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Working on new Dog Head.
A new Plastalina dog head sculpture. I’m making a door knocker based on my smallest dog “Clementine”. She will love it, the door bell makes her crazy. A few more hours and then, I will need to mould it. Wish me luck.
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Susan rocks some wire zoo animals with the Boys!
My sister Susan was in town for the holidays and made a gang of elephants with the boys. Below are some of the wire zoo residents. Neat stuff wire and elbow grease, Oscar, Damien and Susan Rock. The boys wanted baby versions of all the animals, that’s why there are so many elephants, it took…
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Friday sketchbook review
Dec 7th, 2013 – Jan 10th, 2014 Hello it has been a busy end and beginning of the year, I got a chance to see lots of family, and it was great! So this is what I’ve been working on for the last few weeks. “I don’t think the turkeys going to be ready for…
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Two more paintings go up for sale on Amazon.
I added “Trade in My Ax For a Horn” and “Stranger Danger” to Amazon. I need to set up a gallery so I can sell in the “Art” section. Any Ides? Trade in My Ax For a Horn, 2005, Alex Feliciano Stranger Danger, 2005 Alex Feliciano.
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Travel watercolor set, How to!
Making a travel watercolor set out of an Altoids Small tin. I wanted something I could easily pocket, sturdy, a ulta compact. I have been super happy with this solution, it is a modification of others I have found online. The big difference is that I’m using clear legos to create the cake pans. I…
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Nov 30th – Dec 6th, 2013 Bear in the grass This Watercolor kit contains some gouache yellow and green (happy mistake). Still using watercolor reservoir brush. Typewriter in red… write something. A warehouse from PYE, Quickly sketched this from Lesha Galkin’s Documentary. Dog’s love to eskimo kiss.
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Nov 16th – 22nd, 2013 I got a lot done this week. I will do a break down of the water color set soon. Water color set (Lego’s inside a Altoids case), water reservoir brush, ink reservoir brush, pink highlighter, and a white color pencil. I think there was also a red fine roller ball, a green…
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Now on Amazon, (I hope this works?)
I have put a painting on Amazon. I will tell you the process what a bit ruff but after reading that, “Some categories doesn’t require codes, If your items fit into one of the Non-Matching categories you can list without codes: Everything Else, Collectibles, Jewelry, Beauty, and Personal Care”. On this website. I was ready to try again. I will be adding more as I…
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week past 16 years, February 1997 – Nov 15th 2013. I have worked on this sketchbook, on and off. It was started out as a journal for my lizard. In 1997 I bought a tiny lizard from a street peddler and named it “Frog”. I continued working on the book long after I let the lizard…
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Plein air painting, NC
I was able to squeak out a one good one.
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Nov 2nd – 8th, 2013 It have been a busy week, sent the “Dog Head” to The Hive Gallery in Los angeles, started nocturna (nighttime)l plein air painting, and corresponding with some great nocturna painters. I think i will paint this one, It’s kind reminds me of “red princess” (for context I’ve added “red…
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Plein air painting.
Ok, night two I painted in front of the CVS near my home. A slight change of palette, I added a lemon yellow, sap green, and burnt umber. That gives me seven colors! Cadmium red deep Windsor blue Cadmium yellow deep Titanium white Lemon yellow Sap green Burnt umber. The extra colors worked out great, I…
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Why am I doing plein (open) air paintings.
I just started a new initiative to paint plein air every night, as long as it doesn’t get below 50. Below are the three reasons I have started. A quote on Banksy’s website by Paul Cézanne made me think. On the website it’s quoted as; “All pictures painted inside, in the studio, will never be as good…
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plein air painting
Day one Night one, it was cold and fun to be out side painting again. A police officer in a cruiser stopped bye, “just to take a look”, he was very nice. I didn’t stray far, I was on foot with my bag and board. I will be doing this as long as the weather…
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JUVENILE BUTT ROCKETS, artist I don’t know.
This is one of those things you come across and unless you see them in mass can’t truly appreciate them, please visit JUVENILE BUTT ROCKETS‘ tumblr account, it is good for the soul. I found them on a comment post from another one of my favorite blogs, The Jealous Curator.
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Oct 26th – Nov 1st, 2013 last page of sketchbook, time to go shopping. First page new book…Finished the previous book this week. Above is the first page of new sketchbook, This book is a 4×6 ish moleskins, I have also picked out a new pen, marker and pencil palette, see…
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Card board dog head needs a better name than ‘Dog Head’. Help!
Looking for a name. I am called “Dog Head” but I don’t think that is right. please help.
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4 New masks before Halloween… a cardboard challenge.
Update: Dog Head is Done… Final paint job and some minor fabrications to the base, it is now wall mountable. Below is a picture from the Back of Sis and Moon’s gallery, with Rachel Graham and Wendy Vogt, the dog head is almost done. The second Mask is done… meet the Sugar Skull. Here is…
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Oct 19th -25th, 2013
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No sale at the Drawing Show.
I sent this piece to the Hive gallery in LA, for their May 2013- Line Attack 2 (Doodle Art themed show). I was hoping the 450.00 piece would sell but alas no sale. I will return it to the studio and try to find it another show.
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New lighting in the studio
My space is a bit dark, so I have added some lights. I think I need to put a spot lights on the masks, maybe a blinking light. Today is “Lunch Truck Thursday” I hope someone takes home the Thunder Lizard. If not I’m going to send it to the Hive in LA, see what…
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banksy makes me laugh and cry.
Hello This post is stolen from Banksyny.com “I think of this as a real treat. ‘Thank you’ to all the folks who put in hours, days to making this happen and good luck!” Alex Feliciano October 18th on West 24th Street Are you the sort of person who enjoys going to art galleries,…
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New Paintings at Sis and Moon Gallery.
Hard to find “Feliciano Tindel Michi’s” I brought in three new paintings to Sis and Moon’s Gallery today. I look forward to seeing you in the shop. I don’t know if you know but sometimes Alex Feliciano, John Tindel, and Michi Mecho get together and paint. Three pieces you can come and touch. “Something in the…
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Squids
Oscar draws a bunch of squids. Chalk drawings in the street with the neighbors. 8 kids running around with chalk and bikes. It was super fun to watch Oscar rocking his squids.
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Oct 5th -11th, 2013
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Old friends neighborhood…
Errrt Vroom, and Eeeeeei I received an address from an old friend and when i goggled it (i’m not a stalker) this is what i saw in my head. I had to make this animation. I sure I’m not alone on this.
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The Feliciano brothers make monsters.
Afternoon project with TATA: On a rainy afternoon they make monsters out of play-dough and colored toothpicks. The stories they come up about them are awesome I wished I had written it down. The monsters have been living on a “drying” shelf for months and I was going to toss them out during a “people are…
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Masks, faces, bears, rabbits, dogs, and monsters
Here is the first collection of scaryfriends… by Alex Feliciano. a series of masks, faces, bears, rabbits, dogs, and monsters. They have sold out. Second collection coming early 2014.
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Welcome to the 2013 Cardboard Costume Challenge!
Found this Today via http://thecardboardcollective.com/….. Welcome to the 2013 Cardboard Costume Challenge! Their Mission? to inspire the making of awesome handmade cardboard costumes. They have decided that this year they wanted to adopt a non-commercial, non-competitive approach (less contest, more spirit tunnel) AND to make the event more kid-centered(it’s such a valuable design opportunity for kids.)…
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Sept 21th – Sept 27th, 2013
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Motor bicycle, two stroke!
This weekend got the engine running, kids helped and there was lots of white smoke (the kids thought it was neat). The Fix: Replaced the spark plug and drained the gas and oil out, refilled the gas and oil. Started with a little “starter spray” in the carburetor. From the amount of oil drained out…
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Cardboard head
Dire wolf head for the wall. I started with my dog as a model, and tried to keep it simple. Also keeping supplies simple: a pencil, a box cutter, t square, Elmer’s glue and some scotch tape. – I quickly sketched my dog, Maggie’s profile. In the picture below you can see it cut out.…
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Doodling on my iPhone.
A few images from my phone, using sketchbookPro, by AutoDesk. Bugs and Germs. More Bugs and Germs. Rocket Fish, or TerraFish Thinking about You. Box Amp. Germ all grown up Close up of our friendly Germ. The not so nice germ. This germ is responsible for…
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‘Nature finds a way’ Jurassic Park
This spring I decided to landscaping the back yard. I cut a young oaks to bring more light into the yard. I am reusing it in the landscaping as hand rails and posts. I was moving quickly so I opted to just drop them in a hole and pack in rocks instead of using concrete.…
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100 Days of school.
Shirts for D’s Class 2012, 100 days of School. Pencil, then redrawn in Illustrator with a Wacom tablet, lastly printed on iron-on paper. The kids had a great time.
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Butt sketches
I was drawing the model and a gentle man from the back wondered up in front of everyone and started drawing. This is his butt.
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I had a dog, I named him “cow”, he was a happy dog.
Some of my paintings feature a dog. I like to use “Cow“, he was a big Black, white and tan dog. You can see him in the painting (BlueRoom, left, 2009). He is in the background and he is in the painting on the wall, laying down between the red chairs. I did a piece dedicated…
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“No. 5”, a drawing by Alex Feliciano
This work on paper will be on display at the Hive gallery for the show ‘Line Attack 2’. Which will open on May 4th, 2013, for more info about the show visit the Hive Gallery’s website and for more pieces like this, visit my archives page. Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. An ink drawing on paper, by…
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Flat vs Skeuomorphism, and good design.
Hola, So I have been advising clients away from skeuomorphism in thier designs. You may ask, “Why would you do that, skeuomorphism is dope.” and your right it is cool, but when we go to production the tangental aspect is quickly overshadowed by business needs and dynamic integration quickly blows up budgets. It looks great…
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Installed WordPress on my nexus 7, Hurray!
So today I lost my iPhone (was in wife’s car) and I was kinda lost with out it. But a realized that this thing was more than a reader and I am taking the time to use it to it’s full potential, or at least installing a backup set of apps. I even sketched an…
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More meetings, more doodles
Jason was giving me the gas face from across the table. The office supply of choice is the post-it-note and has become my secret sketchbook.
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Progress bar, Cuttlefish, and Screws.
Quick doodle while waiting for files to upload. Looking at this a I think there is something here but I need to get back to work.
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Cardboard, new paintings
I have been cutting cardboard into fun shapes and then reacting to the shape to make cheeky paintings. It’s a semi-serious exercises to kick you out of your comfort zone. Try it yourself and send me a DM. Orange Bear, by Alex Feliciano, Acrylic on cardboard.
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In the hospital
Baby Rocket is coming, maybe. In the hospital now. This is a dry run we may be going home soon. “Doctor” wants to monitor the baby, mom is having lots of contractions and blood pressure is high. We may spend the night. Little Pistol is with his Aunt and very excited to have sleepover. Special…
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Coast to coast… Again!
John, Michi and I are working. The “Tenchu” painting is in john’s hands now, Michi has “The chicken lamp” and I am working on “skull 5”. I would like you to understand how this process works. You may find it hard at first, but the short answer is we paint over and on each others…
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The ONE is out!
It is here The ONE by Apogee Electronics. “With ONE, you can record a single channel of audio using the specially tuned enclosure microphone, an instrument input for guitar, bass, or keyboard, or a world-class microphone preamp input. Listening with ONE is an entirely new experience as well. Hear your recordings and your iTunes library…
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