Thursday, August 4, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Were My Soul A Sea
Oil
I think this is my all time favorite of all my paintings. I want to make it part of a series, if I can recapture the style I used for this one. It is from one of my old oil painting class. I'll post more from then someday.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Lady of the Forest Underpainting
Here is the under painting I mentioned before. Titanium white and brown oxide oil paints.
This painting was one of those duh moments where I learned something huge. I went to my teacher for criticism and I was saying there's something wrong about this-maybe the eyes?- I just don't know. My teacher took a look at what I had (it was at an earlier point than this) and he said "Oh well she has no eye-lids." and he just did a stroke of white paint for each eyelid. "Now she is a supermodel." And he was right.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Small Oil
Oil
This started as an in-class assignment for an imaginary book cover. The title we had to illustrate was 'Lady of the Forest'. I wish I had just left it as the under painting in the translucent brown, because it really looked quite striking then. I will see if I still have the picture from then. However this version is growing on me.
I'm planning on neutralizing the bright green leaves and maybe adding a wash to the shadows to make them slightly less rust colored but still hold onto that neat translucent effect. This is on hold for now.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
But a Breath
Acrylic
This started as a study of the back. I've redone it at least four times but I'd still like it to be better. I wish I'd started with one whole reference. Because I used many different references (including losing my original references and finding new ones half way through) for both the head and the back, I believe those are a bit disconnected. I plan to do another from one single reference.
Marko
Acrylic
This is from an old photo of my father. I like to paint with exaggerated and/or unlikely skin colors. There are a few spots that gained some digital artifact and pixelation from the camera or the color correcting I did in Photoshop. This is still a WIP.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Another White on Black Still Life
White conte crayon on black poster paper
This still life was done in class. I loved how that kettle reflected the light.
White on Black
White conte crayon on black poster paper
This still life is of a few items that I've always loved the shape or look of. The sculpture belongs to my mother and I wish I knew who the artist was. I believe the harmonica was my great grandfather's.
Again I'm limited by my skill (or lack of skill) with a digital camera. Someday I will find out where the school keeps it's large scanners.
I have a few drawings I like from my last drawing class that I'll start posting. At least until I have more digital stuff.
This is a self portrait. No, I wasn't pouting, my neck was just hurting from the angle I had to hold my head for this nice 3/4 view. Great to know what you look like when you're concentrating, right?
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Another Still Life
I may have warped this with the angle I took the picture, but I tried to fix it in Photoshop. Anyone who wants to advise me on better methods of imaging my paintings that don't involve expensive print shop visits or buying a huge scanner, please advise me. ;)
Old WIP
Acrylic
A still life of an apple and an onion. I had a habit of being stingy with my paint. In fact I still have to remind myself to use more than my first instinct tells me to.
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