buyers. You pretty much have two types of… Continue reading Why do people buy art?
Why Opium Tales?
I am a Romantic. No, not the cheesy 20th century definition. I fucking hate how they took something awesome like Romanticism and turned it into something pretty fucking stupid. I am a Romantic, 19th century definition. If you have no idea what I’m referring to, read the Wikipedia page on Romanticism. Romanticism was an art… Continue reading Why Opium Tales?