I call this pomegranate sunrise. The painting was done on Art Rage a computer software art programme. I did this one on the IPAD.

In my last post I told you how lovely it was to see the sun come up in the morning because we have little sun in Scotland -especially in the Winter. At home depicting the scene in my head from the morning - was difficult however the colour of the red sky was almost captured here.

 Using the oil paint tube on the palette from ArtRage -  I painted using the roller after blobbing  dark blue and grey paint onto the canvas which was red to start with. In my mind's eye were the outline of trees - you can see them along the bottom of the canvas. The paint fill in of the software filled in everything too dark and it looks like night instead of day.

 ArtRage does have advantages and disadvantages. This image is only a rough rendering or glimpse of what I wanted. Maybe using a canvas and oil would be easier to create the image however I hope that more practice in how to use ArtRage may bring better results in the future. 

I am still getting to grips with what type of artist I am becoming. It was something never considered when I was an art student.However now I am trying to formalize in my head a label for myself - this helps me to justify and expand my own art work. 

 There are so many reasons why people become artists. For me it was the enduring influence of my grandfather artist/cartoonist.I remember sitting  beside one of my grandfather's colleagues who was drawing a large cartoon of a skyscraper to entertain me - I was about five at the time. The images he drew were very strong and comical. He had people moving from one side of the building to another a giraffe's neck and head going from one floor to the other and a woman putting a saucepan on fire out of the window. This was all done in half an hour and he used only black ink.

 My papa was always drawing cartoons he also wrote funny captions to go with these cartoons. He illustrated Molly Weirs Recipes printed by Collins printed in 1960 with wonderful funny cartoons. The book became a best seller but he had little recognition for his wonderful cartoons. Every week in the Ayrshire Post he would produce a funny cartoon and I always looked forward to seeing his work in print.

His art work was funny and well drawn many people said if he had moved to London he would have made it big

.At school when bored I really enjoyed drawing on my jotters. Art made me feel happy and confident and so I think maybe there is a mixture of reasons why I like to create my own art. Mainly it is to record the beauty around me and sometimes I like to use art to make a social comment using photography.Sometimes it is when I am bored or even depressed this helps to get any negativity or pain out of my system.

Well it is time to go and wrap presents as tomorrow is Christmas Day.. So may I wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and  an Arty New Year !