Sunday, March 8, 2009

Demonstration: Swallowtail & Mexican Sunflowers

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As a diversion from the landscape paintings I've been doing these tight renditions of flowers and butterflys. The first one was Harbingers of Spring, which I entered into the Flowers and Gardens contest of International Artist Magazine. This was probably the 5th time I've submitted a piece to them. I didn't win any awards, but my piece will be included and printed in full color along with my contact information. Please keep an eye out for it in the April/May isssue, which should be hitting newstands soon. As soon as I found out that Harbingers of Spring was accepted, I immediatley set myself to completing another butterfly piece. I hope you enjoy the slideshow.
Posted by Joe Ruiz at 5:57 PM

1 comments:

Josh (musarter) said...

Nice blog.

Cool slide shows. It is great to see your technique. I never really thought of working background to foreground, because I always get caught up on the focal point/subject. Your approach is very logical and it seems to work well, as demonstrated by your paintings.

I also wanted to mention, this slide show turned out better than the previous one because I could easily read your comments. A blog is always a work in progress.

I will stop again soon.

March 9, 2009 8:19 AM

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