Author: Jean Drayovitch
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Doeya…at the beach…
Sometimes there is an empathic flow that feeds a painting. That happened right after Melissa gave me a crisp photo of her German Shephard, Doeya. I intentionally kept the brush strokes loose and visible. I really enjoyed doing this painting. Maybe it was the easy energy between Melissa and Doeya which made it come together. …
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Sugah’s coat as brush acrylic and a Moth in Shadow
Reflect and correct. It’s a work in progress. Might need one or two doodads of paint still…still thinking about it. New lead with FauxPawsLLC.com. A warm thank you goes out to Walt for his support and good intention for promoting pet portraits through this website. Especially the sentimental notion of memorial portraits. We will keep…
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The importance of preliminary sketching…
It helps work out the kinks and disproportions before getting into paint. My creative process requires a good bit of reflective thinking and reconsideration. Sometimes ideas flow quickly without glitches and sometimes my brain gets in a tangle on the way to an end point. I had to take a step back from this head…
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Golden Pet Portrait
I’d like you to meet “Shugah.” She posed for photos this weekend and will be the subject for my next painting. The deadline to be finished is Friday July 12th. I’ll start with some pen and charcoal sketches and then get vertical on the easel. Focus today for: Mix Mix Mix, paint Paint Paint. And…
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Following me through CA…
For brief-daily-posts about my “creative” CA experience, please follow me at Twitter and/or Instagram. My Instagram account shows photos and captions and is linked to Twitter. If you have not tried to use Twitter before now, let me help with that. Just Google search for Twitter and look for the search icon on the Twitter…
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How to feed your soul…
www.hellasarts.com Spend a day with another artist who values the same inspirations. Learn these things: 1. For some, art is an evolution within and influenced by the pull around them. 2. Slow down. If you spend a day in the shade of Redwoods, whose roots got started around 900 A.D., one will realize that time…
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Sketches for CA
Here are three sketches that were made during my stay in Northern CA. The Orchid was drawn while looking at the plant while Peet’s coffee brewed, about a 20 minute sketch time. The sketch of Catherine playing her Ukelele took about 30 minutes. She was practicing chords while sitting on the couch. We were all…
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