Digital Painting | Bicycle

As a child, my bicycle was the ultimate feeling of freedom. It was pre-helmet days and I loved the wind in my hair while riding down the sidewalk feeling the bump of each new section. Bump-bump, Bump-bump, Bump-bump. Because it was a bicycle everything, including sounds comes in two. This image was created for illustrationfriday.com.

Digital Painting 041811 | Neapolitan Sunday

Neapolitan Sunday by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital The soft diffused light of strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. The image was created using four different textures. One made from single sided corrugated cardboard, two traditionally gessoed panels, and a repeating pattern. I enjoy the way the different textures overlay one another allowing… Continue reading Digital Painting 041811 | Neapolitan Sunday

Painting No.012811

Coming up with an idea is always a challenge and this was no exception. I knew that I wanted to use the technique of painting a series of acrylic paintings in black, scanning them with backlight, and then coloring them in Photoshop, but I couldn’t make up my mind what to paint.