Thursday, September 29, 2016

"Snow Day" - New Digital Art!

I had so much fun last week creating my first digital artwork, “On the River,” that I had to follow it up with another! It is a very different process creating art on a computer than painting with a brush. If I was working on an ipad with pen then I know that it wouldn’t feel as different, but instead I am using a track pad to create these works on my laptop. Another first for me was creating a winter scene with snow, something that I have not painted before.

I am still exploring the many features available with Inkscape, and discovered the “overlay” option under “filters” called “frost.” I also used a wonderful gradient tool for the sky. The trees and snow were painted in with the “calligraphy tool”, using grays and blues.

Here is the piece before I added the frost filter:


"Snow Day." Original Digital Art by Charles Wolf. 
Impulsive Artistry © 2016. All Rights Reserved.  

Here it is after:


"Snow Day." Original Digital Art by Charles Wolf. 
Impulsive Artistry © 2016. All Rights Reserved. 

Question of the Day:

Do you like the piece better with the frost filter or without?

Let me know in the comments below or on the
Impulsive Artistry Page on Facebook or Twitter!

I hope you enjoyed seeing my art, and I am looking forward to creating more pieces like this digitally. Of course, I plan to keep using the traditional methods to paint, but it is fun to mix things up once in a while. I may even paint a few painting on canvas based on these digital paintings at some point.  

Have a fantastic artistic day,

—Charles

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Guest Artist Feature: Jacquelyn Sorenson, Painter

Hello Everyone,


I want to start off by thanking Charles Wolf for the opportunity to share my story and some of my pieces with you.


“Lighthouse,” 36x36in. Acrylic on Canvas.
Artist J. Sorenson. All Rights Reserved.

My name is Jacquelyn Sorenson, and I am a self-taught artist who works out of Fort Worth, Texas. I have painted my entire life, but I quit in my twenties to pursue a corporate job for about ten years, which I hated. When I turned thirty, I met my amazing husband and that’s when things changed dramatically in my life. We got married a year later, started a video production company and bought a house. I highly recommend not doing all of these things in one year, but for whatever reason we did.


“Just Beyond the Ridge,” 36x36in. Acrylic on Canvas.
Artist J. Sorenson. All Rights Reserved.

Once his company took off, I was able to leave corporate America, giving me extra time to paint. I never showed my work to anyone, feeling I was not good enough of an artist to do so. Sharing my art made me feel exposed, and I was fearful of the criticism I might receive. My husband was the one who pushed me to get my work out into the world and to face my fears.


“Misty Morning,” 36x36in. Acrylic on Canvas.
Artist J. Sorenson. All Rights Reserved.

For the past four years, I have been re-teaching myself how to paint while learning new techniques along the way. I am now showing my work through as many outlets as I can find, including: my own Website, Facebook fan page, Instagram as well as art shows and festivals. It’s not an easy process, but slowly I’m getting my name out there.


“Walking the Fence Line,” 24x36in. Acrylic on Canvas.
Artist J. Sorenson. All Rights Reserved.

To my fellow artists in the world, life is too short, go for your dreams and never look back. Don’t be fearful for what others might think or say.

“Every artist was first an amateur” –Ralph Waldo Emerson


Thank you for taking to time to read a short bio about my start as a working artist. You can see all my work by clicking on the links below.

Jacquelyn Sorenson

                                               
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