Loose Sketches

I love my son

This was for a school project for my son that is in a 2 day pre-school program. When signing him up, I never thought I would be doing homework :) Any how, this was fun.

Quick Practice

 This was a 30 minute painting. Not sure what it is yet. I was testing several things here. 1) Cleaning with the Lasso Tool. 2) Add more depth by adjusting the values in the foreground. 3) Try hard to not undo, and paint with brush set at 70% transparency majority of the time. I actually enjoyed #3 there was a little fear about messing up but then you realize, "it's okay to fix it and not to be super perfect", which I can't be even if I try.

For a Friend Finished

Finally completed this piece for a friend of mine. It was a lot of fun to work on and I've learned a lot about the approach, researching and planning. The biggest takeaway I have for this project would be to put more thought in the subject you are painting. Where is the location, what happened in the scene, what time of day is it? What is the mood I want to invoke? The more you can think that you are painting an actual place, or scene, the easier it is to find references and add content that helps sale the piece. Once I started understanding what was taking place, my visual memory kicked in and my confidence started to build. I still needed to be mindful of perspective and lighting but I use a lot of my artist license because at the end of the day, this was intended to be a fun piece.

WIP For a Friend

I made some updates by separating foreground, middle ground, and background. I also adjusted the composition to tell a better story.

WIP For a Friend

Still working on it. I changed the vanishing point a little to better tell the story. I like where this is going and I can't wait to add details and color.

WIP For a Friend

Sorry I've been MIA for a while, but here's a work in progress. I'm not sure about the time of day though.

Value Painting

I recently heard a good practice for understanding how color, & light work together is to paint using  only values. The most challenging part was do this without "undoing" any mistakes in Photoshop, embracing these so-called "happy accidents". I must say, extremely frustrating but after mistake 100,039 I liked the way these came out.

Perspective drawings

More practice with perspectives

Keep Learning

So it's been a long time since my last post. Life has been a little hectic and with the new year now in effect I started thinking about where I would like to be as an artist. After some soul searching and honest self evaluation I starting going back to the basics. In my recent studies I realize that being great at any craft is really understanding the basics, and talent is knowing how to use them in communicating your idea. With that said here's a perspective drawing I did in 1 point perspective. My goal is to be better by understanding how the environment works.