Thursday, November 28, 2013

Sketches 31

Sketches 31



Some more Avatar sketches. About 40 minutes in.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Spitpaints- fishing- red thunder - librarian

Fishing

Red thunder

Librarian
Some more spitpaints.  That red thunder -dear o dear. 

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Making Stuff

Making Stuff

After doing the Vermeer masters study I went about applying it.  Maybe a bit literal, but its done now.  Didn't want to spend too long on it.  Hopefully  some lessons have stuck.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

After Vermeer The Milkmaid


After Vermeer The Milkmaid

Master studies are the theme for the speedpaint group on DA.  This one is Vermeers.  Composition was great and lighting.  Surprised how much work was possible in the 2 hours I spent on this.    As ever master copies on the Web means that copies will shift in colour and light.    Concerns about this painting on the web are discussed here.   The copy I worked from was on the dark side when compared with this one.  On the plus side it meant a lot of detail was hidden which stopped me going in early to detail.  
Livestream is here.


Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Landing -landscapes


Landing

Had a go at some landscapes.   The top one I spent some time on- most of that revisiting portions of it again and again.  The ones below were more sketchy in approach. 




 The one above I knocked out in about 15 -30 minutes  and it remains  my favorite of the bunch.  What does that say?



Still Here

  A year since my last post here but that does not mean I have forgotten.  I stop by from time to time and this still remains the most compr...