Polar Bears Study

Polar Bears Study

I am still working on the personal piece.  This is another study I did to help with it.  This was a study of a photo.  The colours were striking but mainly I was interested in the anatomy in this image. 

Dog Sled Study

Dog Sled Study

Following on from the previous landscape study here is a sled study done from a photo.  Wanted to practice the snow and get a feel for what makes up a sled.  By now I have worked out the composition for the personal piece but still need to do a few more studies. 

Snow Scape Study

Snow Scape Study

I started a personal piece and I need to do a number of studies to help.  This is the first of them a photo study so no prizes for guessing that the piece will be set  in a snowy landscape.  I just wanted to get the feeling for shadows and a little bit of rendering snow. 

Roman Soldier Study

Roman Soldier Study

Following hot on the heels of the armour study did this photo study.  A Roman Soldier.  This was a bit  faster and looser.  
Cant believe it is almost a year since I did this study of a Roman helmet. 

Armour study 1

Armour Study

Over on Deviant Art is a relatively new speedpaint group run by Wolkenfels .  This was one of study images this month.  I did not end up doing as a speedpaint however.  I started it that way but ended up detailing it out took close to 4 hours I think.  

 

Pup Portrait

Pup Portrait

This pup portrait is a rendering of a dog I have shown work of before.  This is a photo.  I also did a more recent quick sketch .
In the latter she had a grooming not strictly for cosmetic reasons.  As she is part Bichon she suffers from allergies and the vet recommended the crew cut.  Anyway this was using a photo taken before she lost her locks.   Took about 2 hours.  Definitely getting faster at these photo studies. 

Snow monkey study

Snow Monkey Study

A study of a snow monkey from a photo.  The source is from a photographer

Kiyoshi Ookawa who's work can be found here  Kiyo Photography [busy]'s photostream.

 

Maintenance Man

Maintenance  Man

Woman

This is a quick effort at portraying a maintenance man. The spanner may be a bit of overkill.  The other is a really quick study of a woman. 

After -Street Scene

After- Street Scene

Following the last environment effort I wanted to have another go putting some of what I learned into practice.  This is based on O'Connell Street Dublin.  It did not take as long as the last one so that was a plus.  Built on a one point perspective I did a value study then painted over that.  The hardest thing with this was not to let it get too muddy. 

Utilities Sunset

Utilities Sunset

This is a landscape that I worked on for a while.  It started as a value study and then drifted from that into the final image.  I spent way longer on this than the final image might suggest.  I did try a lot of different things and at least identified alot of things that I need way more practice on. Will try another piece.