December Daily Drawing - 1

Inspired by HelloJenuine I have decided to start a December Daily Drawing project.  


The goal is to draw and post something every day this month.  It's a great way to keep the creative juices flowing and not to slack off from doing something that I really love to do anyway.  


You'll forgive me [i assume] for starting a day late and for the occasion where I might post a painting rather than a drawing.


I will post them in all the usual places like here, flickr, Twitter and Facebook.


Have fun and keep in touch!


Original Abstract Art Paintings
Denton's Etsy Shop

Artist: Eric Daigh

Sunday morning is bliss.  We sleep in late.  Read the paper.  Slowly enjoy our coffee.  And we watch CBS Sunday Morning.  Because we record it we can watch it with leisure.  Sunday is the best morning of the week.


Every now and then CBS Sunday Morning does an art-focused piece.  They do such a nice job because they take their time.  They talk to the artist.  You get a real chance to see their work.  Last Sunday they did a piece on Eric Daigh who uses push pins to create portraits.  Yes...push pins.  Using red, green, blue, yellow, black and white.  Up close to one of his portraits it's like standing too close to a jumbotron, but when you back away....it's magic.


The CBS website doesn't seem to have the video on Daigh so be sure to take a look at his website.  He talked in the interview about how he accomplishes his pieces.  It's very technology based and though it spurs my curiosity, it's a little too paint-by-numbers.


Original Abstract Art Paintings 
Denton's Etsy Shop

Redesigning My Blog

I can absolutely drive myself nuts and waste a bunch of time playing with the layouts and colors on my website and blog.  I have made a conscious effort to update my blog to more accurately represent my style and I ran into a couple of tools that you might find helpful if you are doing the same.


My Blogger layout is a topic for another day, but as for color you may want to take a look at these:
MySpaceDev offers a very large selection of colors and their hexidecimal codes.
ColorPicker will give you the hex code for any color you can find on using their color selection tool.
And just for fun ColourLovers will give you the hex code for Crayola Crayon colors...quite fun.


Have a colorful day!


Original Abstract Art Paintings
Denton's Etsy Shop

Color Splash

Time to confess a guilty pleasure.  I am a big fan of Color Splash, a makeover show on HGTV hosted by David Bromstad.  Once I found the show it took me a few months to catch-up on all his previous episodes.  The show focuses on color [duh] and solid design concepts.  The cast and crew of the show always seem to nail whatever concept David is trying to capture and they have fun doing it.  As an artist I look forward to the custom art pieces that David creates in each episode.  


Quite often they are abstract in style...right up my alley.


Original Abstract Art Paintings
Denton's Etsy Shop

Odd Succulent

Sometimes my doodles lead to odd things.  Many times.  This started on a flight to Northern California to visit my family.  I love that it makes me thing of geckos.  I've played with ink drawing all my life.  I don't do pen&ink anymore...just too inconvenient.  I'll likely created prints colored with watercolors...and maybe a pendant for fun. 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Original Abstract Art Paintings
Denton's Etsy Shop

Art of the Week - June 29

This weeks featured painting print is …

Title: Winning Streak [shown above]

Size: 16" x 20" - Acrylic on canvas panel

Regular Retail: $130.00

FEATURED PRICE (through 7/5/09): $100.00 plus shipping

The above sale price on Denton's Featured Contemporary Abstract Art of the Week is availableTHROUGH 7/5/09 ONLY. To receive the special sale price on Denton's Featured Art of the Week you must contact him by email at denton@dentonloomis.com . If the piece has sold I will happily create a similar piece specific to your needs.

Original Abstract Art Paintings - by Denton Loomis

Commission a Painting - by Denton Loomis

ABSTRACT ART SALE

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Jerry's ARTarama

I just discovered Jerry's Artarama. I had looked at them online and I love the fact that they have free video lessons. However, I didn't realize until yesterday that they have a store in Arizona.

I went there this morning and WOW do they have it all! It's about the size of the Michael's store near me but IT'S ALL ART SUPPLIES. How cool is that. I probably spent an hour just wandering around in amazement. They have a large frame shop too.

And the prices....wow again. They have a sales flyer on their website and there is no doubt something on sale that you would want. For me today it was SOHO acrylic paint. I've never tried that brand and I bought a few tubes.

I hope you can Find a Store Near You!
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Original Abstract Art Paintings - by Denton Loomis
Commission a Painting - by Denton Loomis
ABSTRACT ART SALE

Contemporary Abstract Art of the Week by Denton Loomis - Week of 6/22/09

Detail of "Distant Dream"

This weeks featured painting print is …

Title: Distant Dream [shown above]

Size: 19" x 30" x 1.75"

Regular Retail: $250.00

FEATURED PRICE (through 6/28/09): $215.00 plus shipping

The above sale price on Denton's Featured Contemporary Abstract Art of the Week is available THROUGH 6/28/09 ONLY. To receive the special sale price on Denton's Featured Art of the Week you must contact him by email at denton@dentonloomis.com . If the piece has sold I will happily create a similar piece specific to your needs.

Original Abstract Art Paintings - by Denton Loomis

Commission a Painting - by Denton Loomis

ABSTRACT ART SALE

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The Frugal Artist

One of the struggles I have is my battle between wanting to paint with the devil-may-care attitude that my abstract style yearns for and the cost of materials.

I recently painted a piece as a present for a friend and I used nearly entire tubes of paint in the process. What a rush! I felt released and decadent and eager to please. It was an experience that led me to understand that this is the attitude I must have in my creative process. Without it my work will look and feel restrained. Nobody wants that!

So for now I am careful when buying supplies and make sure that I am getting the best deal no matter what grade of paint I buy. I save significant money by building my own supports in both canvas and hardboard. More on that process in another post.

Original Abstract Art Paintings - by Denton Loomis

Commission a Painting - by Denton Loomis

ABSTRACT ART SALE

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