Inktober week 1

Rock

Broken

Lost

Hidden

Sad

Hungry

Collect

Noisy

Fast

First time trying inktober in a serious way.  Started out using my usual sketchy approach.  I decided to change it to a cleaner method.  One because I wanted to try something different and clean lines are definitely not what I go for. The other reason was because I wanted to have something that I would have a chance of maintaining for the month. The other doodles take about 15- 20 minutes which is achievable for me - I hope. 

Going Home

Going Home

Attempted this kind of approach before.  Still haven't cracked it but started to resolve some stuff. Into inktober and am trying to do something everyday.  

The arrival of spring, After Stepan Kolesnikoff

The arrival of spring, After Stepan Kolesnikoff 

A little early for Spring but a quick landscape study of a work by  Stepan Kolesnikoff .  Had an interesting palette.  

After

After

This one went very fast at the beginning then stalled.  I think that if I had kept the momentum it would have turned out better. It could still do with polishing but also some pose work. 

Spikey

Spikey

Trying out some different techniques to try and polish pieces a bit more.  

After French School, 19th Century Sketch of a Man in Armor

After French School, 19th Century | Sketch of a Man in Armor

I registered with Sotheby's  auction site a while back.  Not as a buyer but to browse the works that have remained in private hands but surface from time to time when changing hands.  This is a study of one such work.  

Angel

Angel

Started as a doodle but changed things my starting with colour and went from there. This developed a lot faster than any of the more recent pieces.   A bit nonsensical but that's not what this was about.  

Mud

Mud

This one I worked on - on and off for the last 3 weeks.  It started off great - lot of enthusiasm but I did not work on it for long enough at the start and it turned into a slog .  Caught glimpses of what I wanted and then I worked on it some more and it disappeared.  Time to move on. 

Hello

Hello

Still working through some other tuff at the moment so not able to put the same effort into my practice as I would like but still doing sketches and doodles. 

Dont Know

Dont Know

Not much time this week. Started a new piece but it still is in early stages so this is a doodle instead.  Normal service will resume soon.  

Forest Hunter

Have been working on this for over 3 weeks in between other images.  It has probably benefited from me returning to it several times with fresh eyes.  It was done as a challenge and in some ways a success but as I wrap it up I am seeing some poorer points.  Going to call it done and carry the learning forward.

Danger Suit

Danger Suit 

A doodle and trying out some different Photoshop things led to this. 

Sketches 34

Sketches 34

Still working on a more involved piece of work. Not because it is very intricate but because I have had to focus elsewhere.  Here are some random sketches I have been doing alongside- mostly to relax.  

Forest speedpaint

I was working on another illustration but still have a ways to go.  This is a speedpaint I did of a forest landscape study from photo.  Took about 90 minutes.

After Thomas Moran - Cliffs of Green River

A masters study - After Thomas Moran Cliffs of Green River.  Don't think James Gurney would be too happy but anyway don't believe there is any chance this could be mistaken for an original .  Some landscape practice for me.  Done in gouache and I still haven't figured out how to achieve the luminosity that exists in the original.   Dare I do another ? 

Dock

Dock

Played around with some images layers and textures for this one.  Could have ended up detailing this forever but time to move on.  

Wolf

Wolf

Sorry I missed the post last week.   I was away and because of that the productivity was down for last week. So a simple wolf.    

Landing

Landing

This is a picture of two halves.  The background which came to together very quickly and easily And the foreground which is a bit of a mess.  I put this down to not having a clear plan on what I needed to do.  In any case I am calling it done and will carry the lessons learned forward. 

Character Sketches 8

Character Sketches 8

 Did Not start a big piece this week.  Instead just played around with characters and styles and approaches. 

In the image above the lady is a study of a model from this site  Dorgmal Snow   http://www.1-6th.co.uk/.  The pose was what was interesting but the design is really nice too.  The same for the axe guy which is a sculpt from http://pintordeminiaturas.com/.  

Riders

Riders

Tried to do something more complicated in terms of composition here. As ever whenever I try something way outside the comfort zone there is lots to be learned.  This one went at a very fast pace initially but slowed way down with detailing and fiddling with the rocks.