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In January I started taking a drawing with color pencils class at the local Civic Arts Recreation Center here in Walnut Creek California taught by Mira White. In this class I have been discovering different ways to use color in my drawings. Here is a sample of a homework assignment I completed for this week:  A Fugi Apple. Blue and green over red create the shadow areas. As the apple turns toward the light source we see a graduation from green to yellow. I think this class will help me to pr... Continue reading ...
Where do cows go to have fun?  To the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-VIES! This drawing took me all day to complete. I began with an 2H pencil to plan out the perspective and shapes of the movie theater. Then I used a 4B to sketch in the different cows posing in the theater. I went over all my marks with a Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Permanent Marker, and erased all my pencil marks using a kneaded eraser. That's almost half the day right there! In a drawing like this, it's important to plan. In a painting... Continue reading ...
Hello Stanimation Fans! It has been a few months since I've blogged. Most of my progress can be viewed by checking out my work on this website. I have completed a few more paintings. I recently enrolled in a life drawing class. I'll have some work to show you in the not too distant future from that class. I am excited and looking forward with great anticipation to my art show at the Jewish Community Center in Walnut Creek from October 7- December 31. I will be exhibiting 12 acrylic landscape p... Continue reading ...
Last week I got sick. I think it was some kind of flew, but I'm better now. I've been working on promoting my photo realistic portrait charcoal drawings. Here are a few ads I designed with Flash:  These are some high resolution images, so they'll probably take some time to load on your computer screen. How much time depends on your connection speed. If you have a slow connection speed, now is a great time to stand up, stretch, use the bathroom, maybe get some more coffee or tea. It will p...
 "Breath" 24" X 30" Acrylic on Canvas by Stan Levine When I paint on a canvas as big as this, I have to have a reason; I have to be inspired. I have an archive of photos my wife takes from her Nikon that I go through when I need a reason to paint where I found a fantastic landscape of Mendocino's coast. I like how the light travels through the painting along with the water. There's something about it that makes me think of breathing in a meditative state.
Before I painted "Breath," I began wit...
It seems that I just can't make up my mind about what I want to specialize in. I am so talented at so many things, that when I try to commit to just one discipline of the arts I feel trapped; like my fate has been sealed and there's no time anymore for self discovery. Then every day is like a repeat of the last one, and that is just not good, so I had to jump out of painting for a little while and learn somethings about Flash Actionscript programming, and Javascript. I've been learning abo... Continue reading ...
Last month I met Edward Zeidan, owner of an award winning computer support/maintenance business in Lafayette, California called Nerd 4 Rent. He asked me to create a series of promotional post cards that will be mailed to customers. I drew a few concept drawings, and the Nerd Bucks, concept seemed to appeal the most. Here is the concept drawing that was selected for the next phase of production:  I used Flash Professional 8 to import the concept illustration. Then, in a separate layer, I sta... Continue reading ...
On April 18, 2010 I found an art coach. In a book I've been reading called "How To Get Started Selling Your Art" (surefire methods and expert advise lead you to sales of your art) by Carole Katchen I read on page 24 that every artist needs a mentor, or someone who knows the art business that has time to help you make good decisions about selling your art. My first assignments from my art coach, Paula Swenson, was to create a physical embodiment of my muse, keep a list of what I am feeling w... Continue reading ...
Corey Haim was a famous teen actor that lived from December 23, 1971 and recently died on March 10, 2010 (38 years old) as a possible result of a drug overdose. It was known that Corey was troubled by drug addiction through out the later portion of his acting career. I remember him as Sam, from the movie " The Lost Boys," directed by Joel Shumacher in 1987. He played the role of Michael's little brother. Michael (Jason Patric) was lured into a family of vampires by "David," (Kiefer Sutherla... Continue reading ...
Posted by Stan Levine on Friday, March 19, 2010,
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How to Draw
Before we begin this tutorial make sure you have a basketball to look at. If you don't own one, you can find a high quality photo of on online by doing an image search. You will need this list of materials (below) to follow along with this tutorial: 1. A set of 12 Prismacolor Art Markers, available for purchase from Amazon using my associates link for $21.61 (save $32.59 (60%)). This set includes primary and secondary colors. 2. A set of 12 Prismacolor Colored Pencils, available for pur... Continue reading ...
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