This acrylic painting was inspired by a composite photo of NASA NIRCam. It unveils auroras on both poles, swirling hazes and the awe-inspiring Great Red Spot, a famous storm that is over 300 years old. The brightness indicates high altitude – so the Great Red Spot appears white in this view while clouds with a lower altitude appear darker and blue.
I have to admit, it was quite some fun to do this and although challenging I’m really pleased with how it turned out. Photo Credit to @nasawebb, @esawebb, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team, with image processing magic by Ricardo Hueso and Judy Schmidt.
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Schlagwort: acrylic painting
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Jupiter’s Portrait
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Holm 124 on canvas
A while back, I felt inspired to recreate a photo captured by Deepsky Balve took. It took me some courage to start and for a while I stopped because I was afraid that I would’t be able to paint the galaxy proper. But I made it and I’m really proud of how it turned out! Despite initial hesitations, I found the courage to start painting. At times, I doubted my ability to depict the galaxy accurately which took some time (and another test on an empty canvas). In the end I’m thrilled with the final result.
This celestial piece features the Holm 124 galaxy group nestled in the Great Bear constellation. Noteworthy members include NGC2805 (prominent in the lower corner), NGC2814 (a smaller one next to the bright star at the top left), and NGC2820 (elongated and positioned at the top left) with its companion dwarf galaxy IC2458 at the bottom that completes the ensemble. Discovered by Herschel in 1791, these cosmic wonders reside at a distance of 72 – 81 million light years from Earth.
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An exploration into space abstracts
After my last abstract I wanted to try it out with my usual color palette and chose a photo of the milky way as reference. I admit, that kind of kept me from being open because I somehow tried to make it look like the milky way. At one point I tried to break free from it, which resulted in a rather chaotic painting. I was thinking about painting over it but after sleeping over it, I thought maybe I could still get some nice parts out of it. But I haven’t yet cut it up.
Mixed media painting on ~200 gsm paper
Materials used: Acrylic paints from different brands, white Gesso, Oil pastels, white Posca pen
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Adventures into abstract painting
Some days ago I took a class from Denise Love about abstract painting and color blocking. I decided to go for the colors she used in her class and mixed similar colors with my acrylic paints (although I somehow forgot to mix the yellow ochre, oops). Then I just went for it and played around with large brushes, my palette knife and a scraper. And I have to admit, that I really like the result. I’m not yet sure if I will cut it up since there are several areas that I do like.
Mixed media painting on ~200 gsm paper
Materials used: Acrylic paints from different brands, white Gesso, Oil pastels, white Posca pen
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Free May Moon tracker
Bloom
Originally I wanted to do some watercolor florals as decoration for the tracker but somehow inspiration just didn’t hit me. Instead I felt more drawn to create some abstracts and I recently fell a bit in love with the color combination of spring green, sunset orange and mint green that a friend recently gave me as a task. Today I sat down and played a bit aroung with my acrylic colors and I really like the pop of color they give.
I also created some matching journaling cards but those will be a goodie for my newsletter-subscribers. So make sure to sign up in time!
The tracker is a simple vertical tracker for up to 11 things you want to keep track of as well as the full illustrated frame. The PDF file contains a German version (page 2) and an English version (page 1). The moon phases fit for Europe. Please note they may vary in other regions. Size is 11,9 x 21 cm (PDF file is Din A4 with cut marks).
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Please read over the terms of use before downloading:
Terms of use
This printable is free for personal use only. You are allowed to share the tracker under the following terms:
- You may not use the tracker for commercial purposes.
- If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
- Attribution is not necessary but appreciated (tag me as @astrofruechtle on Instagram).
Ps: The download will be available till end of the month. Afterwards the file will be deleted and no longer be available.
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Explorations into abstract art
Lately, I’ve been drawn to abstract painting more and more. It’s a unique form of art that allows me to express my creativity without being bound by traditional techniques or rules. On the other hand it’s also a challenge if you get stuck in your head. What helps me to prevent going in my head is to just play and experiment without an intention of making „good“ looking art. Something that I learned in a group of lovely people in That Creative Space. So I’ve been experimenting with different techniques and color combinations. One of them was suggested by my dear friend Sabrina from SuisideArt and it really caught my eye: spring green, sunset orange, and mint green.
The bright and cheerful spring green represents growth, renewal, and nature. It adds a sense of freshness and energy, perfectly fitting to spring. Sunset orange, on the other hand, is warm and vibrant and adds a lot of drama and intensity. A touch of freshness and balance comes from the mint green that adds a sense of harmony and serenity. Together, these colors create a striking and unique combination that adds a lot of interest and depth while evoking a wide range of emotions and moods.
It was a lot of fun painting with this colors and I’ll definitely come back to them soon. But I also plan to keep exploring and experimenting with different colors and techniques, and let my creativity run wild.
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Bringing a Celestial Scene to Life
These videos have been a pain in the a* to edit and cut together. Simply because I had the glorious idea to film the process in almost 4K 🙄 But I finally managed it and hope you enjoy this little timelapse of my acrylic ink experiment on raw cotton.
I really enjoyed playing on a different material for the first time. Yes, I painted on canvas but that was always primed with Gesso. But I saw several artists using their canvas raw and unprimed so I had to try it out myself. And I have to say that I really enjoy working on the raw material and definitely will try that again.
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Just found something…
Sometimes filming videos gets quite a mess when you switch paintings but don’t stop the video xD So I just found this video from the beginningk of my cosmic collision painting and thought I’d share with you. At the beginning the galaxies looked a lot more like fried eggs and I had to use a lot of white to lighten them up and work out the arms of the galaxies.
