Saturday, January 14, 2012

Lawrie Williamson


 Long Bar Dogs    Lawrie Williamson


Lawrie Williamson is an artist I came upon while randomly searching for something else.  The subject matter for most of the most recent work available is  of flat capped men in pubs and outdoors with dogs and other animals.  The treatment of these subjects is what lends theses images their life.  The medium of oil appears to be applied in washes and the light dances around the image picking out just enough detail.  Check them out.



Saturday, January 7, 2012

ARKHIPOV Abram, Ice passed - Masters Study 1




After Arkhipov - The Ice Has Passed Photoshop Study
 This is a Photoshop study I completed of a Arkhipovs Ice passed.

 


Arkhipov -The Ice Has Passed  (1895)
The  reference was downloaded from the site 200 Russian Painters

I wanted to do a study to improve my brushwork and have a painterly look.  I used just 2 brushes in this.  I had originally planned to do it all with one.  All the figures were completed with one and when it came to the landscape I reverted to a hard round brush for some areas.  It took me about 8 hours over 3 sessions. 
 I chose this painting as it has great light. I don't get to see very much of this kind of light where I live and especially this time of year.
I really enjoyed doing this and I will definitely return to do some more. 
 

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Swamp Elder - Final

Following on from the previous post  I went away and reworked the swamp elder piece. 






I addressed the creature by designing a alligator / human.  I probably should have pushed this design further but anyway.  I put in some light to add some focus.  I added some eggs just to give it more narrative.  So that's it.  That's all I am going to do on this one.  Lessons learned, will move on to the next challenge 'Gauntlet'.  No doubht will learn a whole lot of lessons there too...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Swamp Elder Submission

alligator in swamp
Swamp Elder


After completing the studies I went ahead and put this image together.  I went for a pool with some ruins and misty background.  As for the elder it was a total cop out.  I did not go further and design a beast of any description but simply rendered out an alligator of sorts. About 6-8 hours work.  
This is what I submitted for the challenge

When I looked at it again in the cold light of day I thought not a great result and I should have pushed further.  Sooooo I took this image and reworked it some more. 

Big Bear Game Art

  I started creating a series of promotional art for a ficticious game.  This was to practice going through the design process.  I have foun...