Playing with the WACOM tablet because:
a) I have discovered I draw poorly on it. I’m too old fashioned.
b) I can’t sleep. Should I be making a lesson plan for the after-school art classes. Yes, I should Was I? No.
c) I’m still cold.
CL Steele
A little something for a local bar. Last minute soek and isn’t as nice as I’d like, but there you go.
What part of design, illustration, and painting tells everyone else, “Please ask me to make something at the last minute.” All I can say is thank goodness for free fonts and an account at a stock image source.
phew
This commission is for another artist, asked for by a mutual friend.
Two Leaves
I did a lot of this painting while watching/listening to the TV series “Lost”. So, I find it fascinating that the lady looked more and more like the actress who plays Kate. She doesn’t so much anymore, but for quite a while I wondered how much watching that show was influencing her features.
The strong shadows and the muscles on her back have been particularly difficult to make look “correct”. this is one of the many times I wish I could step outside of myself to set up an accurate pose to work from … yes, I took a lot of blurry photographs to work from and none were quite right. So, in this case, Frankenlady is a hodge-podge of model photos, photos of myself, and a lot of idealization. It still needs a lot of work.
Enjoy.
I have a lot commissions in the works, including a painting of Bunny Molecules by request! Here’s a little peek at something new, a quick study for a much more detailed and lovely painting of a beautiful cat named Cy. Click the picture for a larger look.
The website is back and ready for action, thanks to the amazing Qbot.
