Creative art and design

Fencing update and some design updates

Kanweienea Kreations — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:42:29 +0000

So we got all the post holes dug and all the posts set. We still have about 1,000 dollars worth of cost to put the fence up. We have decided to try and do it in parts, so we could possibly get it done this year. This weekend, or next week or so, we are hoping to get 1/4 of the fence up. That is about 250 dollars not counting the cost of renting a truck to bring home 2 rolls of 6 ft chain link fabric and 10 ft something top rails. It is getting done, although a bit slowly, so it is nice to see some progress.

Added some new designs to store today too, check it out!

Website updates

Kanweienea Kreations — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:09:55 +0000

I will be making some changes to kankreations.com and how it looks. I am hoping to have the changes done in a few hours. Thank you for your patience. Blog will stay at its url.

Dragons, mythical, fantasy creatures

Kanweienea Kreations — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:55:04 +0000

I love drawing and painting dragons. There is something about these legendary and mythical fantasy creatures that make them quite special. Dragons are featured in many movies and paintings and there are so many different ways to paint them. There aren’t really any set rules for how they are supposed to look like either. Here is one of Kanweienea Kreations dragon designs on Zazzle.

Dragon and tiger fighting by KanweieneaKreations

Until next blog post,
Kanweienea Kreations

Product Review: Motorbooks Workshop: How to Master Airbrush Painting Techniques by JoAnn Bortles

Kanweienea Kreations — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:35:51 +0000

I recently purchased the Motorbooks Workshop: How to Master Airbrush Painting Techniques written by JoAnn Bortles of Crazy Horse Painting. First of all, let me say that this is a very good book. Someone who is very advanced in airbrushing might not think the same thing, but for beginner and more advanced users, this book really is a good choice. After fixing up the garage/studio and some other things around the house, I finally found more time to paint.

There is plenty of free airbrushing info on the internet. More often than not though, the info is incomplete, or you have to have a paid subscription to the site in question to have access to full article. That might be worth it in some cases, but looking for free information on how to airbrushing can be quite time consuming. After some more sales (thank you buyers) I had enough extra money to buy the Motorbooks Workshop: How to Master Airbrush Painting Techniques. Price varies a little at different bookstores or sites, but I paid 25 dollars at Barnes & Noble and let me tell you, it was money well invested.

The book covers many different areas ranging from beginner to advanced techniques. It also talks about airbrush equipment and supplies, custom artwork and stencil and freehand techniques. On the backcover is the color coded index system (there is of course a regular index too). The “inset” or highlighted notes have that for background color in the different chapters. The thought behind that was good, but for the blue and brown index tabs, it does make it harder to read and more of a contrasting shade of that color would have been much better. It is still readable though.

Author and artist JoAnn Bortles does an excellent job in conveying the information in both an interesting and must read manner. I must say that I barely wanted to put the book down for anything once I started reading. There are many pictures with helpful captions as well.

This was a “Motorbooks Workshop” and Barnes & Noble had put it in the transportation section for cars, not in the art section. This might be something to consider if you go to a brick and mortar bookstore to buy this book.

Although the book is a “Motorbooks Workshop” it doesn’t just relate to painting on metal. The techniques can of course be applied to many different surfaces. Great reading, good advice and the many pictures makes this a worthwhile book indeed. It will save me hours of searching for free information on how to airbrushing.

Five stars for this book!

Until next blog post,
Kanweienea Kreations