"The Dark Lord"

All Hail! :) This costume was something to see. This even contained wire and tube modeling as if there was a breathing mechanism inside. I bit off a lot more then I could chew this time on purpose. I brought a larger canvas board to cover, but with the same amount of time to accomplish the study as the Gandalf. I loved it the whole time, most of my classmates were humming StarWars during the 2 hours. I need to work on my folds in clothing is something I found out here, the cape was definately a struggle.

"White Wizard"

What an opportunity! This model designs his own costums and this one represents Gandalf. I only wish we had more time to paint, after setup and breaks it came to be about 1 hr and 40 min - 2 hrs paint time. Either way I'm getting more of the figure down and the canvas covered. His beard actually came out be the easiest part, good ol' palette knife. Next week he'll be coming as Darth Vader, I can't wait to see it!

"Head Full of Color"

I haven't posted anything for a long while. :( With getting married and everything my brains are scrambled with things to do. I'm also working on a huge 18 x 24 peice that is almost finished and I will post later. This was probably the fastest study of a head I've done. I love the color I've been able to put into the face and it has great shape, but a little more time would've been nice.

"Back in the Day"

I loved this girl's bright pink bonnet and was so sad when I didn't have time to finish detailing it. This was another 2 hours and 20 minutes session and I focused primarily on the face and getting the white backround all covered. My figure and faces are following a trend of being too cold so my next focus is going to be to put more oranges, reds, and yellows in my flesh tones so that I can have variety in my work. Let me know what you think!

"Live to Ride"

So I had about 2 hours and 20 minutes to get most of this painting done, or at least the feel of it. The model came decked out in his motorcycle gear and it was awesome to paint, but A LOT of work! It came out okay for such a short time span and doing palette knife work in the motorcycle frame helped cover some ground quickly. It was a good experience to try and paint so much, so quickly and still get decent composition.

"No Name Band"

The goal with my painting here was to combine 3 separate photos with different environments and make them similar in value and color. I chose 3 concerts of 3 different bands; can you guess who the 2 singers are? The hardest part was the stage lighting in the top right, does anyone have tips on painting spot lights and their direction?