Landscape after Konstantin Kryzhitsky- pt1

Landscape after Konstantin Kryzhitsky- pt1

 As  have had the luxury of some time off work I wanted to do some traditional work.  I decided to do a master copy in oils.  This is a landscape by Konstantin Kryzhitsky. I chose this as it looks like a serious technical challenge. I will figure it out as I go along I hope.  I have no idea how the original painting was put together.  I started out transferring the major features to canvas in pencil with the help of a grid.  It was recorded on Livestream.  

Hunter Gatherer Character

Hunter Gatherer Character

A random character concept just for practice- trying out some textures.  Enjoying the holiday break.    

Happy Christmas 2013

Happy Christmas 2013

 Happy Christmas!  Better late than never.  Started this too late not really giving myself enough time to get it finished.  I could have refined it a bit more with more time.

 Now with twinkle courtesy of google+.

Tiger Parachute Spitpaint

Tiger -Parachute?

It is what it is. 

Invulnerability Spitpaint

Invulnerability Spitpaint

A spitpaint on the theme invulnerability. 

Still Life Vegetables

Still Life Vegetables

A humble still life of a number of peppers.  Bought these to paint and I think I got them painted before they went past their prime.  Simple subject but hard to execute.  Haven't worked from life in months and I definitely felt it.  Orange pepper voted the worst.

Calling Home

Calling Home

It seems I have been working on this for ever.  I have worked on it for 1-2 hour sessions for the last 2 weeks or so.  Don't know if that helped or not.  I kept on returning to it with fresh eyes but ended up radically reworking stuff so it felt stalled for a long time.  I suppose it forced me to work through the problems- not saying I managed to fix everything.