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.