Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Hitman

Hitman


Continuing with the characters and switching up style. 

Monday, December 21, 2015

Goats in a Barn - After John Frederick Herring

After John Frederick Herring

A gouache study of  a piece by John Frederick Herring.   Really pleased with this one.  In part because I know what it looked like about half way through. I thought about ditching it at that point but pushed through.  I think I worked on it over 3 days going back in and reworking passages.  Thats ability to rework is what I find great about this medium but really I should be getting it right the first time.  




Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Its a bit wet

Its a bit wet
A bit of a coincidence.  I had started work on this before storm Desmond.  This storm dropped a lot of water on an already rain soaked Ireland causing multiple floods and a lot of damage.  

Monday, November 30, 2015

After Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier-Gouache



This was a study to practice using gouache.  Meissonier was known for his detail work so this was a good one to practice with.  I drew the image out in pencil then went in with the paint. It was painted over a sessions.






Monday, November 23, 2015

Character sketches 7





Still a few of these to go but I will start mixing it up with some environments. Have no written much the past few posts.  That was down to my keyboard- the space bar stopped working and I was using the on screen keyboard to drop in the spaces.  Brand new shiny rig now.  Anyway I stuck with this exercise because it forces me to work in lines and figure out details before painting.  Something I would not have usually chosen to do but I can see the advantages and it definitely speeds things up. 

Monday, November 9, 2015

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Character Sketches 4




Another couple of sketches. A bit of contrast between them and more to follow.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Character Sketch 2

Hunter

Apothecary


A continuation of the character sketch exercise.  Trying out some more techniques. 

Monday, October 26, 2015

Character Sketches 1

Thief


Started doing a series of character sketches.  These were done changing the process as I went.  Trying  out different approaches moving more to line sketches. These are the first of a series. 





3D model of an ebike

  Its been a while.   I have been working and practicing.  The latest personal project was modelling this ebike.  I wanted to do a more comp...