Going Home

Going Home

Attempted this kind of approach before.  Still haven't cracked it but started to resolve some stuff. Into inktober and am trying to do something everyday.  

The arrival of spring, After Stepan Kolesnikoff

The arrival of spring, After Stepan Kolesnikoff 

A little early for Spring but a quick landscape study of a work by  Stepan Kolesnikoff .  Had an interesting palette.  

After

After

This one went very fast at the beginning then stalled.  I think that if I had kept the momentum it would have turned out better. It could still do with polishing but also some pose work. 

Spikey

Spikey

Trying out some different techniques to try and polish pieces a bit more.  

After French School, 19th Century Sketch of a Man in Armor

After French School, 19th Century | Sketch of a Man in Armor

I registered with Sotheby's  auction site a while back.  Not as a buyer but to browse the works that have remained in private hands but surface from time to time when changing hands.  This is a study of one such work.  

Angel

Angel

Started as a doodle but changed things my starting with colour and went from there. This developed a lot faster than any of the more recent pieces.   A bit nonsensical but that's not what this was about.  

Mud

Mud

This one I worked on - on and off for the last 3 weeks.  It started off great - lot of enthusiasm but I did not work on it for long enough at the start and it turned into a slog .  Caught glimpses of what I wanted and then I worked on it some more and it disappeared.  Time to move on. 

Hello

Hello

Still working through some other tuff at the moment so not able to put the same effort into my practice as I would like but still doing sketches and doodles. 

Dont Know

Dont Know

Not much time this week. Started a new piece but it still is in early stages so this is a doodle instead.  Normal service will resume soon.  

Forest Hunter

Have been working on this for over 3 weeks in between other images.  It has probably benefited from me returning to it several times with fresh eyes.  It was done as a challenge and in some ways a success but as I wrap it up I am seeing some poorer points.  Going to call it done and carry the learning forward.