Saturday, May 15, 2010
Elopement Oil Painting WIP
Getting some good headway into an oil painting of the Elopement.
This is being painted in my studio at School 33, which I love. I've been too busy to spend all the time there I want, but it's been great. I'll post some more photos of the space soon.
I'm enjoying doing digital sketches that I then take into traditional medium. It allows me the ability to test things out quickly and make drastic changes.
Ultimately, though, I still love oil and watercolor. They have a quality digital can't reach, though it has its own unique characteristics. It's not just the texture quality or anything like that - those things can be simulated, digitally. It's the reality of it, the weight of a canvas, the object made by human hands that you can live with. Traditional media breathes.
I'll post more as it nears the finish.
This is being painted in my studio at School 33, which I love. I've been too busy to spend all the time there I want, but it's been great. I'll post some more photos of the space soon.
I'm enjoying doing digital sketches that I then take into traditional medium. It allows me the ability to test things out quickly and make drastic changes.
Ultimately, though, I still love oil and watercolor. They have a quality digital can't reach, though it has its own unique characteristics. It's not just the texture quality or anything like that - those things can be simulated, digitally. It's the reality of it, the weight of a canvas, the object made by human hands that you can live with. Traditional media breathes.
I'll post more as it nears the finish.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Some portrait studies
I've been doing these about once every couple of days to keep myself busy when I don't have time to plunge myself into one of my larger projects going on right now. Some are of friends, some are just from photos I found and were drawn to. Not all end up great, either, but that's not their point.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tree WIP
Not pleased with this one completely. It's an idea for a wedding present for an old friend. It kinda became a mess. I'm moving on, though.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Sketchbook pages
Haven't had much time for personal work lately, so I've been sketching a lot inbetween work for Big Huge.
Here are some of the better pages.
Here are some of the better pages.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Time Team Illustrations
These are getting older but I've never posted them and it's high time.
Time Team America is the PBS show I was the host/narrator for and did illustrations for.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/timeteam/
Basically, the show follows around a team of archaeologists and my job was to ask them questions and draw what life might have been like.
These are a few of the better drawings from that group. Looking now, there's so much I would do to try and improve on, but it was an incredible time of learning. The time working on the first season of Time Team really pushed me to make myself a better artist, so these are important to me. They also remind me of a really amazing experience and some truly wonderful people and places.
Time Team America is the PBS show I was the host/narrator for and did illustrations for.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/timeteam/
Basically, the show follows around a team of archaeologists and my job was to ask them questions and draw what life might have been like.
These are a few of the better drawings from that group. Looking now, there's so much I would do to try and improve on, but it was an incredible time of learning. The time working on the first season of Time Team really pushed me to make myself a better artist, so these are important to me. They also remind me of a really amazing experience and some truly wonderful people and places.
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