Boros

Boros -Gwent 

I finished a version of this last week to enter in the Gwent Witcher card game competition.  I don't think I entered in time.  In any case the image was not finished so I spent this week polishing as much as I could.  It is of Boros a dwarf that got drunk and drowned trying to retrieve his ring. 
 The other competition that is running is the Artstation Wild West Challenge.  They require 10 characters and I spent some of this week working on those.  These are some playing around with watercolour and acrylics. 
After this I am going back to studies. 

Gunfighter 

Native

Watercolour and ink stuff

Snowfield 

 This week all traditional.  Broke out the watercolours which I have not used before this.  The landscapes were done from photos.  I think it would take a while to master this medium - a lot of it is planning and knowing a how the paint will move.  The sheep was the first one and was way too fussy.  

Misty mountain 

Sheep

 The rest of these are just fooling around with ink and watercolour mostly thinking about technique.  The ones from imagination are overworked.  Definitely need the design nailed before heading into ink or be prepared to redraw - a lot.   

Doodle

Little gunfighter

Ink tree

gunfighter

doodle2

photo study

Photo study

Dropping

Dropping 

Did this for the Bjornament  challenge even though I got knocked out of the winners bracket there is a best losers spot up for grabs.  Still useful to focus and produce a finished piece. Because it was not a so important spot I took some liberties interpreting the brief.  Used an online tutorial at Design Cuts to help with the ageing and grain effects.  

Two seasons

After--Alfred-Wierusz-Kowalski-Lone-Wolf

Frosty Morning 

Went back to the oils and finished off a copy I started back in November .  The other piece is me starting to practice some landscapes. Still a  long way to go.  Most of the oils you have seen in the past year or so are up for sale on Etsy

Alfreds

After  Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski Lone Wolf 

After Alfred Munnings STEPS FARM

As trailed I moved over to a flurry of oil painting.  I finished off a copy from the last stint of oils.  This one by  Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski .

The second one is a landscape by Alfred Munnings. Better known for his paintings of horses.  
Just noticed 2 Alfreds here - dont think that name is so common anymore. 

Lost out in the second round of  Bjornament .  Disappointed but there is a losers competition which I complete.  Theme is a creature of the sky.  

A walk in the woods

A walk in the woods 

Finished the entry of round 2 of Bjornament just in time.  Theme was a musical prompt from Justin Lassen .

I actually prefer the beast in the early WIP but It got away from me.  Next time....
  So there is a week to wait for judging and up against an accomplished adversary Sehf.
In the meantime I am switching back to mostly oil painting for the next few weeks with the hopes of producing a few decent pieces. 

Jumping

Jumping

Finally finished this one.  Was a real struggle as I tried to push the rendering.  This is Valeros from Pathfinder.  
Working on the 2nd round of Bjornament.  Because I wanted to finish the image above I had to delay until this week so just a few days to complete.  Had an idea of what I wanted to do so after afew thumbs I settled on this.  Most of what I want is there so hopefully it wont be quite the struggle the first entry was.  
I have done a few studies to help.  

Bjornament round 2 

Landscape study 15