Study 13

Study 12

3rd attempt today. playing with contrast. I need to do about a 1000 more of these...

study 11

I dunno.

Study 10

I was looking up 'consumption' on wikipedia, and found an image of the man who discovered it. my goal was interpretation and simplification. I'm happy with the bowtie.

It's natural

I've been procrastinating on this one for over a month now. My gracious host in Niort, Christine. What a cook! I think this will get sent as a post card. Et voila!

Study 08

A quick test. 20 min

Waiting

I gave myself 20 minutes for this, and then folded at 25 min and made it a 2 hour study. I'll have to work on that. either way a painting is progress.

Study 07

I let this subject rot since painting it several months ago... 2 hours +

France

Akuma

I've been playing streetfighter IV for a couple days now, and Its reminded me of great memories in dirty arcades and pockets full of quarters. I have a lot of images in my head today, but this one wanted to go first. 3-4 hours.

Study 06

1 hour, new attempt with acrylic and (basic) watercolor. as hard to control as in real life!

Portrait

Study 05

A test. Painted from a reference photo I found on the net. This was an attempt to make volumetric smoke. I'll use this technique in a later image.

Black Colossus

I had the name floating in my head from a Robert E Howard story. I'll probably try another one with this title. No real intention to start but it turned into a book cover. 1 hour

Study 03

My second attempt to loosen up. Not a complete success. I think I'm going to have to shorten the time for each of these to really push myself. 2 hours.

Study 02

I was trying to loosen up my technique with this image. I don't feel I accomplished my goal here. Speedpainting 2 hours.

Bushmeat

I saw an image today of a family of slain gorillas, each laid out on its back on a makeshift frame.

study 01