April 2014 Blog Posts (9)

Thanks to all who gave input regarding the background for this portrait!!  i chose the blue/gray to complement and bring out her skin tones.

This is a Macintosh Apple. Steve Jobs worked on Apple farms during his adolescent years, which influenced the name of his famous company: Apple. Jobs had a high regard for the place, where Art intersected with technology. Being an amateur artist and a professional engineer, I sort of understand this intersection and enjoy when and where I see the two meeting,… which…

Great news - two of my paintings have been accepted into the Westmont College Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, in Santa Barbara, CA. The juried show, "Made You Look!", was judged by artist, Meg Cranston, who is the Chair of Fine Arts at Otis College of Art and Design.

The two pieces are:

"Black Beauty" & "Eye of the Cheetah"…

Another little 7"x5" painting… Enjoy!  I will be putting it up shortly for sale on Daily Paint Works:

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/faisal-tariq-4311

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Thanks to everyone who read and commented on my previous Fox Hunt blog..I'd "finished" the painting but was always bothered by the road..I recently painted dirt over the road and am much happier with the result:)

"Coffee at the Cove" 18x24" Oil on Canvas by Richard Robinson

The block-in completed.

The…

I was painting in mt gallery today, which is not often, and a couple of ladies were watching when one asked me if my gable roof lines were off.

I was painting like roof lines in #2 and they felt they should be as referenced in #1.

Once I showed them that #1 had no vanishing point Like #2 they were happy and continued their tour of the town.

Just a small tip and hope she works for you.…

Had a great day today painting with a friend out at Waipu Cove, showing her (and learning myself) the technique of adding broken colour to a painting after the initial block-in stage. I took a before and after photo to help with the teaching…

Everything in this painting depicts a sort of feminine elegance to me.  

Available at DPW:…