Niflheim - Church

I always forget to turn off brave shield to use blogger. I've forgotten my password/back up details for this account so while I can still post, here's a little thing I've been working on.

I found some great concept art on a Ragnarok Online 2 web page.  So I found a concept I liked and got to work. I wanted to try out making tile-sets and see what I can do in blender. I sued to exclusively use 3dsmax but Blender isn't too bad once you get the hang of it.

Portrait progress and some painting

 

2-3hrs on board

Swashbuckling Cornwall Life drawings - Pirate and Gladiator themed

This is a selection of life drawings from a few clothed figure drawing sessions, hosted by Swashbuckling Cornwall. Poses usually last between 1 and 15 minutes. The short time really forces you to simplify all the detail down or pick individual things to focus on. 
The themes from these are, pirates and gladiators. Most are done with pen or pencil, B to 5B, but they always feel too light. 

Paintings

Heres a selection of paintings from this year.

 

Tree studies at a local park

I don't recommend painting on both sides of a sketchbook page, but I do it when I begin to run out of pages.

Oil portrait, 3hrs

I tried painting this onto a heavily gesso-ed panel. It makes an interesting paint brush effect.

Florida Paintings

I took a trip to Florida to visit my wife's side of the family, I tried to get a decent amount of sketching in. 

White chalk horses. I took a quick photo on my phone as we past it on the train

A growing pineapple

Portraits 2023 - progression from sketch to paint

The portrait sessions I join have small breaks every 30 minutes, this is usually a good chance to take a photo of my process. I wanted to see where and when I may go wrong during a painting. The initial under drawing is the stage I need to record the most, which isn't recorded at all, as I usually finish the drawing at the first 30 minute mark. 

Using different mediums and surfaces is pretty interesting. The linin canvases I've been trying out seem to have a different feel while painting from the canvas boards. The paint seems to sit nicer and smooth out nicely. Considering the paint is just sitting on lots of gesso, the material under it shouldn't matter all that much. The linen isn't as tight as the board though, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Oil on linin

Oil on canvas board

Oil on linin

Oil on linin

Oil on canvas board

Charcoal

Gouache

Oil on canvas board

Gouache