I’ve been painting more of the hard edge watercolor pen plots and finally got around to editing some video. The video below goes through the process and talks about how the paintings are made. Enjoy! DanHi, I’m Dan. existentialfri.wpengine.com
A couple of months ago I accidentally created an effect with some curves and color in p5.js. I really liked the effect so I decided to begin plotting and painting the curves. Note: You can check out this video if you want to see the process in action. The images below show a couple of […]
Over the years I’ve noticed that I have a tendency to say or think, “we can make that,” when I see something cool. In many cases the thing is a piece of furniture. Even though I know I can make the cool thing, I never make most of them. The main reason, as far as […]
One of the things I like to do with p5.js is sit down with a loose idea of something to explore. When I do that and add in some randomness and noise the outcome is usually more interesting than something I could have figured out up front. In this video we use Curve Vertex and […]
Note: You can think about this post as having two parts – the p5.js code part and the pen plotting part. This post covers the code to create the bookmarks and the video (linked at the bottom) shows the physical process for exporting the images and plotting them. Let’s get started . . . I […]
Sometime in the past year I started experimenting with Squeegee paintings. Specifically, I started using a window washing squeegee with lots of water to paint. It’s a blast! The video below shows the process for one of the earlier paintings I did. The painting is done on an 18″ back stapled canvas from Blick and […]
One of the things I know with certainty is that I’m good at habits. Every morning I wake up before 4 and spend 45 minutes to an hour painting. Habit usually makes it easier to move forward because you have momentum in some direction. However, sometimes efforts stall out and you need to find a […]
Another hard edge abstract painting video is up on YouTube. I started painting using small pieces of pine for simple abstracts. Eventually I moved to Birch plywood because it’s less sappy and the results are much cleaner. Check out the video below to see what that process looks like. Note that this is a video […]
Welcome, this is the first monthly newsletter. Going forward these will arrive sometime in the first week or so of the month. The newsletter is a way for me to share what I’m thinking about, working on, and working towards. Today, we’re going to talk about clarity. Little Pieces of Clarity If you’ve read my […]
Great news, I’ve finally been able to make my Abstract Ocean images available as prints. As a refresher, these images begin with a beach photograph. I take the photograph and sort the colors to create the images you see below. I tested out a few Print on Demand (POD) companies to fulfill prints and have […]