Portrait Study 30

On holidays over the Christmas.  Doing some studying.  Trying to be as economical as possible with strokes. 

First post of 2017.  Happy New Year folks. Lets see what this year brings!

Not Suitable for Children

Not Suitable for Children

Christmas this year and the world seems darker. You cant suppose that things will work out.  We will all have to work harder at making this a better place.

Landscape ink

Landscape ink

Landscape study in ink.  Done with a biro then I found my brush pen about two thirds through.  Learning here for me was the importance of grouping values.  Was somewhat OK in the foreground and background but middle became muddied with no clear textures. The ink is unforgiving to those who do not plan.  

Random practice

bug

Did not work on a big piece last week but have started something this week.  In the meantime I am still practicing.  One thing that is becoming obvious is that my linework in traditional is way ahead of the tablet. Something to think about. 

Repairs

Repairs

Been working on this on and off for the last few weeks. 

The inspiration came from this image  by Ferdinand Bol.  He worked in Rembrandts studio.  Just wanted to try and catch some emotion.  I tried to polish as much as possible but ran out of steam. 

More ink

Mountains 

Frog

Frog guy

 My time available to do this work was reduced considerably in the past few weeks.  Working in ink was a great alternative as I could stop and start conveniently. Not very good at imaginative landscapes but it was very easy to work on this one.  The frog is a study from a photograph and then something from imagination to get some of it to stick.  Still working digitally just nothing to a finished level yet. 
 Its getting towards the end of the year and a little bit of reflection is inevitable.  I think I have tried a lot of new things this year , some more successful than others  and I have started thinking about next year.  I would like to put a bit more focus on training and putting together a portfolio to get some work. More to follow. 

Materials study 1

Materials study 1 

Found a post by Jarrod Hasenjager on Artstation where he modeled materials in 3d and put them in environments.  Thought some of the images would be useful to do some 2d material studies.  The oxidised one was the most fun.