Safe and Happy New Year to All

Lend me your ear.

Getting ready to so some still life studies tomorrow... spent a couple of hours building an ear from plasticine.

















Update: Here's the afternoon's study, will do another one soon.

Asian Concepts

More concepts... this time of the eastern persu-asian.

Hispanic Male Concepts

Spent the day painting Juan after another.

Self portrait.... in 150 yrs.

Y'ar me hearties!!!!

more value life studies

two more for today.

value life studies

Today's studies: a couple of hours each frame.

Melb Gra-FIGHT CLUB

If you are in the Melbourne Area:

First rule of gra-FIGHT CLUB, you do not stop drawing. second rule of gra-FIGHT CLUB, you DO NOT STOP DRAWING! and if this is your first time at gra-FIGHT CLUB, you have to draw.

This sunday, 11am, 22nd of Nov, meet at the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth st on the steps right next to the large Marble Purse and tram stop.

If It's raining we'll meet in Melb Central next to the Shot Tower under the clock.

My phone number is 0408 409 909. sms me.

Looking forward to seeing y'all!

Fashion value study

Getting some production suitable level-of-detail practice in this week.
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and the wip:

gestural

Trying some simple lines.

Value study

Randis Albion did a call out on FB for some value studies offering crits. I put my hat in the ring; there's always more to learn.

Wedding Gift

This one was just a blast to do. They are such a beautiful couple and they both had great smiles when they saw this one all framed up on their wedding day. Click on the images for larger resolution.

















































Sorry guys, not much of a WIP on this one.
Got caught up having too much fun.

study study study

the 3 large masses; the head, chest and pelvis.... drills to master drawing the human form in any pose imaginable.

The Life Aquatic

Had a lil fun over the weekend doing some water creature concepts. Enjoy.

Art Tests

Pitching on some studio work recently. Here's some of the art tests they requested; a vehicle and a sunset city scape.

Nekid Ladies

Some ladies from imagination. Practicing value and different light sources.

Value Studies - Nekid Dudes

Did the full value range studies a while ago, thought I'd try and break to break down form into 5 tones of value.

silhouettes from imagination

Yesterdays scribblings for fun!

runway sketches

Did some fashion studies this afternoon...

Sketches from the weekend

It's been a little while... i wanted to spend some time pushing features a little further before i painted them up. Nothing polished... just sketches.

Make me One with everything

This started as a one line joke... then ended up as a polished painting.
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wip:

the 44th.

Playing with split complimentary colour palates this week.

...walking down the street..... the kind I'd like to meet....

Here's the first female caricature to grace this blog.

The WIP for those artists out there following along:

B&W

Page of B&W from imagination to get the creative juices flowing.


and another one:

Clint

Spent the weekend painting one of my favorite actors.... "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" is still one of the greatest. (click for larger version).

and the WIP:

Neeeeeeeerd!

Here's a concept sketch I did for a friend a little while ago. His brief?? ... .. ... make him nerdy. :)

Faces from the world

I got given a great book by my girlfriend Georgina of "500 faces from around the world". So here's a practice piece just playing around with pushing the features of the skull around a lil bit. Hope you like.