A diary of my adventures in art from painting to 3D animation. I have added work over 10 years so it has become a record of my changing abilities and interests. Contact me if you have any questions.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Art for Alexandra - Update
Great news the auction Art for Alexandra raised over 60,000 euro. This should allow Alexandra to be fitted with a prosthesis which will allow her to continue painting. A report of the auction here.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Belleek Forest Sunlight in Autumn Oil Painting
Belleek Forest Sunlight in Autumn |
As I mentioned earlier I was working on a painting and finished it at the weekend. I was on holidays a few weeks ago and was walking my sisters dog in the local woods. I brought my camera to get some photos with some good brown leafyness. I did take a lot of those kinds of pics but just as I was leaving I turned and took just 2 shots of this scene. I thought it might end up being blown out - facing the sun but this was the one I selected to do some painting practice with.
The canvas I had was a 20 x 20 cm canvas. Faced the same issue I had with my last painting. A landscape image on a square canvas. On this one I dropped the detail at the sides.
I drew the image on the canvas using a hard pencil then went to work blocking in the major shapes then left to dry overnight.
Followed on by working on the foreground then left to dry overnight.
The next day another few hours on the canopy.
It was fun. Most disappointing element were the tree trunks. Should have worked on them earlier. Next time...
Monday, November 28, 2011
Mikado biscuit study in Photoshop
Mikado Biscuit |
Another Photoshop study. Another biscuit. This one was definitely less successful than the red pepper 2. The colour is not so good and I wanted to get better texture. Took about 2 hours. By the way this is a Mikado biscuit - pink marshmallow, jam in the center and covered with coconut sprinkles. Anyway onwards and upwards. |
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