There's a group on flickr that posts a photo to use as reference for you to paint. The 1st one was a photo of Michelle Obama, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I did this pretty quickly, so I like the loosness of it. I don't know how much it really looks like her, but i still like it, either way! ; )
watercolor and ink in my hand*book journal.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Pin-Up Study #15
Mixed Media in my Pin-Up Moleskine. I got a little grungier with the background on this one, and I really like how that came out! I'd like a little bit more realism in the facial features, but i rather like this loose style. These little studies are really helping me learn the human figure and helping me figure out a painting style.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wine & Cheese
Decided to paint my lunch today....I've seen so many cool journal pages about food that inspire me, I thought i'd try my hand at it.
Swan
page 3....one of the lovely swans. They move around a lot, so it was bit tricky to catch this one, but i do like the looseness of the sketch! For a 1st timer to sketching "live" i learned a lot, and I am completely hooked. I will still take my photographs to use for reference for some other artwork, but I will definitely be a sketcher outdoors from now on! I probably would have sketched over by this lake a little longer, but this really hateful little goose kept running and snapping at everyone out there. He did that last time, too. He's like a crotchety hateful old man...stupid goose! I have photos of him...he will get a full spread at some point, but maybe not from life....i don't want that mean thing to bite me. LOL!
City Park, NOLA
City Park, NOLA
Lord and Taylor Rose Garden
page 2 of the "New Orleans" journal. This is my 1st journal where i have actually sketched and painted on site.
The rose garden is really amazing. 2 fountains in the path, and then another hige fountain and statue off to the side. The amount of different roses is really astounding! And the colors.....breathtaking, to say the least!
City Park Botanical Gardens, NOLA
The rose garden is really amazing. 2 fountains in the path, and then another hige fountain and statue off to the side. The amount of different roses is really astounding! And the colors.....breathtaking, to say the least!
City Park Botanical Gardens, NOLA
Covered Walkway
page 1 of the new "New Orleans" journal I started today. This is my 1st journal where I have actually sketched and painted on site, so i really enjoyed my day!
City Park Botanical Gardens, NOLA
City Park Botanical Gardens, NOLA
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Ceramic Palette
i almost got all the shadows right to make it look like it has depth, so i'm pretty stoked about that, because the shadows were a lot harder to paint than expected. this is my fave-o gouache ceramic palette....awesome Talen's gold in the center, with some Daler-Rowney, W&N, and M. Graham pinks, oranges and reds all around. i need to get another one for my blues greens and purples i guess. this is my nifty little square hand*book journal....maybe my favorite one....maybe
Friday, April 17, 2009
Take Flight...
i'll probably add some sort of quote to this later, but for now i can't decide which one. i also like it for a possible tattoo design...hmmmm....
watercolor, gouache and ink in my hand*book journal
watercolor, gouache and ink in my hand*book journal
Monday, April 13, 2009
Pin-Up Study #14-Peter Driben
i went back to pencil for this one...wasn't quite sure if i could pull off that cute little wink in straight pen-not yet anyway! ; )
I love these Moleskines, however, the watercolor does bleed through, which it does not do in my hand*book journals, so that'll be a thought for my next one. I haven't tried out the watercolor Moleskines with any regularity yet, so that may be an option over the sketchbook. The pantyhose looked like a much warmer toned black in the book, so i'm thinking i should have mixed some umber watercolor in with the black? hmmm... haven't quite grasped the warms and cools of watercolors yet, or how much lighter they dry...but i am learning, so it's all a matter of time.
I love these Moleskines, however, the watercolor does bleed through, which it does not do in my hand*book journals, so that'll be a thought for my next one. I haven't tried out the watercolor Moleskines with any regularity yet, so that may be an option over the sketchbook. The pantyhose looked like a much warmer toned black in the book, so i'm thinking i should have mixed some umber watercolor in with the black? hmmm... haven't quite grasped the warms and cools of watercolors yet, or how much lighter they dry...but i am learning, so it's all a matter of time.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Pin-Up Study 13(a & b)
The Smith's sang a song called "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" ...well, some pages are better than others. but you have to make a lot of junk to learn how to make something good, so i don't mind my junk pages. (too much)
this is 2 attempts at drawing the same picture in pen...realllyyy missing my pencil and ERASER! ; ) but , indeed there are bits on each that i like, and i see where the big mistakes are, so i learned, and that's what counts.
the good thing about messing up is that you can just let go completely and try things you wouldn't normally, since "it's already messed up anywho", and then sometimes your boo-boo, no matter how badly misproportioned, still makes you say "cool!" ; )
this is 2 attempts at drawing the same picture in pen...realllyyy missing my pencil and ERASER! ; ) but , indeed there are bits on each that i like, and i see where the big mistakes are, so i learned, and that's what counts.
the good thing about messing up is that you can just let go completely and try things you wouldn't normally, since "it's already messed up anywho", and then sometimes your boo-boo, no matter how badly misproportioned, still makes you say "cool!" ; )
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