Artist Hideout

I just received this art submission from J. Reinartz along with this note:
Hello, A while ago I was really into digital art. I’m painting in oil pastels at the moment. I did a series of abstracts in addition to some digital art portraits I find the ability to layer images the most satisfying part of digital. I mainly use illustrator and photoshop. I had an old tablet that I never could become one with. I’m sure the newer ones are much better. What do you think? J.Reinartz

J, I love the work …read more

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Many Artists usually battle any kind of organizing types of responsibilities.  I know I am like this.  Piles of papers can at times line the edges of my desk and a more than elaborate network of chores and todos can be posted in non-linear fashion within my mind at any one time.  However, I have found that there is usually a simpler way of living in putting together lists of things that intrigue or pique my interest. 
Below are Eight lists posts from some of our bloggers around the Arts and Design channel here at b5media of things they found …read more

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Here’s what I would try (to do more of anyway).
Sculpting.
Sculpting is messy work. 
There is a reason I shy away from sculpting.  It’s expensive, it’s really time consuming, it takes up a lot of space and well…. it’s messy.
Not that I wouldn’t do more if I had the resources, I think I would.  Or at least I like to think that I would. 
But here’s why I would do it.  Sculptures seem to reach out into our three dimensional space and pull us bodily into the work. 
So, what would you try?

Amazon.com: The Sculptor’s Bible: The All-media Reference To Surface …read more

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I received this pre-move and am just now getting around to posting it. Ujwala Prabhu shares this portrait she did. You can read the back story of it on her blog, here.

UPDATED: 8/30/07

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J.D. Hillberry submitted some of his renderings to me last week. These are pretty impressive to say the least, but to get a fuller picture of the scope of his work, check out www.jdhillberry.com
J.D. also has quite a few tutorials on his site on How to Draw that I’d highly recommend.
Artist’s Statement:

“Like most artists, I have a need to communicate pictorially rather than with words. Although I try to push the limits of realism in a black and white medium, simply imitating reality isn’t my primary goal. I use the technical skills I have developed to tell a …read more

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Dexie, a fellow blogger over at www.sheknowsbest.com – Lifestyle Tips for Guys, who featured me last week (as per my wife’s submission) wrote in and was curious if her 9 year old son qualified as an artist?
Sure, one thing I love about children’s artwork is I love to see the progression of artwork from kids as they grow in their ability. These are the formative years and the time where they can develop skills that will last through their lives. I wish I was this proficient at photoshop when I was nine. Wait, did photoshop even …read more

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Over the last month, we’ve began a process to go minimalist with our lives and clear out the extra crap from our little existence. Recently we got a storage facility and began carting everything off to there. Yesterday as we were packing up some stuff for this exercise, we ran across some of my wife’s old charcoal drawings. Her response was, “so you want to throw these up on Artist Hideout too?”

Rebecca’s drawing of her dad as a child.
If you would like to submit some of your work to Artist Hideout and display it here, submit …read more

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One media and form of art that continually amazes me, particularly because of it’s constant and enduring state is glass.
Glass is one of those medias that I’ve never been able to try myself, but I believe is one of the most subtle and enchanting forms of art. It can take the form of a spoon rest in your kitchen or a fine goblet. Completely art, completely unique and practical in its use and application.
Christine Masters knows this. From the above mentioned spoon rest to the glass earrings, there is a grace to the craftsmanship in …read more

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I recently hit on the idea to make a digital artwork that was the same width and posting requirements for my blog. One that was rendered specifically for the space but you had to scroll to get the full image. I hadn’t seen anything like this anywhere else. With that in mind, I am opening up the Artist Hideout Challenge.
Make an artwork that fits these dimensions (400px x 1300px) using any theme or software that you prefer. Submit it here and I will post it for inclusion. Be sure to include the name of the software you used to create …read more

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Sometimes I know I can get carried away with just writing and get caught up in the art that I can forget some of the cardinal rules of blogging. Namely that of linking.
I also enjoy reading readers blogs. Hey, build the community right? So if you have an art site or blog that you would like me to look at (calling all lurkers) post it here and I can add it to my list of blogs to check out and possibly link to.

Side note: My fumage hasn’t started yet by the way, though I …read more

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