Free Ebook - A Hack's Guide to Painting by Jim Demello

Please click on the link to the right or on the link below and download my latest creation:
A Hack's Guide To Painting. Just put together some ideas I have developed over the years from my experiences in drawing and painting and thinking about painting.

http://www.stands2reason.com/A_Hacks_Guide_To_Painting.pdf

Chinese Fish

This is a project in work. Getting each fish to look like a fish and then getting the water to reflect light is a real chore. But the many colors together is pretty cool.

Picture of Saturn

Thought I would upload picture I took of Saturn with my digital camera through my small telescope. Not very exciting but Saturn is always exciting to see with your own eyes.

Shenzhen Girl

I have worked on this painting forever. Rubbed it out and started over. Did a detailed background and then while I was perusing Daniel Greene's paintings, decided to just fill in the background. Has helped the painting a lot in my mind. But Im finally terribly tired of this paintng. Never again.

Acrylic 20 x 16

Recent still-life. The teapot in the painting is really less visible than it is here. Stole that from Gregg Kreutz. Makes for great drama.

Acrylic 11 x 14

Flowers and Checked Tablecloth

Here is an painting I did in 2006 in acrylic. I haven't changed my style at all in the last 2 years. Still like dark backgrounds with lots of contrast, lost and found lines. Is painting a waste of time? Still trying to figure that one out.