Practice

An interior study from life.

Practice

A recent effort where I tried to make more rpg portraits inspired me to study some more, from mugshots again.

Lyssa Painting Steps

I took part in the recent art evolution challenge, over at art order. I didn’t start with a very good plan as you can see, but I really enjoyed painting this piece. Here are the steps from start to finish.

More Practice

More studies from holiday photos. I always take pictures of interesting looking trees I encounter, I just love them.

Practice

Went through some of my holiday photos from years past and found a few nice ones to study from.

Painter Sketch

Just having fun and getting to know Painter more. I really like the chalk brush.

Witch Painting Steps

Another Painting I started by mocking up big shapes in sketchup, to make sure I got the relationships between objects right from the get go. Finished in Painter, since I just like it more now. It’s so great when every brush stroke you make won’t leave a butt-ugly edge you have to go manually fix.

Getting to Know Painter

Finally I have something I’ve wanted for a long time, Corel Painter!

Here’s some fumbling first takes on using it.

Horse Painting Done

The painting based loosely on the previous horse sketch is done!

Value practice

A set of value practice from color photos.