Sunday, May 20, 2007

Out of Context Circus Sketches

I am now working on a few final pieces for the Circus Spectacle show. Here are some bits and pieces of what you can expect. Comments?




Sunday, May 06, 2007

Life DrawingS aka Pam Beasley in the nude.

From a month ago...



May 3rd...because I was missing a new episode of the Office that day, the challenge was turning the model into Pam Beasley.


"That's what I said, Michael." - Pam

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Teddy bear picnic



I was recently commissioned by a friend of mine who is a fabulously talented artist as well - www.samanthasandbrook.com - to create a portrait of her pet dog Ludlow. Rather than the usual pet in front of bland background Samantha had an unusual and imaginative request to paint her puffy toy pup at a formal teddy bear's picnic. Ludlow, looking like a stuffed toy himself, looks right at home among the bears.

I began by sketching out some different possibilities for the composition. Sam and her husband settled on their favorite two and suggested combining certain elements from both of them. From there I worked up a linear. Samantha requested mainly neutrals with pops of color. Since I'm used to working in a high contrast colorful palette I decided to do a color linear. This lets me check that she likes the color, as well it gives me a reference to print and stick to while I paint.

I'll show the final 16 x 16 painting once I'm finished.