after Luo
progress
after Liu
progress
after Dudash
after Wu
Monday, October 21, 2013
Oil Studies
A few studies that I painted from works by Zhaoming Wu, C. M. Dudash, Tong Luo and Huihan Liu. All such great painters!
Oil Sketches
Allowed myself only a limited amount of time to paint each portrait. Lots of fun because you don't have time to fret over the details; just paint what you see and be quick to mix your colors!
Digital Art
Having some fun with the digital sculpting program, Sculptris. My 5 year old loves the program and he picked it up pretty fast. See his 'little alien' piece below. Mine is the alien head. For me, this program has great potential for creating reference props.
Preserved was done in painter using the 'artist oil paint' tool.
Jacob's Baby Alien
Sculptris Alien
'Preserved'
detail
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Portrait Studies
In preparation for a project that I'm starting in the new year, I decided to study a couple of pieces of Z.S. Liang's work to practice darker skin tones -took a lot of liberties from the original references. Liang's color choices and brushwork are so inspiring unfortunately I have yet to see any of his paintings in person. WN and Gamblin Oils on Claessens #13 canvas.
'The Painted Robe' after Liang
in progress
American Indian portrait study after Liang
Old Fisherman
A study I painted using a limited palette (Venetian Red, Yellow Ochre Pale, Prussian Blue, Raw Umber and White). I had never used Prussian Blue before and it was difficult for me at first, but I kept telling myself that "this is only an experiment" so I kept pushing through. The painting ended up very muted but I like the effect. For reference I used a painting that I found on the internet but I don't know the artist -I deviated from the original quite a bit, even changing the eyes so they are now looking at the viewer.
detail
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