Carolina Morning & Dreams of Lunch

WHERE DID THE TIME GO!? HOW DID IT GET TO BE ALMOST JULY ALREADY?! SHEESH! WHERE DID YOU ALL GO??? oh there you are!

So check it! I usually use these blogs to post new things in the works and that's what I'll be doing now. Consistency...ya know? After stretching myself wildly too thin with too many projects I stepped away from my day job to become a full time artist/designer. It's stressful as hell but i'm loving life right now. I'm hitting up far more art events like Awendaw Green, Third Thursday, and I'm still kickin it at Black Water. With this new time on my hands, I get to spend it on my painting and thus, my skill has already grown which allows me to produce smaller fun paintings available for all. 

I've a style I'll be sticking with for quite some time. Trying to push all it's boundaries. 

WILDLIFE WATERCOLORS BY CQWORKS! 

I'll attach a pictures below so you can see what I mean! I'm having a blast though and would love to see all your beautiful faces at my events. But don't let distance stand in your way from adopting a pet! They make great gifts as well! 

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Project Update

Hey everyone! Some project updates!  

I just finished my pop art inspired commission with a process video filmed as well.  You can check out the final piece below and look for my video on the Instagram feed. 

I also finished my Marabou Stork watercolor which came out great! Excited to finally show you some painting progress of the house commission I'm working as well! It never hurts having fantastic commissions to work on! 

Hope everyone is having a great month! Keep up the hard work on your own projects and thanks for checking out mine.  

-Caleb  

French Press & Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Clif Bar

I'm elbows deep into several projects these days! Which is a great thing. One of the best things for a mind, mine at least, is to stay busy with projects. (I suppose I know plenty of people that don't enjoy being busy and spend most of their time not doing anything, but where's the fun in that?) Not only is it important to me to have projects on my list but to have an array of projects to not get burnt out with one. That being said, I was stoked to get an acrylic commission causing me to get the biggest canvas I've painted on and to switch it up from my normal watercolor paintings. To take it a bit further, the style is not my norm either, where I'm working on portraits with pop art inspiration! This whole commission is a big challenge that I am eagerly working on. So obviously, I'm filming my process from sketch to base layers to full paint to special detailed work at the end. I'll post that video once completed, which hopefully will be by next week. 

I'm working on two watercolor commissions as well as the acrylic. Which allows me to switch back to a comfort area when the pop art piece is driving me insane ha! But keep an eye on my instagram to see regular updates on those. Have you ever heard of a Marabou Stork? Creepy looking stork that eats flamingos alive...that's one commission. haha! The other watercolor is a client's house based in California. Beautiful house that i get to decorate with lounging cats! 

Then there's the old digital paintings I'm trying to bring back to life with wheat paste and some paint. I honestly have no clue what I'm going to do with these paintings but I was tired of seeing this pictures collect dust. I needed a refreshment. 

And let me not forget my poor miata's clutch went to shit so I'm also in the process of replacing that.

All in all, I'm happily busy but will be quite excited to check some of them off my list as I know I'll have more projects to replace them! 

I hope everyone has a great week! 

Unexpected Weekly Update

I had the pleasure of working with some buddies to film a video so I've been messing with that this week. I cracks me up how with everything I've ever shot, it never comes out as I envision it during planning. I did thoroughly enjoy having someone else decide with directing. In fact, this video wasn't even my idea but my dude, Josh Tipton's. I'll be training him on filming so we can bust out a lot more content. He'll be not only another writer, director, but also my audio engineer. We'll be tailoring some songs to specific beats he makes and vis versa. Needless to say, I'm excited about what we can provide for laughs. 

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Late 2 Chill Sneak Peak

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Painted Buntings

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Cardinals

I've also been working on new paintings. Above is the finished picture of the painted buntings I was working on last saturday. Next to it is the cardinals that i literally just finished before sitting down to write this. Some times my paintings follow the same pattern as my films and they don't turn out like I planned. Sometimes that is a good thing and sometimes not. I wasn't overly thrilled with the shades in the cardinal painting but I still love it and the colors! 

Have a great weekend and keep an eye out for some more films! 

Saturday Artwork WIP

Or S.A.W.I.P. If you will.....lol nvm  

I've been sick for a couple of days so naturally I've been drawing and painting away. Working on these adorable buntings! I've got a video in the works to show a good amount of my process as well. I'll post that tomorrow around noon for your Sunday fun. Until then, enjoy this sneak peak shot and I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Don't get sick!