"Creativity takes courage." – Henri Matisse
Amidst all the fun I usually have with commission work, there are also times when I get a little stuck or stressed out. I recently had a couple days when I was feeling particularly frustrated with my work, so I decided to take a break and just paint something in GIMP for fun, and try …
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Well, my friends, after four long years... after many breakthroughs, and lots of discovery and exploration... after a trip to the zoo, and all the times it's been stuffed into my backpack with a couple of pencils and erasers... I've finally filled up my old hardcover sketchbook! Almost. There's still one or two pages there …
Continue reading "Gestures, Character Art, and Failed Portraits ~ drawings from the sketchbook"
And so we have come near to the end of our journey. This is part five and the conclusion of my series of posts on the fantastic, lovely, delicate, ambient, bold and beautiful world of shading. Over the past couple months we've talked about the tools of the trade, explored a rather painterly method of …
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Hey lionhearts! Welcome back to part two of a series of posts on advanced shading. In last weeks post, I discussed some of the basics to get you started before we dive in. So we're just going to get straight to the fun stuff. No brakes, full speed ahead. Today, we will be talking about …
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Hello Lionhearts! Well, here we are again. I feel like I just did an art dump... but then on the other hand, I have art that I'm long overdue in sharing. My siblings and I had our annual fan art exchange almost nine months ago, and I still haven't shared all the AMAZING art they …
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Hello friends! Welcome back to another art dump. I am your host, Chalice Sleep, and this week we'll be talking all about innovation. (Maybe that's not quite the right word... but I'm rolling with it.) You see, I've been trying new things. Some due to that's what I was commissioned to do. Some due to …
Continue reading "In Which Saw Blades Go to the Fair, and I Try Various New Art Techniques"
A while ago, I had art block. Well, to be honest, I probably had plenty of art projects to work on, but I just wanted to do something that didn't have to be perfect and I could just have fun with. I think I might have mentioned this to a friend, and she said I …
Continue reading "Two Buddies in a Scary Staircase ~ a portrait process"
Hello Lionhearts! Wow! I feel like it's been forever since I've posted anything. 😬 Life's been a wild ride! Several times I've wondered if I should just quit the blog.... But then I just go, "Nah!" It'd be too sad. Plus my siblings keep asking me when I'm going to write another blogpost. So here …
Hey everyone! Been a while since I've been around, so first off let me just say, Hey everyone. How's life been? Today, I'm excited to help announce the release of one of my top reads of 2020: Stop the Rain : Never Leave a Fallen Comrade, by Kassie Angle. Guys, what can I say? This …
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Hey guys! We've officially made it through half the year. Whoohoo! And since it's been almost half a year since my last one, I decided it's time for another art dump. So, some of you may remember the art exchange Earnest and I did last year for his birthday. (If you don't remember it, you …
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