Model

So this is my first live model painting. I didn't use an underpainting because we only had one 2 hour session with her. I had to restart several times because I still can't handle oil paint very well. I'll be finishing up some details and the background soon as well.

This week we'll be doing another live model and I think I'll be using acrylics if I can manage it.

Apples & Oranges

Some crappy paintings of some crappy apples and an orange. This is the first painting I've used that has an underpainting. It has inspired me to start writing tutorials. Should be fun.

Oil: Friend or Foe?

I've been working in oils recently thanks to my painting class at cofc. I'm still not quite sure whether or not I like it more than acrylic paints. It has its upsides and downsides. Some of those upsides and downsides are the same thing, depending on the situation.

Anyways, here are my first few oil paintings that I've done in my class.

And here's an update to an older acrylic painting. Here I've just added a background color and cleaned up the amoeba things in the afro with oil paint.

That Thing

Sketchin like a fool in school. La Mamacitas is no more.

A Little K'nuckles

Doin a little fan art for one of my favorite shows. I still need to watch the finale.

I'm also coloring this in as soon as I can.

School Sketches

I've got a couple hours between classes now and I just sketch at Starbucks like the coolest kid alive.

The mural thing is a pain in the ass right now. I don't want to think about it.

Here are some sketches in the mean time.

More from - LA MAMACITAS

So, we've got a little bit more done. It's definitely more fun now that we've gotten into the detailing on Alejandro. That's Fernando to his left. I think I'm going to introduce some cool colors into his poncho, and carry it over to the next guy.

We're having major discussions on the middle guy's hat. It's very blah. So stay tuned for shocking hat details.