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Planting Seeds

There is a grain field through my back window. | I love to watch the wind blow through it. Today I planted a seed by sending a request for representation to a literary agent. It will take some time but…

Snails

My mind is feeling a bit slow today and so here are some snails. Have you ever stepped on a snail? It has the most unpleasant hollow popping sound.

Long Neck

A self portrait emerged today. Once one of one of my friends said to his dad. “Dad him have a long neck.” True statement.

Fairy Penguin

A flying penguin with fairy wings flying through rain clouds. The penguin is a bit strange and a little sad. I like the spiral line clouds and should explore that as an option in future images.

Flowering Fan

A flowering vine is always an fun subject. I think about balance and rhythm in constructing the drawing. I started with a random line on the page and just let the drawing happen.

Over the River and Through the Woods

Over the River and Through the Woods is the first page in a new sketch book. I need to get better at drawing directly into the computer and I want a non threatening page to sketch on once a day.…

Diamond Point Triad

This is my submission for the Brigham Young University-Idaho Art Faculty Show (summer of 2013). 3 Inkjet prints, each print is 24 x 34 inches detail Diamond Point 1 Diamond Point 2 Diamond Point 3

Digital Painting No.090313

Skoughtee Texture No.001 Skoughtee Texture No.001 (repeating) Painting created using Skoughtee Texture No.001. Download

Aug 20 Painting

I didn’t get much done today. Everything I tried was a dead end. To give myself a small sense of accomplishment I made this image for mileage. The best part is watching the colors and textures overlap and interact.

SkillShare class

I just finished taking a micro class from Brad Woodard on skillshare.com. I learned a few really cool tricks and had a good time. The project was to illustrate the word quiet or loud. I picked quiet. There was a…

It has been awhile

It has been awhile since I have created an image for my blog. I was working in my office yesterday and saw an old copper plate that I used for a dry point etching. I scanned the back of it…

L 002

The right arm is stiff and sore but doing much better than expected. But for now the experiment goes on.

L 001

Surgery went well and I actually have some use of my right hand. But as an experiment I am going to give this left handed drawing a shot. It can’t hurt and could be interesting.

Forced left

Tomorrow morning at 5:30, I will be having some surgery on my right arm that result in a lack of mobility in my right arm for a short while. So with a pen in my left hand I will start…

Digital Painting | Dandelion

Perennial by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital Submitted to illustrationfriday.com

Digital painting | Safari

Safari by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital Submitted to illustrationfriday.com

Digital painting | Floating Pear

Floating Pear by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital I have begun the last few paintings with an overall pattern (see and Crayzan). Then I paint on top selecting the colors with the eye dropper tool. I…

Digital Painting | CaveGirl

Cave Girl by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital Never out of fashion, CaveGirl wears her new dress with bold poppy print on her first hunt.

Digital painting | Crazan

Crazan: our family cat by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital Crayzan, our family cat, is named after a previous family cat named Razan.

Digital Painting | Icarus

Icarus: a tragic lesson by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital

Digital Painting | Bare Pare

Bare Pare by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital

Digital Painting | Peaches

Peaches by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital

Digital Painting | Three Suns

Three Suns by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital

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…

Digital Painting | Potted Square

Potted Square by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital

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,…

Avian Topiary

An unexpected result | I was experimenting with a new background for my website when I created this image. It didn’t meet my original purpose, but I think it turned out to be interesting. (click image to enlarge)

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…

Painting No.012711

Painting No.012711 by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital In my quest to discover new options and possibilities in digital art creation, I am always exploring the question of, “What if?” The exploration today has led me…

Painting No.012511

I made some textures using block printing ink and a roller. I prepared the ink as I would for block printing and just rolled it onto paper instead of the block and then scanned the paper. I am excited to…

Attic Bottles

There is always a box of glass bottles left as an inheritance for posterity. They are kind of cool and seem to have some value and so the very dusty bottles are passed on from one attic to the next…and…

Silkscreen attempt No.111610

I have been working on a process to simulate a printed silkscreen image. This image was experimenting with overprinting and various levels of ink transparency.

Calico cammmel

This painting was done as an experiment in a workshop that I went to last week. As everyone should know three humps are for crossing longer deserts. This camel should be spelled cammmel. The workshop was with Kevin Hawkes at…

Painting No.062310 | The Birth of Paisley

The birth of paisley as a multi-cellular animal. I have included a magnified image so that you can see the internal organelles and numerous gelatinous membranes. Thank you as always to www.illustrationfriday.com for the prompt.