So, Here's What Happens

  The project continues, Majestically I might add. Lots of things coming from it. Many unexpected. I now have the saying "At least Just Try". Several other combinations of words and letters grace the pages of the sketchbook. I've also honed my painting chops by painting every day. Here's a couple from early on:

 Now, several weeks later my works look like this:

On the down side, I'm painting so much that I'm having trouble keeping things organized in my portfolio. I did, however, recently post my 1,000th piece in my online portfolio on DeviantART.

AKO ANG HARI
     DOUG

Some Thoughts On My Progress

  I've been doing the Majestic (Synchronicity) Project for a while. Keeping my eyes and ears open for any hints as to where I need to be taking my art. Painting in watercolor and acrylics every day. Every day. It's mighty hard to keep up with posting my new art when I have over twenty five pieces each week. I has forced me to have more discipline in doing the less fun parts of my art. I've done some really good (IMHO) paintings on the daily project:

  Plus these two I did on the same day:

  I've also got some interesting words and phrases. Nothing new there, I've been carrying a book with me  to write them down for well over a decade. I did have this gem come to me out of the blue:
     I'm like the son of Joe Cocker and Scarlett O'Hara. I get by with a little help from my friends, but I've also depended upon on the kindness of strangers.
   That may not help me with my art, but it did make me laugh.


AKO ANG HARI
     DOUG

Synchronicity Update

  Here's the latest on my project. The one that I can't quite explain to anyone. I've been keeping my eyes an ears open, painting and drawing daily, and working my sketchbook. I realized that I was getting way more words than pictures. So, I decided to do a painting with words. I have no idea really what that means, but it sounded like something earth shattering. I though I had an extra recycled canvas laying around, but I didn't, so this overtook another project. In another existence thats the one I did. Maybe some day I'll find out which was better. So, the idea is words...on a canvas.., see where it leads. Here's step one:

Random words and phrases running through my head. In case you weren't aware I'm seldom modest in my studio. It doesn't look finished, so, more words:

Do you see the magic starting to appear? Yeah, me neither:

Words. Black and white. The essence of truth and the answer to the sum of all mysteries of the universe:

 I suppose any day now the layer will be applied that explains it all to me. Hopefully I can pass that on to my fans. Keep your fingers crossed'

AKO ANG HARI

   DOUG

My Synchronicity Project

  This is my latest venture (adventure?). I call it the Synchronicity Project, or Majestic. Basically I'm keeping my eyes and ears open for any signals from the universe as to where my art needs (wants?) to go. If a word or phrase comes to me, I write it down. Any songs that appear out of the usual could also be a sign. I'm keeping everything together in a new sketchbook. Piecing things together, keeping track of things, looking for hidden connections. It's hard to explain. I'm not even sure I know what to expect, but I know the thought of it has me excited for the first time in a long time. I'm finishing a lot of half done pieces. I'm finishing a three piece commission. I'm en fuego. I started a new piece, a big canvas, and I had an idea of what I wanted. I laid out several faces in it. Lots of expression and emotion. I showed the progress to my family:

They seem to think it's done. I want to make it wwwaaaayyyy darker. So, I'm appealing to all my friends and fans. What do you think? I'm trying to make this whole project interactive, give the fans a say in things, keep them in on the process. So, what's it gonna be? You have four days.

Now I'm Doing This

   Okay, the computer reinstall snafu has pretty much been fixed ( I lost almost all the photos from my newest paintings when I overwrote my back up drive). I'm back on track, doing a new watercolor and a new acrylic every day. Every day. Wow, I had no idea what it would entail. I've decided they should all be faces, since that's my favorite subject. I've been using the same reference for each daily painting lately. It's odd to me just how different they are, even with the same reference and the same point in time:

Which were also from the same picture reference as:

 It's kinda interesting to me how the result depends so much on the media and the size. I'll be talking more about my daily paintings in future blogs. Assuming anyone is interested.


AKO ANG HARI
   DOUG

From Hell's Heart

  Okay, here;s what's up. I tried to get the last little bit of performance from my ancient laptop, since I'm apparently unable to procure a newer model ( which almost seems impossible to me, almost anything I could find would give me a better performance). I backed up what I needed on my external hard drive and set out to reinstall my Linux based operating system. I failed to completely wipe the drive the first time, which only added to the bloat on an already overtaxed system. I picked another OS and tried again. No luck. the third try saw me install , but the drive seemed small. It didn't occur to me to stop and think it out, I was hell bent on getting this thing up and running to assist me in my take over of the internet. Okay, something's wrong. I'll figure it out. I pull out my disc that has Xubuntu Linux ready to install. It works like a charm. Drive completely wiped, new OS installed, a leaner/meaner machine. I went to pull my files off of my external drive so I could reinstall my trust computer programs and continue to post my paintings on a daily basis. But, wait...what's this? Files? Files? What the f...Shit, now I know. I inadvertently installed an OS over my files. The files I specifically backed up. Gone. I can get them back. Everything had been posted to Facebook ( I think. God, I hope). So, I'll likely spend the next week or so getting all the pictures back, resized, posted, backed up. Just what I need. More frustration. I am still painting and posting everyday link Some cool stuff, like this:

I'm painting enough to keep my sanity and tune up my brush skills. I'm looking for big things.

AKO ANG HARI
      DOUG

Motivation

  Motivation. Sometimes it's my biggest enemy. I've been working on some good art habits the past several months. I draw Those Guys every time I go to work (four days a week). I do a Zen drawing every night. I've started doing a watercolor a day:

It's gone well for me. I've done almost a month's worth of them. I'm getting to the point where it's a habit. It's been kinda hectic some days. Those Guys, Zen, and a watercolor all in the same day requires me to put effort in to my art. It's good in that I don't spend a huge amount of time in the preparation. I get my paints, my surface, and a rough idea of what and I get to work. So, naturally I've decided to add to my daily routine. A small acrylic painting. Ideally a face, but that's not locked in. Hence, this early effort:

I can't say it's the best I've ever done, but I love the colors and I enjoyed painting it. I'm just gonna build myself up until I'm huge.

I've also reopened my Shopify store. link 

AKO ANG HARI
     DOUG