little studies

I have been going out to do plein air studies lately.  A few of these are from photos but 90% are painted from life outdoors.  Watercolour is as brutal as ever.  They are about 15-20 mins a piece and are tiny images (3x5 or smaller).  Trying to nail the broad statement and failing :)  These are such a great learning experience. I will keep going and see where they take me.

 This last one was painted just as it went dark.  I had to stop because i could no longer see my paper! The bright green is an artificially illuminated football field.

I have still been doing some digital ones too.  These are much less painful :)  Most are after other artists.

Thanks for looking!

Jake

studies

I had the pleasure of attending the Schoolism Nathan Fowkes workshop in London a few weeks back. Nathan's talk was more than inspirational.  One thing he talked about was studies.

I decided I would make a start on doing my own.  Most of these are from my own photographs although a few are from internet ref/other painters.  My focus is on getting the simple statement down so they are devoid of detail.  These have been so much fun to do.  I am also starting to get a bit of a feel for how to subtly design whilst working from ref.  It only takes a few strokes with the right direction to make a piece much more interesting to the eye.

Next week I am going plein air painting one evening to start up some traditional media ones too.

Art Dump

Last day of my current contract at Crytek UK today.  Here are various bits of detritus that i did during lunches but never posted up.