Hobbitses Eating all Dick's Grass

Hobbitses Eating All Dick's Grass
Digital art by me
for Rabbit Art  (drawing) Challenge
submission #1

Bethany

I did this as yet possibly unfinished painting in the car driving to and from Krista's baptism last night. I did it on my iPad using Artrage. I did not start from a photo of any kind, not even a reference photo-- it's a freehand digital finger painting. I used almost all the available tools--experimenting with them, just for the fun of it. I combined things that might be hard to combine on paper: oils, acrylics, water colors, pastels, crayons, pencils, air bush, etc. I think I used everything.

I painted it in the car in the dark in the backseat hurtling along the freeway over bumps and around turns. I am working to learn the new iPad Artrage. I couldn't have painted with oils or acrylics in that situation. I couldn't even type--I tried it!

For some reason, I kept wanting to add a crown of thorns, but felt it would be sacrilegious. I was thinking perhaps it reminds me, maybe because of the colors, of a famous painting of Jesus with the crown of thorns. I had a painting in mind, after I thought of it, but I googled it and couldn't find it. Maybe it wasn't a famous painting. Maybe just something I saw in someone's house. Originally, Bethany wasn't smiling. Smiling, it seems like a crown of thorns would be wholly inappropriate.

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Paul

Digital Smudge painting, another homeless man, looking for help in the form of a possible benefactor whose head appears at the top left.

His life at the moment is OUT OF BALANCE, LOL! It's not funny, except that I am using my WeekWord, of which I am the hostess this week.

If you are looking for the WeekWord, it is here.

In the interest of full disclosure, this is my brother-in-law, Paul, POSING as a homeless person. He is not homeless. I had considered the word "Homeless," but was afraid some people might not like it. If you'd like to do something on homeless, I will post that too, underneath "balance." Leave me a comment.

Detail from "Beer and Chips"

New Digital Smudge Painting (I'm procrastinating doing what I'm
supposed to do.) See whole painting here.

BB on the couch variant

BB on the Couch variant, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. My third attempt to do a from-scratch painting on my new Cintiq tablet. I haven't quite got the hang of it yet. (The original is on Imagik).

Les Fleurs Incomplet

Les Fleurs Incomplet, by Mary Stebbins Taitt, for CED. IThis is the
second from-scratch painting I did on my new Cintiq. The learning
curve for me is steep. This is a crop from the original.