Tuesday, December 13, 2011
painting
Labels:
Oil Painting
Monday, December 05, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
busy
I've been busy lately but for now here is a early stage of this painting.
Labels:
Oil Painting process
Friday, October 21, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
sketchbook #51
I like when my drawings have areas loose enough to look totally random.
But I hate to discover I am creasing my drawing in the scan preview.
But I hate to discover I am creasing my drawing in the scan preview.
Labels:
Drawing
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
the new me
I was thinking about how I would like to do a more complete picture instead of a simple portrait so I may build a story around this face. Stay tuned.
Bonus:
I had enough saved out files that I put together this handy animated gif for your viewing pleasure. You will notice that a lot of the drawing is done at the painting stage. I try to get as close as possible with the drawing and nail the general parameters but I really kind of sculpt it at the painting stages.
Monday, September 26, 2011
portrait
My pretty little neighbor. I just needed to get some painting in and this was the available reference.
Labels:
Digital Painting
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Coca Cola
A oil painting I did for a Coca Cola related event in Atlanta. If you are in that neighborhood you should be able to see it at the Mason Murer gallery this month.
Labels:
Oil Painting
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
fig. 53

Labels:
Figure Drawing
Monday, August 29, 2011
*fig. 52

This was a 2 hour drawing which unfortunately ended about 10 minutes earlier then I was pacing myself toward. So the lower legs aren't as polished as I would have liked. Again using Nu pastel and Conte but I got myself a medium gray shade of Nu pastel instead of the Bottle green or Cordovan I typically use. It is less workable, harder to erase but I like the look the Conte/Pastel transition is also smoother.
Labels:
Figure Drawing
Monday, August 22, 2011
these hands

A digital painting, for your enjoyment.
I did the drawing in a meeting. It is pretty typical of the style that comes out of my mind when I am bored with nothing other than a pencil and paper to entertain me.
Labels:
Illustration
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
fig. 51

Pay no attention to that dead fish hand on his stomach, it is accurate.
Labels:
Figure Drawing
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Monday, August 08, 2011
Figure drawing steps

Step #1-
Blocking in of the general shapes along with working out the spacing on the page and composition. Done with a Nu-pastel which is soft and easy to erase. I keep it light so mistakes are easy to fix. Measuring is important at this point. Get something on the paper that you can judge.
Step #2-
Still with the Nu-pastel I refine my shapes and work out the edges.
Step #3-
Once I feel like I'm close I go through and outline with Conte. Outline all the features and any hard edged shadows. I like this because the Conte is much harder and hard to erase so I can put in some heavy values and wipe with a paper towel and the line work will stay. Be very careful with small details like the eyes because like I said it is hard to erase if you are wrong, make sure you are right before you use the Conte.
Step #4-
So I've got the drawing lines, I go back to the Nu-pastel and color in all the shadows and the dark areas then wipe it down, go a little overboard with this. Next I come back with a kneaded eraser and start pulling out the light areas with a pink eraser available for the sharp clean edges. Then I return to adding darker values but more limited way and brighten the highlights as they get toned down.
Step #5-
Details. I've got a sharpened Conte piece that I use for the sharp tiny lines and places I really want to give strong darks.

Labels:
Drawing Process,
Figure Drawing
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Monday, August 01, 2011
Slayerette


Labels:
Digital Painting
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
fish in a barrel

Labels:
Illustration
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
figure #50

Labels:
Figure Drawing
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
fig.49

Unfortunately, I was all ready to get some step by steps but forgot my camera. It's hard to figure out why it works out some days, this came after a string of disasters. One thing I've found helps is to do some related drawing the evening before a figure drawing session.
Labels:
Figure Drawing
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Flower in oil

11"x14" Oil on board
You may remember this drawing from a couple months back. At the time I had another painting of her I was working on but it was fast turning into an epic failure, my friend Lash LeRoux suggested the drawing would work as a painting. So I gave up on the other and began again on a better foundation. I really pushed the colors and gave it more of an illustrative feel and I think it turned out very nicely. I've been searching for a way to use the feeling I get in my drawings across in oil with the majority of the rendering and detail in the face then letting it trail off in the less important bits. I like the background here, rough enough to see the board but subtle and complimentary IMO.
Labels:
Oil Painting
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Schools out


Labels:
Illustration
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Mucha kick

This is a drawing done from one of Mucha's photographs as is the drapery post.
Labels:
Drawing
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
robot

Also big thanks to Kevin Keele who helped with the ribbon drawing which is why the hair looks so good.
Labels:
Illustration
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
fig. 48

I committed to posting a step by step but haven't been able to get one together yet it will happen eventually though. Sorry.
Labels:
Figure Drawing
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Room with a view

below is the detail:

Labels:
Digital Painting
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Monday, May 02, 2011
figure 47

I read somewhere that practice with a focus on what you are learning as opposed to the results is a more effective method to improve. I think I have always been naturally inclined to work in this way which has left me with stacks of sketchbooks full of half finished drawings. It also has a downside as I look over my work now and find very few really good finished work to show for all my time. Oh well, I am typically happy just to create art.
Labels:
Figure Drawing
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
figure #46

Labels:
Figure Drawing
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Poker

Labels:
Illustration
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Dorthy

We've got a little boy coming in a couple months I hope he knows what is in for, high expectations, long hours, low pay.
Labels:
Drawing
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
more plagiarizing #4

I was just drawing with my usual mechanical pencil but thinking to really get anything close to those nice lines you need to be working with the edge of a stick of charcoal. This one was done that way and got a lot closer.
I start all my head drawings with a light circle, you can see it coming across her lower cheek, I usually erase anything noticeable.
Labels:
Drawing
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Character

Just like a disobedient little dog that wants to run around but in the end is happy to go home. I'm glad I found it and I suppose the experience adds character to the piece.
On a side note: My favorite art in the entire world is Alphonse Mucha's Slav Epic. I searched for years for good large digital copy's and finally found some here, also more great links here.
Labels:
Figure Drawing
Thursday, March 03, 2011
sketch 40

If your in the mood for some great art visit this new sight by my favorite artist around Doug Fryer.
Labels:
Drawing
Monday, January 31, 2011
sketch 39

I actually was having a really hard time getting the likeness, my wife said I was close but I didn't believe her. So I tried twice then got out the tracing paper(no, not to trace the photo) to use my handy tracing paper method. I assume I was getting closer but the next day I couldn't tell which was the most recent drawing. Anyway, once I got in there and darkened the eyes, which I typically wait to do because it is hard to erase if you miss, it looked good. I think I wasn't feeling the likeness because this little girl has big pretty dark eyes and it didn't feel right until they were there.
Labels:
Drawing
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
sketchbook #37

A couple posts down the drawing was done for a painting so its messy, this is done to look finished.
Labels:
Drawing
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