Digital Painting Doodle #11: Study of Raphael’s Portrait Of Baldassare Castiglione: Phase 1

Digital Painting Doodle #9: Vermeer Study: Phase 2

I tightened up the facial area quite a bit for this phase. I have so much respect for Vermeer…the number of color mixes are crazy! Here’s a link about Girl with Pearl Earring by Vermeer here. In case anyone is wondering, yes, there are many ways to “cheat” using Photoshop…but if I did that, I wouldn’t […]

Digital Painting Doodle 9: Vermeer Study: Phase 1

Old Master’s portraiture inspires me…so why not learn from it? This is a rough block in of the proportions and colors. Refinements to follow.

Photoshop Painting Practice: Sea Monster: Phase 4

I left the color pallet in tact there floating in the sky. I take color samples from the same colors as I paint to keep things consistent. I’m honestly not a fan of this direction, but it’s part of the learning curve. I may trash this direction, and start fresh, perhaps making the creature red […]

Photoshop Painting Practice: Ice Queen: Phase 1

I get one free image download a week from Bigstock. They gave an image of a snowy forest, and this is what I saw overlaid on top of it. Here’s the black and white photoshop painting installment.

Digital Painting Practice: Sea Monster: Phase 3

I knock out more details, add a ship, a dock and a few indications of water. The black and white version is almost ready for color!

Digital Painting Practice: Sea Monster: Phase 2

Here’s the second installment of working up this digital painting in black and white. Jenni said she couldn’t tell this was a sea monster at this stage, so in the next, I’ll block in a few indications of the sea’s edge!

Digital Painting Practice: Attacking Sea Monster: Phase 1

Digital Painting #5: Impressionist Creek Walker: Phase 2

I can’t say that I’ve ever tried anything Impressionist before. This still has a long ways to go, but this is a shot of the progress.

Scribble Ink Doodle: Horsing Around: Phase 1

I assigned three horse sketches to my drawing students this past week, so I decided to do a few myself. This image both challenging and fun. I don’t think I’ve ever tried a colt. I’ve also not done anything “art” worthy in awhile, so I decided to start this on illustration board. That way if […]