Author: cmbutzer
Ahi Swirl Process Video
I created this very edited video of creating my “Ahi Swirl” painting. It has all of the “good” parts and none of the mistakes or experiments.
Ahi/YellowFin Tuna Painting
I’ve just completed this mixed media. It started as a sketchbook drawing and evolved into mixed digital and analog painting. I’m playing with scanning ink drawings and brush stokes. I’ve found that the digital paint strokes cannot yet match real life brush strokes, in this case very dry brush strokes. Original Sketch Watercolor Study for […]
Storm Horizon
A new piece that I’ve completed from my Summer Sketchbook 2024 project. I’m using these sketches to inspire new work that is a combination of analog drawing and digital finishing.
Kubo Mural Project
I’ve never painted a mural until now and the process was both intimidating and thought provoking. I now know that I hate painting something creative on a ladder and that when on a ladder you have no real comprehension of what your painting actually looks like at first (The was a lot of repainting and […]
Direct to Film on Wood Art Panels
The experiment continues! …and for the most part successfully. There isn’t a lot of media/instruction out there for printing Direct to Film transfers onto wood- other than it can be done. Now that I’ve done a lot of them, I’ve learned a few things- 1. Always heat press the wood first. Even if the wood […]
Honu Print Updated
I was a bit lost on the how and what I was going to do with my “Honu” Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle print. At first, it was this giant turtle that just sort of floated in space. After several reworks, I’m relatively happy with idea of printing this using Direct To Film on a wood […]
Ahi Drawing/Painting Print
My latest print is of an Ahi/Yellowfin Tuna. These are pretty awesome creatures that also happen to taste AMAZING. This will be printed on a 12″x18″ Birch Art Panel using the Direct to Film print method. I’m going to be adding some silver leaf on each print.
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a Drawing/Painting
I wanted this work to be clearly the antithesis to my vector fish- but also use no standard gradients, only solid colors. I tried endlessly to replicate dry brush strokes digitally, but none of them were achieving the look that I wanted. I ended up breaking out my worst brushes… but I had no brushes […]
Native Hawaiian Vector Fish
Traditionally I haven’t drawn in a vector format, but since I’ve been experimenting with the Direct to Film print process I can achieve something I’ve always strived for but have found very difficult to replicate in traditional painting- absolutely flat prints with no brush strokes. I intend to print these fish on everything from wood, […]
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a Revisit
Lately I’ve been revisiting some of my older work to put fresh eyes it. I have had some surprising results. Maybe I’m just an artist that needs time to let this work to continue to evolve. My latest example of this is the digital and analog combo of the Hawaiian fish the humuhumunukunukuapua’a. I liked […]