Wednesday 7 June 2017

The good, the bad and the ugly

I had my wisdom teeth out, and was out for a while thanks to minor complications and fell behind on my online class. Still having a ton of fun learning oils though.

First the colour on top of the week 1 painting (last post). I like the colours, but they highlight all the multitude of issues with the structure. Super easy technique though.

This is last week's painting. First stage of 2. Will do stage 2 tomorrow probably.

The ugly. This painting just didn't go well. There's still a stage 2 to be done, hopefully I can fix it then. This was one of the assignments I missed.

And the good! Tiny gouache painting in my sketchbook. This was so fun! The yellow specks were an experiment that I immediately regretted.

Digital. Trying to apply things I've learnt. One thing I've learnt is that colour on photoshop sucks. So much easier to physically just mix paint.

Also I just couldn't get Roman Reign's nose right.

And in other big news..... I CAN FINALLY DRAW HORSES. It only took FIFTEEN YEARS. The bane of my artistic life has been the horse. As many a young female preteen, my friends and I were obsessed with horses. Only problem for me was that everyone was better at drawing them than I was. I still remember the intense jealousy. Now all these years later, not only can I draw a horse better, but everything else.


Monday 24 April 2017

April already!

Hit a bit of a slump because I couldn't see how I was going to get the art skills I want... Luckily so many awesome online art resources exist! At the moment I'm taking a head painting class with Mark Westermoe through Art Mentors and I'm having a blast.

I'm finally learning to paint!


Week one is doing an Imprimatura underpainting with Burnt Umber. Such an easy way to paint! It's almost like drawing really. This one is my class one, and the bottom is another one for practice. Will have to try incorporate the feedback I got into the next stage: colour! 

I used stretched canvas and Windsor & Newton for the second one (as opposed to canvas board and Winton). It looks so much better, but I can't afford all Windsor & Newton paint. I had to go out and get the colours I didn't have yesterday, and I had to get a mix of shit brands and good brands. Still cost over $100! Worth it? 

Just need to track down some walnut oil today so I can start the next stage. 

Sunday 19 February 2017

January Study Dump

Decided to gather all my January studies in one file... and was massively disappointed in myself. Still, you have to know where you're at to get where you want to go. Definitely motivated me to be more active with my studies in February, so we'll see at the end of the month if I've improved in volume. 


I also got my first logo job, which has re-sparked my interest in design. (That's why there's such a large amount of bison studies in my January dump).