Clean Up

Clean Up

 A change from all the environment stuff I have being doing of late.  Started out as just a character but then decided to add in a machine of sorts.  Took me quite a while and I suppose it could be cleaner but hopefully will take lessons and apply in the next piece. 

Gate 2

Gate 2

  Just fooling around trying some stuff.

Portrait study 22

Portrait study 22

Portrait study 22

Did some portrait studies.  Started these off with a different approach starting off trying to identify the planes. 

Building B

Building B

Started out as a doodle.  

Belleek woods 2

 

Belleek woods 2

I had time to do some more involved work.  Did a similar forest scene way back in 2011.  This one is smaller 12" x 10".  Cant believe it has been so long since I tried the same subject in oils.  From what I remember this one was a bit faster to work on.  It still needs a bit of attention but that will be done at a more leisurely pace.

Launch

Launch

Something completely different.  Started out as a doodle and I revisited to try some effects and filters.

After Hubert Robert - View of the Port of Ripetta in Rome

After Hubert Robert  - View of the Port of Ripetta in Rome

 Stumbled across this artist Hubert Robert by chance.  What struck me about the compositions was the use of theatrical lighting. The work is a cappricio, an amalgam of multiple views juxtapositioned to make an appealing composition but not reflecting their true geographical location.  When taking such liberties with the subject matter it makes sense to throw out the lighting rules and go for theatrical lighting.  A greater treatise on this piece can be found here. 

Farmhouse

Farmhouse

Worked on this and a few other pieces at the same time which I think helped a bit.  Returning to each with a fresh eye.  This was an exercise in keeping the pallet to a few colours.

Building A

Building A

Working on this for a while.  Progress was not helped when I lost some progress by failing to save.  It all worked out for the best I think because I changed the foreground.  Anyway this was more a learning piece.  

Council meeting Spitpaint

Council meeting Spitpaint

Haven't done a spitpaint in a while.

Self Portrait oils

Self Portrait oils

Did this one as after a burst of doing portrait practice.  Looking very serious.  Entered it in the portrait artist competition run by Sky.  That was used more as a target to spur on the practice and deliver something at the end.  Sky got back with confirmation that I was not successful (no surprise). What they did was send a garbled message to me and about 400 other entrants. I know this because the email addresses were visible to all. What followed was a brief attempt be some of the recipients to get an impromptu show together.  That petered out into a hail of emails from peeps asking to be removed from the list.  The production company  was Storyvault Films. 

Skirmish-2

Skirmish

 Worked on this original doodle.  I was going to abandon it at the point below but pushed on to some sort of finish.  Seems like  I was working on this forever as I don't have a lot of time to paint at the moment.

Digger 1

Digger

Practicing oils.  Really need the practice.  This is about 12"x10" on canvas.  Took about 4-5 hours over 3 sessions. 

Encounter

Encounter

Started off as a doodle.  Not best pleased with it but anyway.

Still Life Speedpaint 2

Still Life Speedpaint 2

A still life speedpaint study inspired by the deviant Art group.  They had some photo refs but as it was still life I worked from real life.  Working from life is different to working from photos. Didn't take a photo of the set up on the day so there are differences between photo and study.  Yip my dog photo bombed.

Portrait 9

Portrait 9

 

 

 

This portrait from imagination for practice.  Haven't had a chance to do much study of late so what will be posted over the next few days is an eclectic mix of stuff.  A lot of it produced when I was fairly tired. 

Portrait Study 21

Portrait Study 21

Another study done in oils 12 x 10".  Still struggling with these. 

Portrait Study 20

Portrait Study 20

Yip As promised I moved back to oils for practice.  This was done in about 2-3 hours. 10 x 12 " or so.   This is one of those times where I realised I was more proficient working in digital than traditional. Hadn't worked any oils since Christmas.  Anyway a few more of these to come.

Portrait Study 19

Portrait Study 19

Last one of these for a while.  Che Guevara.  Going to switch over to traditional media next.

Portrait Study 18

Portrait Study 18

A portrait of Erwin Schrodinger. A physicist most famous for his cat.  The reference is here. 

Portrait Study 17

Portrait Study 17

A screen capure study for a change. 

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.