Original artwork created by J. Michael Ambrosio
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One of my most recent
and successful efforts, painted in watercolor on cold-press paper. It was based on a photograph taken in northern Canada,
but I rearranged some of the elements to enhance the contrast.
Just a basic pencil
sketch of an imaginary landscape ...
... but
things got a lot more interesting after I ran it through the "negative image" filter in my image editor. I like this
ghostly effect better than the original sketch.
A pen-and-ink
drawing of a barn. Most of this sketch was done with a calligraphy pen, believe it or not.
I drew these four imaginary
landscapes in a sketchbook using some sort of wax crayon, not quite Crayola but not professional grade, either. It was over
ten years ago so I don't remember exactly.
Upon further reflection, I believe these landscapes were actually done with a set of student-grade oil pastels.
... then I subjected the
first two scans above to the negative image filter to create these frozen tundra landscapes.
Old trees, colored pencil
on bristol board. This one was based on a photograph I took in a nearby town. The trees were torn down a few weeks later.
A pencil drawing
of the QE2 I did in high school. It has gotten a bit smudged over the years, but the general effect is still there ...
... of course,
I couldn't resist using the negative image filter to create this night scene.
This watercolor
was based on a painting by Ray Campbell Smith. Even though it is not an original, I thought it came out well enough
to display.Naturally, this collection is only a small sampling of my work—everything else I have done turned out like crap! My one complaint with art books (of which I own many) is that the authors always pick out their very best paintings for publication, and they can sometimes be as much a discouragement as an inspiration—I am always left thinking, "Am I the only person in the world who cannot paint?" One of these days, I'll have to create a "hall of shame" to redress that problem, so you can see some of my failures alongside the successes.
— J. Michael
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