Live Painting Again

There, that worked better. Cool.

I think this is a pretty neat use of the integration of mobile technology with the web. What do you think?

Peace.

SOLD - Neil Young 05/06/09

Live Painting

Well, that was frustrating. Yesterday afternoon, I painted this piece, trying again sending "live" cell phone photos to Twitpic. Either my phone or the cell network weren't cooperating because after 2 shots, the rest failed to send. I had to resend them. Oh well. They're there.

I'm trying this to let you in to my process more. I'd done those timelapse YouTube videos quite awhile ago which were cool, but a lot of work. This way you, ideally, get to see the painting develop just about as it happens, or at least get a sense of how it happens. I think it's neat, anyways.

My phone won't let me put a caption so that Twitpic will recognize it, so it comes out as a list of unidentified picture links on Twitter, but I think that's ok. The point is the pictures, being worth a thousand words, right?

Peace.

Speed Painting

I got the record really fast for this commission. That's always nice.

And speaking of speed, I received an email today that made me realize how fast I actually get these done. This fellow does pointillistic portraits on "At-A-Glance" desktop calendars of various famous subjects using fine-tipped markers. I did several drawings in high school using a rapidograph pen. Insane. They took forever. This guy says he puts upwards of 300 hours into each piece! Wow.

Yesterday, doing the cell phone shots of my painting as I painted it, I showed you all that it takes 1-2 hours for me to paint a piece. I don't do it fast intentionally. That's just how it comes out. I'm also not saying this to show I'm better or worse, or my work is better or worse than anybody else's. Or that I take less care.

I actually don't really have a point. Sorry, my brain is a bit scattered this week.

Good thing I don't have to focus for too long on a painting!

Peace.

I Like The World, Not Words

I'm trying something new. I figured out how to send pictures from my cell phone to Twitpic, which then sends updates Twitter:

http://twitpic.com/4jzcb -18 minutes ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4jyii -30 minutes ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4jxw4 -40 minutes ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4jxb2 -about 1 hour ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4jwur -about 1 hour ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4jwhr -about 1 hour ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4jvva -about 1 hour ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4jvhh -about 1 hour ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4juyv -about 1 hour ago from TwitPic

http://twitpic.com/4julj -about 2 hours ago from TwitPic

Peace.

Sweet Lullaby

I'm really dragging today. I got my teeth cleaned and almost fell asleep in the chair. It was the softest cleaning I've ever had, so that had something to do with it, but I'm really just tired.

I love sleeping. I wish I could take a siesta every day. We want to build a cabana out back by the pool so we can feel like we're down in Rocky Point on the beach.

When you wake up, do you have a song in your head? Like a brief chunk of music?

Just about every morning when I wake up, there's like one phrase of a song playing in my head, lyric and music. Wanna know what happens when I loop that chunk and focus on hearing it in my head?

I fall back asleep.

Peace.