Category Archives: life

Dice, spool, ornament still life – blue lightbulb (#6)

  Phew! Finished just in time for my desk to get packed up. Compilation canvas and some final words coming soon… Previously: #5 – Red and green lamps #4 – CFL spotlight to the left #3 – Pink Christmas lights to the left #2 – Interior floor lamps #1 – Early winter afternoon daylight

Dice, spool, ornament still life – CFL spotlight to the left (#4)

#4 in my first lighting practice series was lit using an ordinary CFL bulb (“soft white”, to be specific) in a desk lamp pointed straight at the scene from the left. I also continue to correct composition and perspective issues with each successive piece. So far my method has been to use the previous painting as a […]

Dice, spool, ornament still life – pink Christmas lights (#3)

Round 3! Here’s the same scene again, this time illuminated by an enormous wad of pink Christmas lights and a smaller wad of rainbow Christmas lights off to the left and below. They gave everything a pinkish cast. I’m really enjoying this series and am becoming a little obsessed with finding unique light bulbs and […]

Dice, spool, ornament still life – evening interior lamps (#2)

And here’s the same scene again, this time with “evening light” – ie: a desk lamp to the left and a floor lamp across the room. Here’s the earlier version painted in daylight. Photoshop CS6 1.5 hours I painted over the previous version (don’t worry, it was a copy 🙂 ) to save some time […]

Job news!

Just a brief post to commemorate some good news: I’ve been hired as a game designer for Playdom, a Disney development studio in close by Bellevue, WA. Those who know me well know it’s never “just a job” to me – it’s me giving my all to a single client.  Taking on a single client […]