Paint paint fun fun

I've been trying to get into painting more lately. I'm a quite a NOOB at painting, and even more of one when painting in oils and pastels. Here are some paintings I did in the past month.

Both are done with oils on pretty small canvas boards. 6" x 8" I think. For the painting on the left I used a reference from an H&M magazine for practice. The one on the right was from my imagination. I think its easy to tell which on is done with reference and which one isn't.

The two above are of the same subject. Some red plant that's in my backyard. Haha I'm too lazy to travel anywhere with my supplies so I just plant my butt on the porch and paint my backyard. The first one is done in pastel on black paper, and the last one is with oil on gesso panel.

I hope to keep painting, and hopefully improve at it!

Furnace

I decided to post my grad film, since I spent a whole year working on it and now it's not doing anything but sitting in a folder in my computer. Well here it is, please leave a comment and let me know what you guys think. Hope you guys enjoy!

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Here are some early sketches for the film. I might've posted some before so sorry for any repeated work.

A few sketches done during on my to, and back from work. Travel time for me is about 4 hours per day! Ah so looong. Hmm, I definately need to study anatomy again, and start drawing hands better!

It's OVER!

I can't believe I just went through 4 years of college. Those were some fun times in the animation program, and I'm sure gonna miss everyone.

Well this is what I've been working on in my 4th year. Here are some clips from my independant film titled "Furnace."

Random

Ukulele!

I've had a ukulele in the corner for about 2 years now, but recently I've fallen in love with the instrument again! Its a small and fun instrument that makes you feel relaxed when playing it. I'm not great at it at all, but I found a great site with helpful tips (http://ukuleleunderground.com/)

Uke's are great!

Happy Valentines!!!

Today my tummy expresses its love for yummy stuff!

I love food and all that is yummy. Happy Valentines Day everyone!

painting! painting!

I really would like to improve in painting.  Here are some master copies of Sargent paintings, and some random practice paintings.  There are a lot of funny screw ups in these.  Enjoy.

Film stuff and pastels

Some character stuff for my 4th year film.  I haven't fully figured out my story yet, but it involves a boy who is a furnace?  The last pic in just a random drawing I did while playing with pastels.

Dave zzz...

My friend, Dave, responds in his sleep!

Zzz..

Just something quick I did using photoshop.

Sketchbook dump

Just some pages from my moleskine. I probably should press harder when using pencil? and also there some copies of Sargent and Fechin drawings in these pages. Those two artists rock!

Come See Square Foot!

Square Foot 2008! On August 16th is the reception day for a gallery event that I am in! Check the info on the images above and come check out the event!

Square Foot 2!

Ehh...was trying something different than what i usually do. Really don't like the face!

Square Foot project

Well this is my WIP for my first Square Foot Project piece. I'm hoping I can get at least one more piece done by the submission date. AHHHH!!!

Color Lovers!

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/

Color Lovers is a cool blog I came across a while ago. The blog samples you with pretty pictures and leaves you with a nice color palette. Check it out, you might like it!

practice!

So I'm back from the Comic-Con. What a great experience! It was my first time there and I have to say I really enjoyed it. I was able to meet and talk to a handful of talented artist that I admire. So cool! Anyways, this is a sketch I did while I was on a break from work. Still trying to improve my painting skills. Don't know if anyone can tell what the picture is but its some grass, flowers, and bushes beside a side walk with a shadow from a tree on the ground.

Painting Test

So I haven't painted much. I was just fooling around with some acrylic based gouache, gouache, and pastels on BFK paper. This a very rough piece!

Some girls!

Thanks to and extended deadline, I was able to get one drawing into Alberto Ruiz's Eye Candy 2.0! Surprisingly it was this first drawing posted.

MONSTER cowboy

So I was out for a drink (bbt) with a group of friends and we decided to cafe draw based on a theme. The first subject was a big guy that was sitting near us, and the theme was monster/cowboy. The second was a funny looking Asian lady, and the theme was assassin. I definitely put more thought into the cowboy, the Asian lady just looked too funny for any of us to concentrate!