Self Portrait Day 2013

Self Portrait 2013

November 1st rolled around International self portrait day and I had a go again.  I completed a version on the day and posted it on conceptart.org.  Truth be told I did it at the end of the day and was exhausted so not my best effort.  I spent a little more time at the weekend to bring it to a more satisfactory state.    Self portraits are tough.

Rembrandt did a number of self portraits through his life.  They have been put together in this video.  The power of his work is in evidence as for me I get a sense of the man who painted each one of these as he experienced a rise and wane in fortunes.  

Gestures 1

Gestures 1

Getting some figure studies in. The references were from  the Croquis Cafe (NSFW).  Takes a while to loosen up and get into these after a long break.

Moonlight Climb

Moonlight Climb

Messing around with shapes and colours. 

Motorcycle speedpaint

A motorcycle speedpaint of about  2 hours.  The reference is from Speed-Stock on DA.  
The action is captured on Livestream. Wheels are hard to get right.

In Control

In Control

Did this a while back and did not post.  This random doodling phase is throwing up all kinds of stuff or maybe just encouraging some throwing up.

Mountain Man

 Had another go at a character.  A crack fighter pilot...nah a mountain man.  Just by coincidence I stumbled across a site Creation Nation that sells little dolls of historical figures.  The resemblance to Davey Crockett is striking. 

Rocks speedpaint

Rocks speedpaint

 Under two hours speedpaint.  Some of it was on Livestream.  The reference can be found here Joanielynn