Late April Art Dump

Austin Hart April 29, 2014

Some quick thumbnail studies I did yesterday. Fun exercise. You take a master work, a movie still or a photo, and you make a thumbnail (a small image) of it. It helps to understand how colors work with eachother. One thing I picked up after doing this, is that when you think something is blue, it's usually grey. Anyway, here's five I did yesterday. The refference is on the left and the thumbnail I did is on the right. Click on the images to cycle through. Theres a couple more things below it. more stuff later. Enjoy.

-Aus

"Last Night at Cafe Zulu" 16x12, oil on canvas.

Lady Gaga study from a V magazine photo, Digital

Art Dump, and a State of the Self

Austin Hart February 27, 2014

Here are some drawings, paintings and digital stuff, long and short I have worked on the past month.

Spitpaints and Sketches Jan 2014

Austin Hart January 21, 2014

Some various Sketches I have been doing to start off the new year. Just read the War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Great book for any struggling/ lazy artists out there. I've got a lot of work to do if I want to go pro.

Thread Makers

Austin Hart November 22, 2013

Here is a painting I'm about half way done with intended for my mom's workshop at the Laguna Playhouse. The composition is based on an old engraving, and unfortunately I couldn't find any information on who originally made it. It's my second time ever working on an unprimed canvas. The process was a lot slower because the paint gets soaked up by the canvas. You really have to commit to every stroke and use a lot of paint. I don't think i'll work on an unprimed surface ever again. It was kind of like painting with wrist weights on.

Thread Makers, oil on linen — *Thread Makers*, oil on linen

10 Minute Paintings

Austin Hart November 13, 2013

Hello Blog reader(s)! It's ya boy Austin! Lets get right too it. I started doing this excecise, where if I find myself not drawing, i do pull out the stopwatch located conveniently on my phone, set it for 10 minnutes, and paint something-anything. Sometimes, I will think of theme before hand, but other times i will just start painting. It is a fun way to paint, and is especially good for training your brain to think up ideas on the fly, something I could be better at. Here is a few from the past 2 days

-Aus

P.S. My amazing suicide inducingly talented friend ivan hipped me to this great podcast called THE COLLECTIVE. Give it a listen, if you are an artist and need some direction. Happy trails!