Real Name: Robert Zavala Member Since: August 17, 2008 Last Signed In: October 23, 2008 Profile Views: 138 Blog Views: 960 Texas Tall Tales: the trailer Gratuitous sax and violence Name that ghoul Texas Tall Tales winner for September Texas Tall Tales August submissions and finished Sept. painting An artist's blog: close to the finish line An Artist's blog: Drawing The Dance You made that on the computer? Then it can't be art! The dance: Texas Tall Tales for September 28 Calling all writers August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 
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An Artist's blog: Texas Tall Tales
This blog will be a step-by-step of how I do a painting for a new feature for the Victoria Advocate.
The feature, called Texas Tall Tales, will debut Aug. 31. Texas Tall Tales will have a painting that depicts something whimsical, odd or surreal. Each painting will have a title. Readers will be encouraged to make up an imaginative story that matches the painting. The best story will be published and the writer will get a framed print of the painting. For the first installment I wanted to use the County Courthouse in some kind of offbeat setting. After discarding a couple of concepts I settled on having the courthouse floating on a paddle-wheel steamboat. Here's my rough sketch and some reference photos I shot and gathered from the web. Total time of research and sketch: About 2 hours To see some of my finished work, go to: www.robertzavala.net 3 comments from 3 users
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posted by
Adriana
on Aug 18, 2008 at 03:51 PM
This is awesome. And your drawings rock! Anyone can participate right? I bet Lucy would be interested in writing some stories. I would love to give it a try but I'm not the best writer.... Wait, unless....
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rzavala
on Aug 17, 2008 at 08:30 PM
Thanks for the kind words LittleBlueBook
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LittleBlueBook
on Aug 17, 2008 at 01:48 PM
Without a doubt you are an amazing artist. This should be a very interesting venture. I look forward to seeing and reading the result.
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