Worked on Still Life 11.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Worked on Still Life 10.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Worked on Seascape 1.
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Worked on Seascape 2.
Monday, June 3, 2024
Did a little tweaking to Landscape 10. Made the trunks a little more interesting and added a few highlights. I might add a few more twigs someday.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
For the next two weeks, I won’t be painting.
I’ve been thinking about what is copying and what is not. Using Artificial Intelligence to create photo-quality images to paint is not copying. Nobody would have a problem with an artist painting from a photo the artist took, so telling an AI program to create a photo-quality image of something the artist specified parameters for and then painting that image is not copying because that is not copying a painting and its colors, brushstrokes, and style. Telling the AI program to create an image of a painting and then painting that image is copying.
For now, I plan to paint still-life photo images created by AI and my parameters. I can manually set still-life compositions up, photograph them, and then paint them, but it’s a real pain. Plus you have to buy everything to set up. Also, I will paint landscapes from my photos and imagination in two styles, California Impressionism and realism.
From now on I won’t be showing reference materials.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Worked on Seascape 1.
Monday, May 13, 2024
Worked on Seascape 2.
Sunday, May 12, 2024 a
Finished and signed Landscape 10. I don’t know if I like it or not. I’ll probably put a few splotches of brighter leaves on the leaves of the big tree but I’ll look at it for a week first.
Friday, May 10, 2024
Worked on all of Still Life 9. I just roughed in the table. When what I just painted dries I’ll work more on the table. Because of the viewing angle, I think this one has the potential to become a decent painting.
