Alla Prima portraits

Hi all.
I have started attending the West Hallam Portrait Group. It has been great fun. Each session I have started a new painting and attempted to finish it in one sitting. If i run out of time during the session I spend an hour at home finishing off. They are about 3 hours painting each. The drawing has suffered a bit because of the very short window of painting time. I am also aware of a few hard edges dotted around that i really should have softened off but too late now! I will try and shift my emphasis to better (slower!) drawing at the next session.
I feel like I am improving with each one and they are an absolute blast to paint. I am also finding that they are having a positive filter down effect on my other work.
There are also a few 20-30 minute life drawings here too.


Cheers Jake

Finished!

The Puffin

These are tonal arrangement thumbs for a mech design I am working on. It is a fishing rig named after the Puffin because of the way it stores fish that it catches.

Elvgren Studies

I am embarking on some pinup oil paintings and thought a good begining would be to do some studies of the master of Pinnup art: Mr. Gill Elevgren. The first 2 are digital studies and the 3rd was done with good old fashioned oil painting.

Life Drawings

Hey Blog faces.
I have started life drawing again after a year or so not attending my local group. Here is what I have been up to:This was a first for me. A pregnant model. She was very very good indeed. A pleasure to draw!
These are both 1 hour drawings. The first is on Canford card. I drew with a Polychromos to block out then nearly cocked it up with graphite powder that just slid around the toothless card. Then i was forced into using beefier materials to try and save it. The black is compressed charcoal and Conte. The white is a pastel pencil.
1 Hour again. This is on cheap sugar paper. It was drawn with my trusty old Faber-Castell Polychromos black pencil. I cannot recommend these pencils highly enough. Great! Used a white pencil for white bits.
5 mins. Compressed charcoal.
30 mins. Compressed charcoal and white pastel pencil.
30 mins. Compressed charcoal and white pastel pencil.
Dr Sketchy Nottingham. This was the best session so far for me. We all had such an ace day! The models were both superb. This one is 15 mins of frantic scribbling. Polychrome pencil and then Posca markers on grey card.
Brown wrapping paper, Polychrome black and pastel pencil white. 15mins.
Brown wrapping paper, Polychrome black and pastel pencil white & compressed charcoal stump. 15mins. This one of the luverly Frankii Wilde won me a brilliant large format Elvis book full of ace photos. Thanks!

Master At Arms

This Chap is the Master At Arms for a project I am working on.
Close up on his face as it is quite a high res painting.

Hooba Prototype Made

Hooba has finally been made in to a real life toy. He is a plush (soft toy) and is 12" tall.
You can by him here
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