Self-Portrait in Oil

18 by 24 inches in oil

Screen Prints

So I decided to turn the drawing I did into a print. Two different color versions with an edition of 20 each.

Figures

1 minute gestures


90 min.


90 min.


60 min.


2 hours


2 hours

Figures

20 min.


20 min.


20 and 40 min.


20 min.

New Drawing

I'm not sure what will become of this drawing I did today, maybe I'll screen print a shirt from it.

More Figures

Blind countour


semi-blind contour


15 min.

Figure Drawings from Class

2 min.


Skeleton Structure Study


5-10 min.


5-10 min.

Small Painting

This small experiment was done on 300 lb. watercolor paper, the size is 3.5 by 5 inches. I've been experimenting with my materials to see what happens when there is no actual final image I need to complete. Some interesting textures happened by accident which would work great in future paintings. Most likely there will be more of these to come as I've cut five other pieces of paper this size and it's loads of fun.

observation

two observational studies done in acrylic for the tree and pen for the sunflower

Heat

Another combo using acrylics and digital.

Study for Backdrop

Finished painting this quick study I did today for the larger 8 by 4 foot painting that I'll be doing within the next couple of weeks for a marionette show. The right side of the painting will have a house that opens up to reveal an inside room. But will be done as a separate project. Also a moon will be lowered in the spot where the clouds open up.

Final Figures

This will be the last of the figures until September when the sessions start up again.

Custom Sketchbook

Last week I got a request to make a custom sketchbook with an ocean/beach theme for the cover image. I decided to paint a mixture of plants and creatures that are found in the ocean. Instead of screen printing an image onto the cover I decided to paint this one, mainly because I didn't want to go through the process of burning a screen just for one use. I also took this opportunity as practice to experiment with my painting technique. Enjoy!

Figure Friday

Figure painting from this Friday, acrylic on paper, 18 by 24 inches





These figure studies were from last Friday, acrylic on paper, 20 min each, 11 by 15 inches

Experimentationnnn!

Experimento numero uno is finished and this is what came out. I was looking at a certain artist, I'm sure you illustrators know who, to learn specific techniques. Learned a good amount of photoshop tools and utilizing layers to alter my original painting. A very useful process came out of this illustration, almost like reverse engineering. I'm quite satisfied with the process of learning how to mix digital and traditional media. Haven't printed out a copy yet to see if the colors came out correctly. I'm crossing my fingers they did, otherwise I'll have to learn how to adjust colors on-screen and guesstimate how they'll print.
Comments please, and don't hesitate if need be to tear me a new one!
Good critique, bad critique, it's all usefull feedback for future experiments.
Hasta luego amigos y muchachas.