Colour Studies

PufferFish Animation

Hedge Texture

Cloud Study

Latest Cloud Paint. Still having fun with these.

My reference http://www.pinterest.com/pin/434738170253711435/

Photo study

I've wanted to do some light studies for a while so my next few posts stand a chance of being photo studies.. I'll likely struggle quite a lot with them too...

This first one was done in about 1 hour.

My version

Original

Obviously my main issue here is that I screwed up with the main form and also seem scared of adding in too much shadow. While I prefer my colour palette that doesn't make it any better as I'm meant to be doing a study. I found the bounce light made it quite difficult. A lot of my details got lost too.

Wave Study

I've spent more time in my sketchbook than digital today but that's partly down to a shift in tablet (temporary). I decided to have a shot at doing a wave study though.

While I don't think its terrible the colours feel muddy and I'd like to work on getting a better translucent feel to the water as well as working on a better technique for sea foam and spray because clearly I haven't figured that out yet. I'll try again another day =]

Clouds

I've finally finished my time in education. As of this Friday just gone I am no longer a student and I can fully focus on my work with Space Budgie and the extra bits of contract work I've acquired which while very scary I'm excited for. During the last few weeks of masters I decided I wanted to figure out what I liked to paint/draw as something I can just do as a relaxation technique and I spent some time just drawing clouds.

It's always nice seeing the progression in your work.

I'm hoping after a little mental break I'll be able to start playing around with more things like these and expand my skills to help bridge some of the gaps.