Monday Drawing #6

September 24, 2012 Monica La Porta#MondayDrawings, a drawing every Monday, artrage, castle in the sky, digital art, painting once a week, wacom tablet, whimsical landscapesLeave a comment

I was exposed to the ‘double rainbow’ video earlier in the morning and something must have charged my synapses. Not my cleanest painting and I did a mess with the layers. Nevertheless, here it is.

Una Finestra Per Sognare

The Gift That Keeps On Giving

September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 Monica La Portagolden temples and exotic jungle, Paint.NET, photomanipulation of an exotic paintingLeave a comment

Mostly because I’m not able to post three pictures straight. Or so it seems… Here’s the third image connected with the previous post. I photo manipulated the same detail of the temples and the jungle with Paint.NET. Ink sketch and oil filters this time, but without color and light enhancements.

The Gift

September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 Monica La Portaacrylics on bamboo plate, exotic landscape, golden temples painting, Paint.NET, photomanipulationLeave a comment

A friend of mine had an important birthday and I wanted to make something special to commemorate her festive day. Think I nailed it.

Exotic Calling

And once I gave the plate to my friend, I still got to play with it. Paint.NET: ink sketch filter and some color and light enhancement.

Monday Drawing #5

September 17, 2012 Monica La Porta#MondayDrawings, artrage, breast cancer awareness inspired painting, digital art, every monday a different drawing, painting in memory of a friend, wacom tablet5 Comments

Today, I wished I could call a friend of mine and talk to her.

Volare

Something Light

September 11, 2012September 11, 2012 Monica La Porta#tuesdayphotomanipulation, artrage, city in the pink sky, Paint.NET, photomanipulation, wacom tablet, whimsical landscape in pink2 Comments

Made a few changes on an earlier and much simpler version of the drawing I published yesterday. Just Paint.NET: ink sketch filter, plus title.

Monday Drawing #4

September 10, 2012September 10, 2012 Monica La Porta#MondayDrawings, a drawing every Monday, artrage, digital painting, wacom tablet, whimsical landscapesLeave a comment

I started this drawing yesterday, but it wasn’t as psychedelic as it turned out to be after I went into a color-frenzy today. I did have some spicy Indian food for lunch. Coincidence?

Puppy Sweetness

September 4, 2012September 4, 2012 Monica La Porta#tuesdayphotomanipulation, Paint.NET, photomanipulation, picture of beagle puppiesLeave a comment

Last weekend, we went to pick up our beloved Nero at Castle Rock, WA, where he participated to the Beagle Field Trials with the rest of his extended family. We always have a great time at these events; nice company and lots of new puppies to cuddle and shoot pictures at.

The original picture:

Shot with my cell phone, hoping some of the puppies would pose for the camera.

After the photomanipulation with Paint.NET:

Monday Drawing #3

September 3, 2012 Monica La Porta#MondayDrawings, artrage, artrage fail, butterfly and sunflowers, digital art, monday drawing, one drawing a week, whimsical landscape4 Comments

Today, I worked for three hours on one of the most whimsical pieces I have created. My words will have to suffice. When I was signing the piece, the pc’s battery died, the screen went blank, and since Artrage doesn’t have the autosave I lost every single pixel. I swore in Italian, then vented on Facebook and Twitter in English, finally started again. The moral of the story is: Artrage is the greatest software for painting, but you have to immediately name the drawing and save every five minutes. It took me other three hours to recreate what I remembered of the first piece. Not the same atmosphere, but it has the same subjects plus a flock of sheep. The black one represents my mood.

Butterfly in Bloom