Volunteered to do a live painting at Coopers Sunday Green today. Was pretty fun, and motivation to solidly paint for a few hours. This piece went from concept to ‘completion’ (although I need to fix it up in parts – especially the hands) in about 4 or 5 hours, including a digital mockup.
Made a bit of progress of the Earth Deity artwork. It’s deviating from the digital mockup a bit. I think I need more mark-making utensils…
Went sketching at the Museum of WA today. Started the day with a great local artist, Jenna Downing, in the ‘regular animal’ section. I’m sure she’ll post her sketches up soon, and they’re epicgood. She’s much better with a pencil and pad than I am – she actually renders details! ha, I was busy trying to cross-reference with my sweet little animal anatomy book that arrived yesterday. It’s not as lame as it looks on the cover though, it actually has bone/muscle structures and comparisons.
Anyway, I continued drawing after lunch with JessieBessieSipes in the Dinosaurs exhibit. This was a little tougher since they were all animatronic and moved around. Especially the triceratops – That thing looked like it desparately needed a bathroom.
More oil painting action. Started the Earth Deity painting on an acrylic underpaint. Blocking in some shape out in my studio (backyard).
And more work on the Psychopomp.
I didn’t mean to spray drips on the left side, or by the hand… Had too much turps.
It’s getting close to ‘done’ though. The skin parts and hair are done, just clothing, mothbits and the orbs. Might add some graphic kinda linework, too.
Been pretty busy lately, but just whipped up a digital sketch for sketching’s sake.
Got my grant application into DCA on Friday. I’m pretty much only eligible for the Development grant. I feel like I’m a great candidate though, pursuing this ‘new’ digital art-form. Read the rest of this entry →
A psychopomp guides newly deceased souls to the afterlife, and is the subject of my first (and largest) contribution to the Mythology exhibition.
I’ve decided to give oil painting a crack, and just spent the night painting with Richard Healy, who’s provided some useful input on the process of oil painting. He’s pretty great with the oils.
Anyway, here’s what I’ve been working on today. It’s something big like 48″x48″, and still a work-in-progress, but thus far I’m quite proud of my second ever oil painting! My first was a 6″x8″ picture of an apple. I think I was 9 years old at the time.
I’ve been floating around word of my upcoming Mythology group exhibition. It’s scheduled to open on 17th April but I haven’t made any promo material yet. I want to produce a series of reinterpretations. As such, I’ll be depicting mythological deities common across many cultures in a more contemporary context.
Here’s something I’m working on:
This is just a thumbnail.
Also I may revert the earth deity to look more like I’d originally intended:
A bit less humanoid and more disjointed and cumbersome.
The other night I got my portfolio submission into The Art Department, a new practical course offering the top tier of arts education in the digital realm.
There’s a new page up if you’d like to see what I submitted. It’s mostly things on my portfolio website, plus a bunch of drawings.
Anyway… If accepted I’ll be out of here come June. I’m a little daunted by living costs in San Fran though. My budget thus far contains scary numbers. ha :S
Lots of em!
Was painting up this environment concept with the intention of making it folio-worthy, but no. I just couldn’t get past how cliché it is, so it shall remain as yet another speedpaint. I feel the composition, lighting and narrative is pretty good though. I wanted to indicate something had escaped, but not what.
