Face study-after Rembrandt

After Rembrandt - Photoshop study

I had seen this image recently and I had hit on the idea of having the Maxx Marnsden character as a bit despondent.  This image is all about that - regret and sadness.  I wanted to do the face study to capture that. 

Interior study 1 Airport interior

Airport interior -Photoshop study

This is one of the first interior studies I have done.  The reference was of from an  airport (Dubai I think).  The big challenge with these is perspective.  I don't think you can get away fudging on that.

figure study - Bloodsports 8

Suit - photoshop study

 After settling on the theme of Maxx Marnsden for the Bloodsports 8 challenge I was still mulling approaches.  Even without this I knew I would need some astronaut stuff.  While searching through images I came across some describing the suiting up process.  This is the undergarment worn.  It is interesting as you can still see the flesh colour below the suit. 

BLOODSPORT 8! Choose Your Own Adventure

Yeah Bloodsports is off and running again. 

Of the three challenges I will have a go at the Maxx Marsden- Maxx Marnsten 2099 - 'The ladies love him... But he'd rather be alone'**.   

The theme is scifi and i have not done any is this in a serious way yet so here I go!

KEY ELEMENTS - Futuristic, Scifi

Figure studies -1-watercolour

Full Figure 1

Full Figure 2

This was some figure drawing practice .  I also  wanted to have some watercolour practice.  This was the first time I tried watercolours.  I had previously tried watercolour pencils.  The paints are harder as you have to control edges.  The watercolours will take practice as you have to work light to dark.  What they would undoubtedly do is make me more disciplined as you have to have a plan before you start.   I repeated the same study the next day with a slightly different approach. The reference was from Inspirational Artworks.  There are an unbelievable number of anatomy learning tools available there. 

Portrait Practice 3

With some time available I completed another portrait.  The aim of this was to push to the piece to finish it as much as possible.  I started fooling around with textures and brushes. 

The reference was from Tim Remick photography.     A study of climbers immediately after their decent.

Puppy - Photoshop Study

Poppy -Photoshop Study

My sister got another puppy.  This is Poppy a King Charles/ Shitzu cross.  I had to puppy sit.  She was only about 7 weeks old when I snapped the photo.  The study was about 8 hours.  I wanted to work on putting in hues particularly in the white areas.  after the cahllenge work it was good to return to a straight forward long study.
 Process below.  If anyone wants I can go into more detail on this.