Well, it has definitely been a while since my last post. Between the full-time job that sometimes spills into way-more-than-full-time and other regular happenings around the house I haven't had a whole lot of time to put together anything I deem postable. That's not to say I haven't been doing anything, it's just that the majority is unworthy of public viewing. Luckily none of the failures have been disheartening, like always, I see them as examples of what not to do next time. Things like sticking closer to my small color studies and making sure I can carry a composition all the way from thumbnail to full size without losing what makes it work are surprisingly difficult for me. I've also noticed that I need to work on controlling values in black a white and even more so in color.
Most recently I have been bouncing between an oil painting for an ArtOrder challenge and ink/watercolour stuff for my own fun. I'll have to explain the painting and ArtOrder another time, as those are almost whole posts in and of themselves. The ink work I've been playing with is my latest way of working on value control. I lay down a pencil sketch, ink the lines, do several layers of light ink washes to establish the value structure and then add watercolour. It is definitely an enjoyable process for quick little drawings and it seems like a viable way to work on a lot of things without wasting a whole bunch of paint on bigger projects.
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| Yes....he's here to eat your brain. |
Mr. Mindflayer here is a product of my new artworkout routine attempt, he's pencil, ink and watercolour on illustration board. One thing I know for sure is that I need a bigger brush if I'm going to continue to do large background washes, otherwise, I'm happy with my first attempt.
I'll be back...with more...in less than a month.
