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.

Old blue box

This weeks sketchfab was a of a box, so I made the old blue box from ragnarok online. 
"A mysterious blue box that seems to hold something inside, but you'll have to open it to find out."
It's weird how the sprites for that game and the item illustrations differ pretty wildly. 

Old Blue Box - Sketchfab Weekly - 19 Feb'23 by BrushDip on Sketchfab

After swimming on fridays I like to paint in some of the local coffee shops. 

The portrait from last week, done in gouache. There's something off about this but i can quite figure it out. 

Got a scanner but not cables.

I have a scanner. But not cables for it. Which is odd, because I used them recently, they've quite literally disappeared off the face of the earth. So I cant really scan any of my sketchbooks. I tried taking some photos but it really doesn't do them justice.

If I happen to find the cables for my scanner. Or a sunny day, I guess I'll re-upload these.

Ragnarok Spore and sketchbooks

"Needs more green."

Figure drawing

Some bits from the weekly figure drawing classes I have been attending for the past 3-4 months (or more?). The variety of models is impeccable for £7 a night! I primarily use pen and ink for the 5 minute or less studies, than break into pencil for the later ones. Im pretty pleased looking back on my old sketchbooks when I started the class, its either improvement or shaking off the rust.

Been grinding through alot of sketchbooks recently, having more fun just playing with peoples proportions, making them kind of cartoony. Been trying to get more people out with me for a weekly drink and draw sessions (Coffee shops and pubs), so if anyone is free around Reading, give us a comment.
Untill next time.

Last sketchbook scans of 2013

Sketchbook it

I've been feeling a bit grey for the past couple of days, but I know i would get out of my funk by really getting into a drawing, think Ill just wait it out.
So heres some doodles from my sketchbook of recent. Picked up some more promarkers a while back, different shades and some skin tones. Think Im going in a neet direction with these. Will have to do some white paper sketches soon, getting tired of the mid-tone, makes the colours a bit dull I think, especially after the scanning.