Art Auction...

Friday night my wife's work held a great art auction for aids and breast cancer. This a watercolor/gouache study I did of a 70's vader figure for it. While painting in the digital world for the last few years I have truly forgot how much fun and almost meditative traditional media is. Especially gouache. For whatever reason it pushes me to be more gestural and loose. Maybe that's because I am more focused on lighting vs. rendering? I started this piece with watercolors to block it in then brought out some of the values and colors with gouache. Here are some shots of the unframed finished painting and my simple setup.

Hopefully there will be some more gouache pieces coming up as some Plein Air sessions are in the works:)

Playing with custom brushes...

This one was allot of fun. While playing with some custom brushes I have been trying to capture my lighting and palette with limited brush strokes. Getting closer but still have a little ways. I think I also gravitated towards this snow study because I am jones-in to get some snowboarding in this Season

Leaving render land...

So i decided to leave render land for a short trip. I almost forgot how fun it is to get pretty sketchy.

Atelier Stuff...

I have been meaning to post these for a while. When I was at the Atelier we started concepting our own version of One Flew Over the Cookoos Nest. I started doing an Alien version of Turkle the older night guard. They are pretty simple sketches but had allot of fun exploring these.

Go see a Christmas Carol!

I am not really one to brag but since I barley had a hand in this film I feel more like I am just talking from an outside perspective. This movie is a huge feet given it has been created in around a year, crazy crazy s&$t! I wanted to say that because I think that is one of the most amazing facts about the film the general public might never know. I won't bore anyone with the details but this movie has amazing palettes and is delightfully dark, not the average Disney movie. I think it will be a very pleasant surprise for most.

Oh yea just to clarify I did not have a hand in any of these images, but I am proud to get my start in film on a project like this.

Yet another study...

Yet another study. I think I like these so much because you can just totally zone out and play with shapes, lighting, and color. I found this picture the other week and thought it was great. So many medical photos people look so depressed, but this dudes just loving life. Not to mention sweet robot arms!

Oh yea how come every time I post it lightens my darks and desaturates it a bit. I hate changes the levels every time I finish something. Does anyone else run into this?

Still life.

Spent some more time on this still life. I think it's pretty much finished but might play with the lighting and color a bit more. I might take a stab at this in oils. Would like to thinley mass it in then play up the colors with washes. It has been a while since I have painted anything traditionally and never really have worked with washes so this should be fun. I am hoping to finish it for a gallery show next month, we'll see? Crits welcome!