Part of the way

Part of the way

Worked on this for one evening and for the last two weeks no progress.  I also have a digital piece that I have not yet finished.  The advantage of the digital is that it lends itself to working on it for short amounts of time over a long period which is great because I have not been able to get the extended periods of time that the oils really need. 

More mountains

More mountains

Another ink sketch.  Practicing landscapes from photos. 

Big Bugs

Big Bugs 

This is a reworking of an earlier piece -thinking about a book cover.  The challenge was to push it as far as I could. So I think it is one of the more polished pieces I have completed. Having got near the end there are things I would change but for this one it is enough. Next one will be more dynamic.  

Dinosaur sketch

I had planned to post another image but have not finished it as much as I would like so some more sketchbook stuff.   The  first image is a copy from a movie poster for Valley of Gwangi by Frank McCarthy. On the reverse of it I did another dinosaur using a different approach.  Didn't mange to hold onto the balanced proportions of the first.  

Anatomy of a band

Anatomy of a band

Noodling around with some old anatomy illustrations.

After Charles Leickert Winter Landscape with Skating Figures

After Charles Leickert Winter Landscape with Skating Figures

 Happy New Year to all.  Took advantage of the Christmas holidays to resurrect the oils.  Did a small copy (25 cm x 20 cm )of this painting image from sothebys.  Getting the detail in on such a small scale was a challenge.  It was nice to get back to oils. 

Portrait Study 30

On holidays over the Christmas.  Doing some studying.  Trying to be as economical as possible with strokes. 

First post of 2017.  Happy New Year folks. Lets see what this year brings!