Work work work.

So I'm pretty far along now with the second piece of my show.

Tell me what you think and come visit if you have to chance, the lighting for these photos is pretty terrible.  Have a good weekend guys.

Work in Progress

My second painting in senior studio has went through some major changes lately and I've been holding off on updating until it reached a point where I was satisfied with giving people a look at what I've been doing.

Having experimented with the color and different options I decided to step back and shoot new reference photos and see what changes could be made:

I've completely faded out the figure and brought in two new figures who are manipulating a light source.   Subtle drama infused by different light sources that the mysterious figures are dealing with or controlling is important for me to try and setup a more surreal painting.  I'm much more excited about this than before.

Sound off in the comments!

some figure work

Spent the evening in a free figure drawing session.  Used the tablet and laptop for the first time in the studio with a live model.

quick 10 min ones..

a couple more 10 mins

Some 10 min ones on the right and a 30 min one on the left

Probably my favorite on the batch.. really got into the shading. Wish it had been a longer pose.

An hr and a half pose.  Decided to try it on a grounded canvas.. and to use some selective color and highlights.

Let me know what you think in the comments.
Steve

Up late.

Having fun with photoshop and working out a new piece.

What do you think? Going to include a man, running with the girl.  Going to work on this more tomorrow.

(click on it for a larger image.)

Goodnight.

bit of an update

Made some progress in the studio last week.. fleshed in the figure more, starting to get the lighting on her.  Going to continue working on this and hopefully have a new composition worked out this week.

Spring Semester

It's been a while since I've posted.  Here's a snippet of what I've been working on. The first is a digital piece that I started as my first little CS5 venture.  I liked it enough to turn it into a large oil painting.  It's another 8ft long canvas.

Digital Composition

I was able to get a surprisingly large amount done in only a matter of days.  Rather excited about that. 

ciao