Zephyr.

Hey folks, today's upload is a bit of a development illo from a couple of those life drawings I posted a while back. I've tried to reinforce the idea of it being a wee bit breezy in the image with a bit of movement in the hair - not quite sure if it works or not!..

some more concept art coming up sometime soon(ish)..

Cogitatio.

Two pencil studies..

Wraiths

Last of those ghostly drawings for now..

Deux.

Hey folks, couple of illo's today of my niece & nephew. Top pic's a wee bit old now, but thought I'd put it up as a curio. This drawing was originally intended to be a development sketch for last year's BP painting comp but as usual, the final comp & submission ended up quite different - the final painting ended up having Emily attacking a Muffin with a straw...

Wrap.

Kinda newish head scarf study....

A2 - conte & pastel.

Tweak.

Bit of a life drawing tweak today folks.

- this may end up as a painting btw...


A2 - conte & pastel.

Eidolons.

some charcoal experiments..

Scarfier.

2nd rejig - same model.

A2 - conte & pastel.

Scarf study

A fairly ancient life study I've rejigged..

A2 - conte & pastel.

Obanesque.

..and a small charcoal study from a trip to Oban a while back.

Doodlette

A wee sketchbook doodlette today..

Harp.

Harp study from a recent jaunt to New Lanark.

- this ref is being used as the base for a painting I have brewing btw..

Portrait study 2.

2nd pencil study of Caius..

zero sum

couple o' charcoal studies...

variants

Another go at some of those old 20's portraits, this time in charcoal....

another jig

2nd part of today's uploads...


much less tonal information in these ones & sketched in approximately 40 mins (each)

A3 (top one) & A2 - charcoal pencil & conte.

Life jig - part2

Some more reworked life studies..

A2 - conte & pastel.

Territory

A couple of quite unsporty doodles...

- with regards to the glut of artworks appearing just before large commercial sporting events..

Piles of life drawing stuff to be uploaded soonish folks...stay tuned...

life jig - part 1

A slight rejigging of an oldish life study..

A2 - conte & pastel

Post Dread.

The origin of these sketches started off as a Zbrush sculpt for a witch funny enough...

I'd been trying to sculpt something based on the old Baba Yaga myth a while back, really struggling to sculpt the witches hair - it strangely ended up looking like dreadlocks....so, I covered the hair with a shawl type affair..

This isn't that Baba Yaga witch though! - but I loved the shawl idea and have carried that through with some development sketches for a possible painting.

Navigation

This 2nd post is a variation of my original Antiky sketch. The device she's holding is intended to be a holographic navigational aid..

Arbor Daemn

After a slightly hectic week handing in some paintings, I've been doodling a wee bit to unwind...

Like many 80's kids, I grew up completely nutty about those Henson/Froud movie collaborations (I still scour the internet for info on that next Dark Crystal movie!) A lot of my sketch work is definitely influenced by those guys.

The sketch above originally had a large raven perched on his neck branch, but looking slightly wonky, I've removed him...

Figure study.

A newish life drawing.

A2 - conte & pastel.

Caius (final)

I'm so used to using cool, limited palettes, I seriously struggled a bit on this painting.. It is well.. quite orange. So.. I spent a fair old amount of time experimenting with different reds and yellows, trying to remember the old warm palette recipes from college - this is the final version I settled on.

Acrylic on canvas 12" x 10" 2012   

Wish

Acrylic on canvas 20" x 16" - 2012

Caius

A wee drawing of my nephew Caius - The Biter of Knees..

- muchos thanks to Bob for supplying the FB pic for doodly reference.



Next upload's a painting btw..

Fragment

I tend to muck around with the framing of compositions probably more than I should..

One of the paintings being submitted next month started off with the frame landscaped and just didn't work very well, so..... I just reorintated the framing of the original drawing I'm using as reference, taping some extra paper to the top and bottom - very high tech!

Elegia.

After a weekend scouring Stirlingshire for some painting refs - a bit of "texture recce", here's a new wee portrait study, finished fairly recently..

A2, conte & pastel.

Boyd the Droid.

Post No.2 - Bit of a droid mash-up...

Big fan of the late, great Ralph McQuarrie, so this sketch is probably influenced by some of those droid designs from the original Star Wars trilogy...and yes there is possibly a Skottie Young influence in there aswell..

þencan

Hey folks, couple of uploads today.

I've been toying with comps for paintings recently & with this portrait study, I was trying to give the impression of someone almost shielding their thoughts, looking away from the frame.  (kinda like a few of those iconic Liz Fraser from the Cocteau Twins shots)

Not entirely sure, but I might develop this one further..

The Old Man Of Storr.

Some Prometheus tinged photos from a recent walk on Skye.

 -  couple o' new arty uploads coming this weekend btw..

stay tuned..

Antiky.

A little sketchbook peek today...

- Antiky the Machine Queen.

Stuffish..

Hey folks, quick wee update..

Busy busy getting a few submissions ready for various things.. should have some more info in the next few weeks. In the meantime, I'll post some more of those life drawings & get some sketchbook stuffs scanned & posted soonish - there may be a slight Skottie Young influence on some of it btw...

Evolver.

A few more life drawings I've been working on of late..

A2 - Conte, pastel & crayon.

- cheers again to Bob for the ace scans :)

Scanorama

Couple o' new life drawings...

A2 - 59x42 cm Conte & pastel.

- cheers to Bob & Wendy for their scantastic help :)