Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Soldiers Study

Soldiers Study




Trying out some different approaches. About 3 hours.  The reference was from Wikimedia.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Portrait Tips





Came across this video a short while back.  It talks about taking good photographic portraiture but the principles hold true for any portrait work. The critiques are great.  Joe McNallys site is here.

Friday, July 26, 2013

Sketches 26


Sketches 26



  Trying to pick this activity back up again - installment 26 with a little gesture time thrown in. 

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Portrait Study 9

 
Portrait Study 9



Have not done any portrait practice for a while.  This one was happened by chance as I just chose  a random file  option on  Wikimedia

File:NRCSHI97005 - Hawaii (2159)(NRCS Photo Gallery).jpg

Monday, July 22, 2013

Baroque Sofa Study

Baroque Sofa Study


Thought I had got the last of these posted but no -one was still lurking.  A study from the speedpaint study group on DA.   Reference from two-ladies-stocks.   

I am fortunate to have 2 monitors to work from.  I usually put ref on 1 and work from the other.   A continuing issue that I kind of ignored was that they were not matched for colour and brightness.  I started Livestreaming and the default monitor for their software is the second monitor.  This has forced me to eventually try and balance them both as best I can.  The reason I mention this is that this was started on Livestream and was a much darker image when I compared to the ref.  I spent some time trying to correct it so this did go over the 2 hours. 

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Sligo Courthouse Study

Sligo Courthouse
Sligo Courthouse


A study of a Sligo courthouse  photograph taken probably in the 1900s.  The building remains as a courthouse and the police station remains across the road as it seems was the case back then judging by the figure in the foreground.  More information about the building is here

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Interior 2




Interior 2



As promised did a longer attempt at an interior. These are hard but I am sure they are good practice. 

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...