Digipaint

Pretty pleased with how this digipaint came out - I used a different program, Sketchbook, which has some nice brushes and colour-blending simulation. Which is cool and all, but in some ways is a bit of a cheat, or at least covers up some of the colour issues I need to work on... (unless I just keep using this program!). In any case, it gave me motivation to keep working at it so that's a good thing.

A quick painting I started one night when I was in the mood. Very quickly fell out of the mood :)

More of the same!

Some more old painting scans...

More acrylic sketches

I realised that I haven't updated here for months! I've been busy with other stuff, but have still done a bit of art, so it's about time I got around to uploading it...

So here's a bit of stuff from my painting book. I'm pretty keen to try larger sized works, and on canvas more rather than paper, which I think makes a pretty significant difference.

Poster design

A friend's band wanted a poster design that they could use for upcoming gigs... et voila.

Acrylic paintings

I decided that painting on different supports is a good idea, because as convenient as my paper sketchbook it, the paint kind of soaks in and I lose any texture that I might be working on.

So I found a few junky canvases and also some other kinds of board/paper to experiment with.

These two paintings were both done with a limited color palette (3 colors plus white and a little black) which is good both for color mixing practice and also getting a unified look. It always surprises me at the end of a session to look down and see how many colors i have mixed, intentionally and by accident, using just 3 colors. I've seen some masters paint with only TWO colors and it doesn't feel lacking. There's an incredible array of color and tone hidden in just a few paints!

Unfortunately these photos aren't great, but they'll have to do for now.

Digital painting

Last time i was painting it was super-cold and I didn't want to stay in my painting room (which is chilly!) so I decided to do some digital painting in the (heated) office.

I had been reading some more about underpaintings and their functions, so I decided to give it a go for the still life I was painting.

In the end, it didn't have much effect on the final work (i.e there aren't many parts where you can see the underpaint shine through) but I think it did help me with choosing colors and values. In any case, the painting turned out pretty well, I think... quite accurate to the photo I was referencing and I was particularly pleased with the glass/water (apart from the wonky, non-circular shape which is a big no-no!).