Its a bit wet |
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.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Its a bit wet
Monday, December 7, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
After Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier-Gouache
This was a study to practice using gouache. Meissonier was known for his detail work so this was a good one to practice with. I drew the image out in pencil then went in with the paint. It was painted over a sessions.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Character sketches 7
Still a few of these to go but I will start mixing it up with some environments. Have no written much the past few posts. That was down to my keyboard- the space bar stopped working and I was using the on screen keyboard to drop in the spaces. Brand new shiny rig now. Anyway I stuck with this exercise because it forces me to work in lines and figure out details before painting. Something I would not have usually chosen to do but I can see the advantages and it definitely speeds things up.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Monday, November 9, 2015
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Ink Sketch 1
Ink Sketch 1 |
Did not feel right to let inktober pass without making an effort. The dogs were done with a pen. The sketch of the boy is a study of at school doors by Nikolay Bogdanov Belsky and was done with a brush pen. More to follow.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
Sketches 33
Sketches 33 |
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Monday, September 7, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Monday, August 24, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Portrait study 28
Portrait study 28 |
Some more practice. Did these a while ago. The reference was from pixellovely. I did them just before the site went down - a result of an attack. Glad to see site is back up. I think these were from a 2 hour class.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Monday, August 3, 2015
Study Gouache After Carl Hagg
Study Gouache After Carl Hagg |
Trying something different.
James Gurney has been running a series of articles on his blog about gouache. As part of that series he launched a competition to paint a gas station using black and white gouache. I bought the paint but missed that deadline. I haven't used gouache before or watercolour so I thought I might study first before trying something more challenging.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Servant and Master
Servant and Master |
When I started trying to practice more seriously resources to help were numerous - folks had started livesteaming, Conceptart.org was a buzzing place. Seemed like there were lots of people learning together. Over the past few years it has got a lot more fractured and harder to get that constant nag to work and get better. There are still lots of resources - free and to pay for but it feels like you have to pick your was through things to find whats useful at the right time.
Someone who was active getting better backwhen I started and has reappeared streaming is John Silva- you can catch him streaming on twitch.
I was listening to his stream when I started noodling with this. He gave some advice to someone he was critiquing - keep your values close. That was what I tried to do here. Thanks John.
Monday, July 20, 2015
Monday, July 13, 2015
Friday, July 10, 2015
Monday, July 6, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
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...
-
Écorché of a horse Écorché de cheval This is a copy of a muscle study of a horse. The study I found here . I am going to tak...
-
Roman Soldier Study Following hot on the heels of the armour study did this photo study. A Roman Soldier. This was a bit ...
-
House Render Back to 2D and Photoshop. I wanted to try and get as close as I could to watercolour render. This was based off a goo...