April VanSickle art

Where the Wild Fae Play revisted

 

I have some new art to share with you.

Wild will-o’-the-wisp playing together in a forest glade one summer night. This is a rework of an older painting that I did a few years back. I’ve always loved the concept, but the execution at the time was no where near close to what I imagined.  I like this version a LOT better!    :)

 

This is not as refined an image as I would normally do, but I really like the loose feel of it.   I was feeling a wee bit frustrated with the slowness I was experiencing with Painter so I decided to give Photoshop a go to see how I would go about creating a painting entirely in photoshop cs4.   I rather enjoyed the experience.

 

This painting also appears in an art show hosted by FAE entitled “Summer and Fire Art Show“.

 

 

 

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Meetup.com

A while back I learned about the site called Meetup.   This is a social site where you can search for upcoming meetings and start groups in your area for any number of topics, including those that further your professional goals.    I’ve been searching it from time to time for various groups such as figure drawing or art to find meetings in my area that I might like to attend and sharpen my art skills and networking.   Unfortunately, I haven’t had much luck in my area (except for about 100 miles away which is too far for me) but depending on where you live you might have groups close by that you could go to for networking and more practice on your art.    Those lucky enough to live in a place like New York have many groups available to them.  So give it a search and see if you can find a group tailored to your specific interest.    :)

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Older art retired

I’ve retired a large portion of my art and removed them from the website. A few old favorites like “Mesmeric” below are still viewable for a little bit longer.

I’m ready to move on and populate my gallery with newer images. Newer subjects as well. I’m still very much into fantasy art but I want to branch out and do some other things as well.

It feels strange removing these images as they are a part of me and my path in art, but I feel it is time. I will be sharing new art soon. Also I think I will be sharing more sketches on the blog as well. I know I enjoy looking at sketches done by other artists so I hope you all will like to look at mine too. :)

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Some favorite quotes

I’m not usually one to memorize and quote things.  However, I ran across these two gems not too long ago and they made an impact on me so I wanted to write them here to both remember them and share them with you all in hopes that they will strike a cord with one of you as well.

 

Both quotes below are by Eleanor Roosevelt.

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.”

 

“Do one thing everyday that scares you.”

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