I recently got an email from another artist, Tori Hagaman,
who asked me if she could sell a painting she did from one of my paintings…
My painting was done from a photo shared by my friend
A flower filled watering can
“Sure,” I said,
and went on to comment that as artists,
we all are inspired by each other,
and that everyone has their own interpretation and style
Here is a quote from Austin Kleon’s book, “Steal like an Artist”
“Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path.”
Jenna Meon
Tori was kind enough to send me a photo of her painting
and gave me permission to share it with you
Tori Hagaman
Same subject, totally different paintings!
As you can see the end results are quite different…
Several years ago,
another artist friend of mine, Jody @life in between
suggested we each paint the same subject and compare results…
We chose a photo of roses and we both painted it
Jodi McKinney, left Jenna Meon, right
The above paintings are a little more similar,
because they are both done with watercolor,
however they are still totally different…
the drawing below is from the same photograph,
but rendered in colored pencil and ink,
and it too looks quite different than the others
Jenna Meon
Currently my passion has been chefs and animals
and I decided to combine the two for a series of kooky animal chefs,
I collect photos of illustrations I like
and combine elements from many other artists
to come up with an original character and scene
I combined the Maitre d’ with a chicken
to create this chicken with a coffee pot
I started with a very rough pencil sketch
Once I like the composition,
I go over it with ink, perfecting as I go
Then I gave him polka dots with a Zig Color Dot pen [source below]
and began adding colors with markers
“More Coffee?” 7 x 10 inches, mixed media on mixed media paper
Have fun and Be Fearless!
You can see my other kooky chefs on Instagram here
You can see the tutorial for the flower filled watering can here
You can see the tutorial for the watercolor roses here
Zig color Dot pens here and here
“Steal Like an Artist” by Austin Kleon here
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Please visit Tori Hagaman on her website Victoria Hagaman Gallery here
Tori donates 25% of her sales to Hydrating Humanity to build water wells
Her work is currently in several galleries in North Carolina:
House of Plants, 507 Harvey Street, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Downtown Arts District Association (DADA), 604-A N. Trade Street, Winston-Salem, NC
Arts Place of Stokes, 502 Main Street, Danbury, N.C.
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