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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 1d

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New exhibit at Gualala Arts captures the beauty of Mendocino, Sonoma coasts • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA

The exhibit, featuring the paintings of Sergio Lopez and Vanessa Walsh, runs Oct. 10 through Nov. 16.

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 6d

The update. I mostly worked on the middle third of this painting. The illusion of intricate detail was super satisfying to create. I'll share some close up brushwork later to show you what I mean

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 7d

The bottom half of this painting was some most fun I've had painting in a while

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 8d

The top 3rd is basically finished. This painting illustrates why I think strong establishments are so important. It just makes the finish that much easier. Plus it's more fun

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 12d

Building spiritual capital through art:

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Building Spiritual Capital Through Art

What is a piece of art’s inherent worth?

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 13d

Today's work on the waterfall. Still needs another pass, but I think the next picture I will share of it will be in its frame #yosemite #bridalveilfalls

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 13d

Me too! It's gonna be really cool in the frame I have for it

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 14d

Painting waterfalls is a lot of fun! #bridalveilfalls #yosemite

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 14d

That's a cool idea! Maybe I'll try it sometime. Would have to figure out how to do that in a way that works with the frame

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 15d

Getting close to done. Really didn't like how the gold looked on the frame so I did a rub of oil paint on it. Will probably do a second pass on the frame

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 16d

Really excited to share this show with you all!

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 16d

Sometimes the block ins take a while but that's ok. It's better to set up the painting for success in the early stages to make the finishing stages way easier

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 18d

I don't think I've ever tried to paint a waterfall at this size and scale before, but I have the perfect frame for it

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 19d

Sometimes the block-ins take hours, but they are worth it

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 23d

Fantastic! I love it

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 26d

My last one of the week. Will be showing this one and everything else I did at the plaza in Sonoma. Come see me and about 29 other artists there today!

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you!

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · 28d

Fun day of painting at the coast today! #sonomapleinair

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · Sep 9

My painting from Annadel today. My first piece of the week for Sonoma Plein Air. 9x12 gouache

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · Sep 7

I like the sunflower

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · Sep 6

A study of Lower Yosemite Falls in gouache. Not an easy one!

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wow!

So while I still wish this case would’ve gone to trial, and believe the amount given per work should have been EVEN higher, $1.5 billion in settlement AND the destruction of infringing datasets is still a fantastic start! Congratulations to all those involved as these things are not easy!

Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · Sep 5

BREAKING: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors in class action lawsuit for pirating their works www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement

Anthropic will pay at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools.

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks so much!

Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · Sep 5

You get a little bit more control over hard edges because the texture is not getting in your way. So it does make sense for these types of really small architectural scenes, because you could be a little bit more precise with each stroke. The texture is not getting in the way of your edges and lines

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Sergio Lopez Fine Art @sergiolopezfineart.bsky.social · Sep 5

This was also on hot pressed paper, which is not something I really enjoy. I find it a little too slick, and I have a little bit less control over my strokes with it, but there are some advantages to it. It's pretty easy to establish the shapes.

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