CREATING ART THE AMATEUR WAY

I painted this living room, my living room in the Caribbean, a long time ago. It was a project and part of an Interior Design course. These quick paintings were fun to do and all part of learning to paint a design idea quickly. The idea was that we could quickly put our ideas into an image for a customer.   Of course, now that AI has come along allowing us all to create images to easily, Interior Designers must be having an easier time of it.  I had trouble, though, using Grok Imagine to create this below video as the Rastaman kept turning up like a giant. When I told Grok to make a small man, I ended up with a child! This is, after about twenty attempts, the best I could do. Fun though. 

It is many years ago since I lived in Barbados and while there, in my spare time, I studied interior design through Rhodec International in Boston, USA. One of the things we had to learn was to be able to sketch a room quickly. I mean really quickly. This was a quick sketch and painting of my own living room.  It was cool and comfortable and I often changed the loose sofa covers and cushion covers (which I had made) to match my mood. This was my 'ocean' phase. That's supposed to be me studying on the sofa. The watercolour paints used was a small Winsor & Newton professional grade palette.  I found the hardest part of studying interior design, and we had to study a wide range of topics including rock formation, was perspective. It took me a while. The books I have on perspective, and it has been a long time since I looked at them are these: Reekies Architectural Drawing by Tony McCarthy Colour Drawing: Design Drawing Skills and Techniques for Architects, Landscape Archit...

I think Cherry blossom tree and birds was my first attempt on Yupo paper, I call it paper but it is really a washable plastic which can be used over and over again.  While Yupo is difficult to work with, it also can give some amazing results. This was created used that vibrant watercolour brand, Mijello Mission Gold. I wondered what I could make of it using Grok Imagine and here is my best result. 

This was a quick watercolour painting in a journal just for fun a year ago. Sometimes we just want to paint, don't we, without fuss or pressure. I could have made a better job of it but it isn't the worst painting I have ever done.  I think that Grok Imagine has done a far better job of it. 

I certainly wasn't pleased with the way this watercolour painting turned out. It is quite a while since I painted it, in a journal, but her face!  That is supposed to be me, a keen gardener.  I am happy to say that when I used Grok Imagine to transform the painting into a six second video, that she looks a lot prettier. I love the way the video turned out but it took a while. In earlier videos that cat kept pushing up her skirt so I had to adapt my instructions to Imagine, to make it stop. Goodness me! And the state of that watering can! 😂 Criticisms of the painting aside, it does reflect my garden which is a 24/7, 365 days a year, feeding zone for all wildlife.