Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artist. Show all posts

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Cafe Sketch

Hello there! I know It's been a while, don't worry, I'm cooking up posts to update you guys.

In the meantime, check out my Cafe Sketch blog. We made it to keep record of my progress in that class and for my teacher. It's an animation sketching class, so lots and lots of gestures. :)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Landscapes: An end of semester special!

(I'm going to stop counting the posts, if you need to look for a specific post, use the search option at the top.)

WOW it has been a while, I apologize for that. Onwards and upwards!

I have learned a lot from Landscape painting this semester.  The sheer know-how I learned just from painting a lot of one session paintings is astounding.  I was forced to find things I liked about a landscape, focus on them, and figure out how to make them clear within the time limit I had and the one layer I had to work with.







We were only allowed to use palette knives and black and white paint. It was a really interesting challenge!
Day

Night









Really starting to get a hang of this palette knife "technique".

That's it for the Plein Air paitnings.  Then we focused on in class studio paintings.  

The theme for mine is isolation.  I chose to use little urban houses and place them in the middle of the seemingly endless woods.


Underpainting. Cute lil house. A lot of these were found in Altoona PA for Illuxcon last month. 

Color version. It's still a WIP as of now.
I decided this one didn't need to be colored, it described isolation and loneliness with just reds and browns.

My teacher brought this artist to my attention: Albert Thayer. 

WE CAME ACROSS THIS. Look familiar? If you could see the painting above in real life (crappy digtial photos...) you may be freaked out by the very similar color schemes and material.  I like this guy... check out his work!












All in all, great no-stress class. Totally recommend it! Gong to try a few landscapes over winter break if I can :D

Going to post a good deal over the next couple weeks- heads up! Thanks for reading, check out my website and tell me what you think :]




Monday, October 1, 2012

#102 Paintin!


Landscape Painting has really changed my perspective on painting and forced me to use paint in a different way... for good!
 
 
THIS IS A BREAKTHROUGH IN PAINTING STYLE FOR ME. 
This is Ms. Thin Layers talking. 

before...
AFTER
This is a magazine cover re-design for FilmComment on the article "Between a rock and a hard place".  It's about the movie Prometheus and how it's trying to be an Alien "prequel" for the already standing fans AND a completely new film standing on it's own. 
I'll also be doing a 2-page spread for the inside of the article which I will post soon!
 
 








Wednesday, August 15, 2012

#99 Paintings and Sketches (Indy Portrait)

Some process experimentation...
Using some distortion with the face.
All in all, a nice in-depth sketch.

Some pastel sketchies




"mini-guns"
More pics of gun babies here.

Some painting studies..
Lots of deer in our backyard.
This is my kitten watching me in a dark hallway... as quick as this painting took me, I rather like how it turned out! I'll have to remember the steps to conjuring this magical oil technique :)

We got a kitty!



Saw prometheus btw...
And here's another Indy for the heck of it.


School's almost heerreee.... so much more to come!!!