Sunday, August 12, 2012
Repainted My Paint Brush
I use this brush to start almost every landscape I paint. It's called a hake brush and it's used to lay down large areas of color. It sees a lot of water and over the years that has caused the wood in the handle to expand and contract which has split the paint and caused it to flake off. I haven't soaked it in water, stored it bristles up or left the handle wet, but occasionally the handle does get wet though normal use.
I should have done this years ago, but I finally decided to repaint the part of the handle where the damage is. Hopefully this will help. It can't hurt.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Lavia Portrait - First Digital Painting
I decided to take on digital painting. I've had Photoshop and a Wacom tablet for a few years and I've dabbled in painting, but this is the first serious effort I've made at it. Here are my results.
I started with sketch that I created using the grid method. I added basic mid range colors. You can see my initial palette laying around the edges of the sketch. |
Here is the final with all the shading and blending. I left the blending on the shirt a little rougher. I'm pretty happy with the results. I really didn't expect this to come out so well. Thanks to the model, Livia for the reference photo. |
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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