Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Virtual Plein Air Study 20

Quick one before flying off!

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Master Study 9


1 Hour study of Edgar Payne's Sycamore in Autumn.

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Master Study 8



1.5 Hour study of Albert Bierstadt.

Friday, February 16, 2018

Master Study 7

1 Hour master study of Alexander Babich.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Master Study 6

A quicker study (30 minutes) of Nikolai Kozlov's painting.
Trying to be looser yet trying to maintain the brushstrokes and value.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Kimi No Na Wa: Bangaihen

Happy Valentine Day! Super last minute request by a friend for fanart of Kimi No Na Wa.

It was great listening to RADwimps songs again while sketching this out. I definitely would like to recommend searching for the orchestral/ghiblified version of the songs too.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Master Study 5

1 hour Study of Nikolai Kozlov Summer is Saying Goodbye

Went much faster on the FG since I ran out of time.

Monday, February 12, 2018

Master Study 4

1.5 hour study of Nikolai Kozlov's The Road.
Just got introduced to his works from a friend... I am instantly in love and will be trying to emulate more of his works!

Forgotten to save the value layer and painted over it 。゚ヽ(゚´Д`)ノ゚。

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Master Study 3



1.5 hour study of Monet's The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest.

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Master Study 2

2 hour Study of Gustave Caillebotte's The Yerres, Rain.
Still trying to focus on brush strokes.

Friday, February 9, 2018

Master Study 1

2 hour Edgar Alwin Payne Master Study.

Haven't done this in a while and was struggling quite a bit.
Had to recalibrate my workflow and remember to simplify the value and shapes!

1. Sketch

2.Value Pass (Saved after 1 hour)

3. Final Study (Another 1 hour)

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Virtual Plein Air Study 17


01.Sketch

02.Value

03.Color

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Friday, February 2, 2018

Virtual Plein Air Study 12

Another quicker virtual plein air study of Schafberg Mountain, about 2 hours. Reference image found from google as always..

Here are the step by step:
01.Sketch

02.Value

03.Underpainting

04. 1.5hours of painting

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Virtual Plein Air Study 11

Super sick but cant fall asleep due to the pounding headache so just doing a quick virtual plein air (1 hour).

I really love the reference image of bulgaria mountain that I found from google. I would love to come back and do a better job once I'm well enough.