Corey Pope Art

Testing out Materials and Techniques on Metal

2016-04-27T09:51:00.000-04:00

I started off with an old washing machine panel provided by Elli's Dad. First I sanded off all the paint that was on there, then put down a few layers of primer.

I then masked off the white stripes and put a layer of Brite Blue Createx paint using a paasche airbrush. A littlee bit of bleeding occurred under the masking, but was easily cleaned up after adding a layer of white one shot on top of it using mack pin striping brushes to keep a clean and straight line.

I then put down a layer of Sticky Mickey's masking tape and added black. At this point, the low air pressure from the compressor I was using would take it forever to cover, and it would be difficult to achieve a flat coverage where I needed it, so I used black spray paint instead since this was just a test.

Then I added some hi lights and shadows to the skull to give it some dimension. Normally I would have used a transparent base with a little white or black createx through the airbrush, but given the compressor issues I used a brush. It gives it a different look, but I like it. The drips in what will be the banners will be cleaned up as well, but honestly I kind of like them. I might see if I can somehow incorporate it while still making it looked finished.

So far I'd say it's about half-way done. Given my current constraints I'd say it's coming along pretty well, and I'm interested to see how these different kind of paints interact with each other.

Knoxville

2015-09-06T07:58:00.000-04:00

Friday Elli and I got off from work and wanted to go out. After being pretty unenthused by the movies that were playing, we looked to see what else was going on downtown. Turns out there was a UT Staff exhibition in their gallery space downtown. We saw some very impressive work.

Eric Cagley's work was probably my personal fav. He collaged thick pieces of cut acrylic to create some incredibly interesting and dimensional compositions.

Tally Locke

Heather Eades

Jason Tyler

Mike C. Berry

Hannah Shimabukuro

Sarah McFalls

Devin Balara

Turns out it was a whole gallery crawl. We wandered around a bit looking at the art and stumbled into a live jazz show. There was a free couch right up near the front and we got to sit and enjoy the music for a while. There were multiple galleries open with some really interesting people. Unfortunately time didn't allow us to see it all. Guess we will have to go back!

Hello Dolly

2015-09-03T16:05:00.000-04:00

Now that I've moved to Knoxville, I've started working for Kaman's again, this time at Dollywood. So far the experience has been great. I've worked three days doing caricatures and two days doing airbrush. My grandparents and parents came down from London while I was working Sunday, and got caricatures done which was a lot of fun.

Me drawing my grandparents

It had been a while since I had used an airbrush, but thanks to some good training I'm quickly getting back in the groove.

Warm up loops done at the beginning of each day

Free hand Skull T-shirt

It's been very refreshing being in a new place and meeting new people. Thank you so much to everyone that has helped out with the move to Knoxville. Elli and I couldn't have done it alone.

#SELFIE

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2013-03-14T23:55:00.000-04:00

Oil Painting

2013-03-14T23:00:00.000-04:00

Sketches

2013-03-14T22:58:00.000-04:00

Note to self - Wet erase markers do stain your fridge...

2013-03-14T22:55:00.000-04:00

Tape Drawing
(approx. 9'x 4')

2012-11-04T23:38:00.001-05:00

Sharpie on Paper (22" x 30" each)

2012-11-04T23:35:00.002-05:00

Figure Painting ( 24" x 48")

2012-11-04T23:32:00.000-05:00

Figure Drawing (18"x 24")

2012-11-04T23:30:00.000-05:00

More Figure Drawing Sketches and Bone Studies

Sample from Upcoming Solo Show

2012-10-15T20:02:00.000-04:00

Here's a little taste of what will be in my up coming show. The date isn't set yet, but I'm thinking sometime early 2013. This is only half of the particular piece however, because the other half is audio. Basically I'm creating .raw computer files that can be listened to, or viewed depending on what program you decide to open it in. The aim of the work is to create art you can listen to, and music you can see. The process will be explained much more in depth at the show, and probably after the opening I will post a description of my process and a how-to guide to show others how to do it as well. I would like to see other people play around with this to see what kind of new ideas or innovations could be made to process to make it more successful.

Sketchbook Excerpts

2012-10-15T19:50:00.000-04:00

These were all drawn in the last month or two.

Ballpoint Pen Drawing

2012-10-15T19:47:00.000-04:00

22"x 30" This was all drawn just off the top of my head. I just let my mind wander on topics like technology and gender, and drew whatever came to mind. Every time I started drawing something new I would try to connect it to the last thing that I drew trying to emulate the way my mind would wander from one thing to the next. I think I got some pretty interesting results.

Towards One Gender

2012-10-15T17:45:00.003-04:00

Charcoal on paper

More Quick Figure Sketches

2012-10-09T12:49:00.001-04:00

Gesture Drawings

2012-10-09T12:42:00.000-04:00

Tequila for Breakfast??

2012-05-03T16:34:00.001-04:00

I did this painting for my final in painting 2. It's oil on panel, and is 6 feet by 4 feet, the largest I've done yet. Still not really finished with it yet, but this was as far as I could get for the due date.

Pretty Flacko

2012-02-12T20:56:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the bad quality images (Took these with my phone)

Sketches

2012-02-07T01:39:00.000-05:00

20 Minute Painting Studies Pt.3

2012-02-07T01:36:00.000-05:00

20 Minute Painting Studies Pt.2

2012-02-07T01:33:00.002-05:00

20 Minute Painting Studies

2012-01-30T21:54:00.001-05:00