Canada landscape Digital Speedpaint Practice

Digital Painting from photo 2-3 h in Photoshop.

Green peppers Watercolour pencils

I have been trying out some watercolour pencils with varying results.  This one of the first attempts.  It is of peppers which I completed about 6 months ago.  I went for saturation but maybe something subtler may have been more effective.  The pencils are great though. 

Speed paint

Speed paint 90 min in Photoshop from photo.

Visualising Data

One of the biggest difficulties I think people have had understanding the economic story that has developed in Ireland in the past 2 years are the scale of numbers.  I heard recently about a solution a designer, David McCandless, had created a solution for getting that kind of information across in a glance.  

The Billion Pound -O-Gram is it

Digital Painting - Animals

When painting in Photoshop one of the big challenges is to use textures. Among the most challenging is creating fur effects. I have practiced this a few times. Sometimes going for the full on cute factor. 

Tomos Moped Oil Painting

I have been really bogged down with work since the holidays and have not had time to do as much art work as I would wish.  I really want to get a big project going but have not had the time.  Frustrating - but I got to eat and pay my dues to the Irish Government so they can pay the poor bankers.  
Anyway during the last break when I got to paint I wanted to do something different . I chose my Tomos Targa moped as though I really am fond of it but I will most likely have to part with it in my next move.  In advance of this I though it would make a good subject.  It is an oil on canvas, 16 x 20".  It took about 20 hours to complete.

Other oil paintings

Over the wall

Plough horses
Ben Bulben