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| Fantasy Painting Course - Medium brush and Palette Knife, WIP September 2010 |
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Showing posts with label Figurative. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Figurative. Show all posts
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Work In Progress - Digital Fantasy Art
Have kept writing my "Paint fantasy"-course. Here is an update of the project painting:
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Work In Progress - Digital Fantasy Art
Sorry for not posting for a while. I'm currently writing a "Draw and paint fantasy" art course in Swedish. Here is the latest WIP of the painting I'm working on for this course:
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| WIP - Color sketch, addition of dark values |
Monday, 1 March 2010
Finished Digital Painting - Eyes in The Deep
My latest challenge entry for the "An Illustration for a Role-Playing Game" challenge. Call it "Eyes in the deep" and went for a traditional fantasy dungeon crawl setting:
Eyes in The Deep (2010)
Friday, 22 January 2010
Figure Drawing from Photo
Brought out my easel yestarday and did some figure drawing from photo reference. Thanks to Hong Ly for providing so many great, free reference photos.
(Derwent Graphic HB on standard office paper)
(Derwent Graphic HB on standard office paper)
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Sketch Of The Day - Real Life Gestures
Today's sketch is some real life gestures drawn for the Spartan Camp at ConceptArt.org. These are drawn with an ink pen.
As I explain in part 2 of my free drawing lessons, it's very good practice to draw quick sketches with a pen, since there is no way to erase mistakes. You also improve the confidence of your lines since you have to draw quick strokes. If not, unwanted "blobs" will immediately appear. I used to draw with a ballpoint pen, but have found that a pen with more flowing ink is more challenging to use (and therefore even better practice).
Looking for a challenging drawing subject? Draw children and animals from life. You're lucky if they keep the same pose for even a few seconds.
As I explain in part 2 of my free drawing lessons, it's very good practice to draw quick sketches with a pen, since there is no way to erase mistakes. You also improve the confidence of your lines since you have to draw quick strokes. If not, unwanted "blobs" will immediately appear. I used to draw with a ballpoint pen, but have found that a pen with more flowing ink is more challenging to use (and therefore even better practice).
Looking for a challenging drawing subject? Draw children and animals from life. You're lucky if they keep the same pose for even a few seconds.
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
(Nudity!) WiP Of The Day - Carracci Master Study
I have begun drawing a master study of a drawing by Annibale Caracci. A reproduction of the original and 99 other marvellous full-page drawings can be found in Robert Beverly Hale's marvellous book on figure drawing, Drawing Lessons From The Great Masters. One of the very best books I've come across on drawing. Highly recommended for anyone serious about improving their drawing skills.
Here is what my study looks like at the moment. I will only use HB pencil for this study, drawing construction lines and not erasing any misplaced lines. This way you learn more from the study.
Friday, 2 October 2009
Sketch Of The Day - Svend Otto S Master Study
Now I have begun sketching on my "Witches moon" composition. Therefore thought it would be great to do a study of a witch for the Sketchstorm thread. Being one of the most famous children's book illustrator of his time, Svend Otto S seemed like a good artist to study. Here more information on this great Danish illustrator can be found.
I picked his painting of the witch in H C Andersen's "The tinder box" as a model. Used a Derwent HB pencil for this one, trying to think more about the difference in line quality that Jack Hamm emphasizes in his great books on drawing. Especially for the back and feet I used the flat side of the pencil in order to produce wider and bolder lines.
I picked his painting of the witch in H C Andersen's "The tinder box" as a model. Used a Derwent HB pencil for this one, trying to think more about the difference in line quality that Jack Hamm emphasizes in his great books on drawing. Especially for the back and feet I used the flat side of the pencil in order to produce wider and bolder lines.
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Finished Work - A Paltry Excuse
Yesterday I finished painting the entry I've been working on for the September challenge at the ImagineFX site.
The theme was "The City" and here is one of its less prolific citizens:
(Done in ArtRage and Photoshop)
A Paltry Excuse (2009)
The theme was "The City" and here is one of its less prolific citizens:
(Done in ArtRage and Photoshop)
A Paltry Excuse (2009)
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Sketch Of The Day - Drummer Mike Portnoy
Today's assignment in a sketch thread over at the ImagineFX forum was to draw "your favorite musician". I picked the drummer from Dream Theater, one of my favorite bands: Mike Portnoy
(ArtRage 2,5)
(ArtRage 2,5)
Monday, 7 September 2009
WiP of the day - Next IFX Monthly: The City
New month means new monthly challenge at the ImagineFX site. The theme this month is "The city". At first I thought about painting another environmental piece, with a huge city built upon the slopes of a huge mountain.
But then I decided to go in the opposite direction and portray one of the cities inhabitants. One of the unfortunate ones that we tend to rush by and look as little as possible at: A beggar. The latest WiP of my old, begging woman looks like this. After making a rough sketch I have blocked in the colors and begun rendering the face (ArtRage 2,5):
(Click for full view)
But then I decided to go in the opposite direction and portray one of the cities inhabitants. One of the unfortunate ones that we tend to rush by and look as little as possible at: A beggar. The latest WiP of my old, begging woman looks like this. After making a rough sketch I have blocked in the colors and begun rendering the face (ArtRage 2,5):
(Click for full view)
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