The joy of sketching

In addition to the sketches, Google wants me to remember Bob Ross today, and I am more than happy to oblige. RIP Bob, your attitude and demeanor continue to be two things that some art students (myself included) would do well to adopt.

Lab Rat quick color study

My first color study. The paint job is bad, but you get the idea. The boxes will eventually have a lot more detail, but for now I just want to get a really basic feel for what the composition will look like.

I want to start posting works I'm inspired by with my uploads to give people a better sense of where I'm coming from, and I think this is a perfect piece to start with:

21st century lab rat

Here's a figure study I did in my sketchbook a couple weeks ago for my painting class:

This is a VERY long-term assignment, so expect more of these. I'll be working on a full environment study tonight.

Smile!

So apparently the Joker is back in the DC universe. To be honest, I didn't know that he left; shows how out of touch I am. But everything I've been reading about this new run of comics (and, more to the point, all the artwork I've seen from said run) has me more excited about Batman than I've been in a very long time. With all that said, here's a sketchbook drawing I did of the Clown Prince of Crime:

How's it goin', batsie?

I still draw with charcoal!

I haven't given up on drawing with burnt wood just yet. Here's what I did in heads and hands today:

20 minute schnoz study

 

  

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Weekly Painting Dump

Portrait

Figure painting today, here's what I did in class (4.5 hours working from model, sorry for the poor picture quality, my phone's camera is not great):

Heads and Hands shenanigans

My latest assignment in heads and hands was to draw a series of 4 mouths (or rather, my mouth in 4 poses). When I was done, I realized that since I had photographed myself at basically the same angle in each picture, and that the series of drawings might sync up quite well. I did a little research on animated GIFs, and came up with this:

It's FAR from perfect, but I was delighted nonetheless that I ended up with a decent approximation of a mouth chewing. I'm also glad I finally caved and learned how to make animated GIFS.

Edit: These white specs show up when I view my GIF in the web browser; can anyone tell me what that's about?

Master Blaster part deux

Another master copy, this time for figure painting. Not too happy with how it came out (I shouldn't have BS'ed the drawing stage), but I learned a lot about working with oils.

 

I'm already getting excited about the final for this class, I've got a bunch of ideas I'm currently exploring.

Here's another gouache sketch. CAUTION: staring directly at levels of saturation this high for an extended period of time can lead to blindness.