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.
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 →
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.
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.
Another ‘creature’. I ripped it from an old Creature of the Week entry I made cos I thought the actual creature design was unique. I’ve repainted a few parts and put it in a test tube. I’ll probably repaint the body section, too, as I feel it’s the weakest part.
Yep… Definitely need to repaint the body.
It’s been a few days since I’ve posted art and I’m here to remedy it.
I’ve been trying to sort all my old work and sketchbooks in order to compile a portfolio showcasing my ‘entertainment’ artstuffs. Basically a range of concept art related work – creatures, enviros, vehicles, characters.
I’ll be painting up a few sketches so stay tuned.
