Studio Peek

Here's a peek inside my studio this afternoon. Lots of random paint, supplies, brushes. Finished art on the walls and the commission painting in progress sitting on the easel.

Cityscapes - new youtube video posted

I started a new youtube channel today: KevinSwallowArt. This is the first video - really just a slideshow of some paintings set to music by the band Tortoise. In the future, I'll be adding more slideshows but also videos from the studio.

Snow day!

Lots of snow coming down this afternoon, and after 7 days straight in the studio, today I'm taking a day off. Gotta refresh -- plus, I need to work on some office and business projects.

I'm now about halfway done with my West Loop commission painting. More layers, some colors changes and details to be added. I'm looking forward to having the collectors come for a studio visit next week so they can see where it's at in person.

West Loop Skyline - painting in progress

Water tanks - studio installation

I didn't do any painting today, but was able to hang some water tanks on one of my studio walls. Most are finished but a couple still in progress. Looking to get some inspiration for my West Loop Cityscape commission painting...

I also hung some screen prints of bicycles on the back red wall of my work bench.

The start of the West Loop Cityscape commission painting

A long and productive studio day - forging ahead with the commission painting...

Today, I painted over the charcoal sketch outlines in order to keep the composition as close to what I initially envisioned. If you look close, you can see that I also added the Lake Street El Train in front of the old grain silos just to the left of center. I also added a little color to add depth and to start playing with ideas for color scheme.