Back to basics Human Head 5

Back to basics Human Head 5

Still more studies.  Moved over to Loomis 'Drawing the Head and Hands' for a bit of variety.  Hands to follow.  Want to practice more heads for now.  

Portrait Study 16

Portrait Study 16

Another photo ref study.

Portrait Study 15

Portrait Study 15

Another study from an Alfred Palmer photo. The reference is here. 

Portrait Study 14

Portrait Study 14

Keeping the studies going.  Trying to apply the lessons. About 2 hours.

Back to basics- Human Head 4

  Back to basics- Human Head 4

Still working on those noggins .

Portrait Study 12

Portrait Study 12

 Another portrait study.  Trying to get some practice applying the lessons. Alfred Palmer photo as reference here.

Back to basics- Human Head 3

Back to basics- Human Head 3

Still studying.  Besides the technical details to get right  but trying to emulate Hogarths rendering is sobering.   

Portrait Study 11

Portrait Study 11

Practicing portraits.  Still just working in value.

Portrait Study 10

Portrait Study 10

Kept this one to just values to get into the swing of things.  The reference is here.

Back to basics- Human Head 2

Back to basics- Human Head 2

Keeping the studies going. Started here.

Portrait Study 13

Portrait Study 13

Back to basics- Human Head 1

This is the start of a period of study for now focusing on faces.  I am using Burne Hogarth - Drawing the Human head as study aid and I will complete some portrait studies- moving on to traditional media.  So here is the first installment. 

Shipyard at the Edge

Shipyard at the Edge

 Worked on this one for a while.  Started off with a figure and then dropped in the environment.  Had some fun with the textures which I think is a first for me. Dropped some photo textures but these got painted out as the work progressed. 

Clouds Study Speedpaint

Clouds Study Speedpaint

A speedpaint cloud study.  The reference is from here.
Took about 1 hour.  The process is on livestream. 

Landscape White mountains

Landscape White mountains

Having recently done a series of landscape studies this was painted to apply some of the knowledge.  Tried to limit the pallet.  some of the progress steps are below. 

Prehistoric superhero spitpaint

Prehistoric superhero

Spitpaint of a prehistoric superhero.  I just want to make clear that this image did not use photo textures and was completed in less than 30 minutes - hard to believe I know.

Lightning Speedpaint Study

Lightning Study

A lightening speedpaint study.  This one took under 1 hour.  The whole thing captured on Livestream.
Brushes should not matter but in this case I made full use of a cloud brush which did a lot of the heavy lifting on this piece.  Lightening was fiddly.  Reference was from here.

Room to be

Room to be

I spent a ridiculously long time messing around with this considering how rough it still looks.  In truth it is still some where in sketch limbo but I have ran out of steam on this one.  Will try again. 

Interior Study 4 -Abandoned Factory

Interior Study 4- Abandoned Factory

Another interior study of an abandoned cement factory .  The reference was from here. 

Interior Study 3 - Villa HEIL

Interior Study 3  - Villa HEIL

Another round of interior studies.  This one is of a photo is by CyrnicUrbex.  
 

Home Sweet Home

Staying with the landscape work went for another applied piece.  Had some time to spent on this one.  Started off rough but I kept working on it to push it a bit further.

 

After Ivan Shishkin - Brook in Birch Forest

After Ivan Shishkin - Brook in Birch Forest

Another landscape study After Ivan Shishkin - Brook in Birch Forest.  Spent about 2 hours on this.