{"id":783,"date":"2018-04-15T19:37:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T19:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=783"},"modified":"2018-04-15T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T20:04:10","slug":"behind-the-curtain-4-the-colorful-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/behind-the-curtain-4-the-colorful-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Curtain .4  The Colorful Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working with art in any medium has the same challenges. You have so many things to analyze.<br \/>\nYou have lights and darks. You have shapes and lines. You have brush strokes. You have lost<br \/>\nand found edges. You have colors and what they might or might not do for your piece. I am<br \/>\nspending this year learning to really see light. I thought a year of active study would be<br \/>\nsufficient, but when I started, I didn\u2019t realize that many of the masters spent their lives studying<br \/>\nlight and how it impacts a subject. I might have to extend this independent study for a<br \/>\ncouple of years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I decided to share my study with you. You can see how each brush stroke and time spent<br \/>\npondering between each major change within the art piece affected the outcome.<br \/>\nThis movie only captures the last big half of the process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Fox\u2019s story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She thought life was all black and white. It was easier that way. At least this is what she<br \/>\ntold herself. One day that changed. What she ascribed as black for another, happened<br \/>\nto her. She realized life had some gray to it, and the black and white color didn&#8217;t clearly<br \/>\ndefine every choice she ascribed to it. When she made this discovery, she became free,<br \/>\nand life became more colorful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Art Piece Title &#8211; The Colorful Fox\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1778px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-783-1\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Fox-Behind-the-Curtain-.4-L.A.James_1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Fox-Behind-the-Curtain-.4-L.A.James_1.mp4\">http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Fox-Behind-the-Curtain-.4-L.A.James_1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am asked how I create my art, and I always have to start with the preface it depends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects of my art are created digitally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are painted on a canvas, and I scan in that image to add to my digital work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are created in Illustrator, and I bring that piece into a work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are painted in Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are painted in Corel Painter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are created with traditional pastels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are created with oil paints.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some aspects are created with acrylic paint.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some art pieces are a combination of a few of these techniques.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some art pieces are a combination of all of these techniques.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think this might be a new sense of the word Mixed Media, but I enjoy it all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you liked this, you might like seeing how I created another one of my children\u2019s fine art pieces. You can find that here:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/creativity-does-not-just-happen\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might also like another behind the scenes video, which you can find here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/behind-the-curtain-2\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/behind-the-curtain-3\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to see some of my other art pieces, some of which are for sale, you can go to:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lajames-store.com\/\">http:\/\/www.lajames-store.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any other questions, please post them below, and I will gladly answer them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with art in any medium has the same challenges. You have so many things to analyze. 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