2012
Bike Tire
05/18/12 09:27 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Not much time to draw after a crazy day at work and going to see Sam in a play. He was awesome!
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Me
05/16/12 01:46 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Thats me. Bald, wearing reading glasses. Waiting for Mason to get off from work. He has a drivers license (wasn’t I just changing his diaper last week?)
His and Hers Drinks
05/15/12 08:22 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Tulips
05/14/12 08:20 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Sensu Store is Live!
05/13/12 10:36 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
We have been working towards this day for quite a while and I am happy to report that our website is updated and the web store is LIVE! Go buy your very own Sensu brush at www.sensubrush.com. We are currently only taking US orders.
Baldy
05/11/12 10:37 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Double Chin
05/09/12 10:58 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Some times you just sit and draw and it really doesn’t have to make any sense. But I do think there are a couple faces with big chins in here...
Vana Mazi at the Whip In
05/08/12 03:59 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I took our friend Jane (who is visiting from England) to my favorite pub, the Whip In, last night. Good food, some Milk Stout and fabulous music by Vana Mazi.
Bird in Hand
05/07/12 09:09 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
This is a little bird ornament that Gloria found somewhere (she is always finding wonderful little things.)
Lizard Toad Thing
05/05/12 12:55 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Two Jars of Dressing
05/03/12 09:55 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
5/02/12
05/02/12 09:15 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Witch
05/01/12 03:41 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I was having fun with the app Paper and my Sensu brush. Changing the speed with which you move the brush changes the line width.
Sam Shooting 4.30.12
04/30/12 01:17 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Sam made a really cool re-curve bow out of pvc the other day. He went and bought himself some good arrows and practiced out in the courtyard. No passer-bys or small animal were injured ;-)
Jefferson
04/28/12 03:15 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Beer Glass
04/27/12 08:54
A Sam Adams Belgian Session. Not bad, one of case deals at Costco that give four each of six different beers.
Izze on Sidewalk
04/26/12 10:10 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Our black cat Izze laying on the sidewalk, probably collecting fleas. Using the app Paper for this drawing.
Using the Paper app and Sensu
04/25/12 03:14 Filed in: videos | ipad painting
Here is a seven minute video of me using the app, Paper by 53. A very nice app that has a nifty user interface, and a simplified, but satisfying set of tools. I love the parameters that the developers set for this drawing and sketching tool.
Another Beer Glass
04/24/12 12:05 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Just another beer glass. This was a New Belgium Belgo IPA. Not so crazy about the beer but like the drawing. Using the app Paper.
Smoke Tree
04/23/12 09:06 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Stacy Park Color Fields
04/22/12 09:10 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I snapped a photo on route to Curra’s for breakfast taco’s on Saturday. Yesterday I used that image for my daily painting. I liked just breaking the painting into color fields.
Rain bow
04/21/12 06:37 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I’m sure it is not an original idea for an illustration, but it is todays daily painting. Using the Sensu brush with app Paper.
Lizard
04/20/12 11:02 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
This is what happens when you are really sleepy and about to close your eyes on the day, and remember that your daily painting was not done. Grab a photo from earlier in the day and paint over it. Yuck. Well at least you can see the lizard eye, right? They really do camouflage themselves well.
Eating Lunch at UPenn
04/19/12 07:57 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Sam and I toured the UPenn campus last weekend. We ate lunch at the White Dog Cafe, quite tasty.
Black Walnut Tree
04/17/12 10:11 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
We spent a long weekend at my Aunt Joan’s home outside Philly this past weekend. Near her driveway is this cool (and messy, as Joan points out) black walnut tree. I love the branch that looks like an arm and elbow.
Paper Face
04/14/12 01:22 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Goatee'd Guy
04/13/12 01:21 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Funny Looking Guy
04/12/12 01:20 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Camper Compass
04/11/12 08:40 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Old Rose
04/10/12 09:43 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Another botanical using Sensu and Procreate. This was an old rose that has sat in the dining room for a LONG time.
Cross Vine
04/09/12 09:46 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Yesterdays painting was of a Cross Vine growing in our garden. I used some old drawings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) as inspiration. Painting with the Sensu with ArtRage again. Though this time I used the watercolor brush option for the colors (and it is very slow).
Sam Trying to Catch Up to Gloria
04/08/12 10:14 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Ben with Big Ears & a sketch of Gloria
04/07/12 10:50 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
My nephew Ben is a willing subject for portraits. I have these funny jumbo paper ears that fit on your head and he put them on (I used the Sensu and ArtRage for this).
Below is a quick sketch of Gloria (using the Sensu brush and SketchTime app).
Portrait of Benjamin
04/06/12 01:14 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
My sister-in-law and nephew are visiting. It is great to see them, and did a quick portrait of Ben on the front porch (using Sensu and ArtRage).
Two Sketches on Paper
04/05/12 04:00 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Cactus
04/04/12 12:28 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
A couple drawings from some sketchy (in a good way) apps. The cactus was done in SketchTime and the portrait below was done in Paper. Both are very nice apps with nice thought (and restraint) in regards to the user experience. And variable line width, which is fantastic in my opinion.
The Dresser of Mason
04/03/12 10:29 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Blue Beard & Parking
04/02/12 10:13 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
The title of the post is more exciting than the actual post :) I did go to an interesting presentation today by Dr. Donald Shoup (the prophet of parking). He was brought to town by Council member Chris Riley who has been very active in trying to resolve Austin’s parking woes. Shoup has written a book, The Real Cost of Free Parking, in it he suggests that all this parking that is required of developers and merchants should be removed and instead use metered parking (priced as to what the market will bear-and in such a way that you always have a few empty spots) is a better model for solving the issues in problem areas. Revenue collected by the meters is then given back to the areas that support (less maintenance costs). Those dollars can then be used for improvements (sidewalks, trees, law enforcement etc.). People who don’t want to pay will find alternative methods of getting to and fro (bike, bus, walk)… I am oversimplifying this, but is interesting.
Painting a Portrait with Sensu & ArtRage
04/02/12 10:04 Filed in: videos
Matt paints a portrait with the Sensu brush and ArtRage using its oil brush, an imported photo, and layers.
Izze on Garden Path (with Lizard)
04/01/12 09:03 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Izze is constantly on the prowl. We do feed, plenty, but none the less her little kitty brain only wants to hunt.
Pizza
03/31/12 04:33 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
The pizza this weekend was really good. The crust was crispy, an ongoing issue for me as our oven tops out at 500 degrees.
Pepper on a Plate
03/30/12 10:07
I cut half a bell pepper up for pizza toppings and placed the uncut half on a plate. Very striking it was.
Birthday Girl (with New Haircut)
03/29/12 09:42 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
My wonderful and lovely wife Gloria celebrates her birthday tomorrow (which explains the dazed look on her face in this painting). Happy Birthday! (she looks like she is 30 ;)
Austin Beerworks Glass
03/28/12 09:11 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Veggies on the Counter
03/27/12 09:06 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Some carrots, beets, garlic, and asparagus (in a glass container) on the kitchen counter. Daylight fading fast.
Marshmellow
03/26/12 09:03 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
While at our friend Gail’s birthday party yesterday we met Haven, who proudly showed Gloria and I a photo of her cat Marshmellow. Photo forwarded and used it for todays painting.
Drawing a Beer with Sensu and SketchTime Demo
03/25/12 07:57 Filed in: ipad painting | videos
Gloria's Legs
03/25/12 02:56 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Bare feet, blue jeans, the dappled light of a Sunday morning… it is so nice to hang out and visit, and look at your sweet heart’s feet :)
Fav Cookin' Tools
03/23/12 01:31 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I worked on this painting at the Whip-In, my favorite pub in Austin. Using the iPad and Sensu brush in public is a sure way to meet new friends. I had a great time talking to Melissa and Jackie about the joys of making images on the iPad. And the Bonnevill County Pine Box had a raucous couple of sets! Did a sketch of Dan (banjo), Harvey (mando) and Jimmy (guito).
Still Life and Toast
03/22/12 09:57 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
This still life is a bit complicated. I do like the blast of blue on the right though.
I was waiting for the kettle to boil and sketched the toaster. Oh trusted toaster, where would be without thy...
Vanilla Porter
03/21/12 10:13 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Above are a couple drawings using sketchtime and my sensu brush. The subject is the superb Brackenridge Vanilla Porter.
RatCat
03/20/12 08:50 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Lewis (our cat) moved while I was doing a little video test of me painting with the Sensu brush. The result is, well, not so good, or is a really good portrait of a a RatCat.
Couple of Doodles
03/19/12 10:36 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
A couple of doodles while sitting on the front porch. I was using the procreate app… thinking about ordering a the new improved iPad.
Rats
03/18/12 03:21 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I just finished a great book, Rats by Robert Sullivan. A history of rats in NYC. Not really crazy about rats myself but the book was great.
Sam 3.17.12
03/17/12 03:23 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
South Congress Looking North
03/16/12 03:24
Mia at sxsw
03/15/12 10:38 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Don’t know that this really captures the lovely Mia, in fact the painting makes her look like she might be beginning to scowl, which I know she never does :)
Dinner Fixings
03/13/12 08:02 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Gloria had a stack of fixings for dinner tonight. Some sort of thai yummy thingy. Birthday dinner for Sam!
Soul at the St. Cecilia
03/12/12 11:39 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I got to hang out for a while yesterday over at our neighbors, the St. Cecilia Hotel. The Soul sign by the pool was made by another neighbor and friend, Evan Voyles. It is a lovely spot … and painting on an iPad is quite an ice-breaker, I met some really nice folks.
Basketball Court
03/11/12 10:32 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Back from my business trip to Chicago. Hanging outside while Mason takes his cello lesson. We had lots of rain here in Texas so the spring should be very springy.
Grapefruit
03/10/12 10:34 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Another Glass of Beer
03/09/12 10:36 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Just playing with drawing a glass using sketchtime. I’m up in Chicago on business and having a really good trip.
Eggs in Bowl
03/07/12 08:00 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Here is what they look like in the morning before whisking and pouring them into the skillet with some scallions. Can you say breakfast tacos?
Sam Loses His Grill
03/06/12 10:18 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Orange Peels
03/05/12 10:55 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
The oranges in Texas are really good right now, as is the grapefruit (which frankly is the best anywhere). Some leftover peels on the table were the subject for todays painting.
Sam with Tie
03/04/12 01:30 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Sam
03/03/12 02:39 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Grounded Cat
03/01/12 09:23 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Well, this was meant be a cat with a mask on its face, but Gloria pointed out-while laughing-it looked like a plug receptacle. Oh, well.
Luxo Lamp
02/29/12 09:11 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
My luxo lamp. Years of service, never fails. This was drawn with SketchTime, a really nice app.
Sam in Kitchen
02/28/12 09:09 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Caught a photo of Sam standing in the kitchen and used it as the subject for todays daily painting. They grow up fast, he is almost fourteen.
Bread Bowl
02/27/12 09:58 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Paint Brushes in Can
02/26/12 11:48 Filed in: Daily Painting
Mason with Paycheck
02/25/12 01:41 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Grapefruit
02/24/12 12:45 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
More from Peachtree Street
02/23/12 08:57 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
I did two paintings while Mason was at his piano lesson. The sun was setting and I was working to capture a bit of that. The second painting (below) was cut short as I was called him to Mason play. He sounded great. The painting is a bit blobby.
Self Portrait
02/21/12 08:52 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Sitting in the parking lot of Eastside Memorial High School waiting for Mason to be dropped off from his job.
French Press
02/20/12 02:30 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
The french press sits on the our kitchen counter, washed and ready for business. Really, it is our favorite way to brew coffee.
Franconia Kolsch at The Whip-In
02/19/12 09:45 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Before I Fall Asleep
02/18/12 09:01
Abstract #6 & #7
02/17/12 01:35 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Just continuing to play with the ability to lock down an alpha channel in Procreate and paint inside it. Quite fun. Limiting myself to three colors and seeing what happens. Simpler seems better to me, so the top one is kind nice. But, overall I like the energy I can get with a certain brush (it does not have a name so I don’t know how to refer to it).
Abstract #5
02/16/12 09:27 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Veggie Prep
02/15/12 09:21 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Our boxes of veggies from Hairston Creek Farm have been plentiful lately. Lots of roasted veggies in our future :-)
Valentine's Day Treat
02/14/12 11:06 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Izze on the Table
02/13/12 08:19 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Benz Sedan
02/12/12 08:23 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Gloria and Cat PIllow
02/11/12 11:22 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Two versions of the same image. The top was painted with art rage and the lower with procreate.
Little Guy
02/10/12 09:28 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
A cute little figure sitting in the kitchen window. It looks like I am just about to hit the year mark on Feb 13th of doing the daily paintings.
Apple Core
02/09/12 11:07 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I downloaded a new painting app yesterday called, procreate. It is very nice and I am excited to use it. This painting was done using the stylus end of the Sensu brush. The app is very responsive and fast, the apple was pretty tasty as well.
Highway
02/08/12 01:02 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Another view of the highway near the intersection of Casear Chavez Street and 183 in Austin. I like this views where the manmade and natural world cut into each other and divide space (wow, that was almost… deep).
Overpass
02/07/12 09:44 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
I have driven by this spot countless times and always think, “I need to paint this”. So, this morning I did.
Louis
02/06/12 09:37 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
This is our friends Ron and Leslie’s dog, Louis. He is a really cute dog. This painting is from a photo that Leslie snapped as Louis was waking up. I was working in this during Sam’s orchestra rehearsal and wound up meeting another parent, Dan, who was utterly blown away by the Sensu brush I was using.
Turnips
02/04/12 12:41 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Our winter shares of veggies are pretty amazing. We unload our box and the counter is filled with veggie goodness.
Mason, the Lad
02/03/12 11:02 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Two Oranges & Three Limes
02/02/12 10:32 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Back from Germany
02/01/12 11:35 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
I spent the last week doing iPad paintings with new capacitive Sensu brush at the Messe Frankfurt show, in Germany. It was very exciting to show people from all over the world this exciting brush and how I use it. So below are some of the paintings I that I did (actually there are probably a dozen or more that I never saved).
Portrait
01/30/12 11:48 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Rick, Darin & Max
01/29/12 11:50 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Feet & Brushes
01/28/12 11:54 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
I kind of got into painting peoples feet in the booth. Astroturf carpet. I think I have seen enough of that for a while.
I had taken a photo of some of Princeton’s brushes. They made an excellent subject to demo with.
Trinedy gave up on wearing heels and made the smart decision to wear sneakers.
Glass of Binding Beer
01/27/12 11:55 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Tired Rick
01/26/12 12:08 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
bedtime
01/25/12 09:23 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Can you tell that I was tired painting this. Crazy day with a sick kid. I won’t be posting for a week (but will be painting) as I am going to Frankfurt to demo the sensu brush using my ipad. Should be fun.
Radishes On Counter
01/23/12 03:58 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
I didn’t have my sensu brush with me as I did this one. Missed it. I’m off tomorrow for Frankfurt, Germany to demo the sensu brush at a big trade show. Fun.
Radish Giants
01/22/12 09:03 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Some peeled radishes in a lovely fire king mixing bowl.
Go Giants. Those were great games this weekend.
Greens
01/21/12 04:59 Filed in: Daily Painting
Green Puppy
01/20/12 08:53 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
What a lovely night out it was. Clear skies, had a nice fire going, and I almost forgot to do my daily painting. So after crawling into bed I started scribbling with my eyes closed, when I opened them the shape of a puppy was there.
Gloria Writing
01/18/12 07:21 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Darth Belichick
01/15/12 08:26 Filed in: ipad painting | Daily Painting
Football You Bet
01/14/12 07:44 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Two Tone
01/12/12 07:42 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Loaf of Bread
01/11/12 09:14 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Got in late from playing tennis and was tired. The wind was crazy as the cold front blew in. Fun tennis though. A quick painting of this evenings loaf of bread. My bread keeps improving as my wild yeast ages. Not a great painting though. Some days they are good, others, not so much :)
Ride the Shoulders
01/10/12 10:17 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Two Paintings
01/09/12 10:02
Another of Exposition Drive while Sam and Ginger were at rehearsal tonight. I blocked in the shapes in yellow and worked over them moving to darker colors and tones. Obviously wasn’t trying to make a realistic image. Below is another image made just before this. I was playing with some of the different tools in artrage.
Black Cat
01/08/12 10:53
I almost forgot to do the daily painting today. So tired I just did the first thing that came to mind. And its not so good.
Abe and His Blue Helmet
01/07/12 12:13 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Lewis from Overhead
01/06/12 12:22 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Cat
01/05/12 12:34 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
A friend sent us a card that had a cute cat on it standing on its hind legs so I painted the cat (via my finger today because I forgot my sensu brush) while waiting at Sam’s lesson.
And another doggie
01/04/12 09:16 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Large Marge. We met her while making tamales and brewing beer over the holiday. She’s sweet and large :)
Dog at HEB
01/03/12 12:03 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
The other day I snapped a photo of this dog, sitting in the drivers seat at HEB. It seemed so at home in the seat that it made me wonder if its partner dog was in the store getting some Alpo.
The Year in Review
01/03/12 12:01 Filed in: videos
Sam Dozing & Another Dan
01/02/12 12:43 Filed in: Daily Painting | ipad painting
Winter break. Sweet. Sam crawled into our bed and slept late.
I have been somewhat determined to get this image to work. Using layers on the ipad, I wound up turning off a couple of layers and it left me with this mosaic like portrait. Like it. Done.
Beer Glass #6 Revisited
01/01/12 02:17 Filed in: Daily Painting
Happy New Year. I was just about to paint over Beer Glass #6, when I thought maybe it just needed an improved paint job. I think it is better.