Monday, 27 May 2013

The study that went wrong


Today was one of those days when I really wanted to paint but it felt like everything was working against me. I even found this huge spider in my paint box! It was as if I wasn't suppose to paint today but I did... and I came up with this study of a Michelangelo fresco.

I'm  liking the thickness of the paint, the colours are okay but I do think you can tell  my heart wasn't in it. It just lacks that bit of liveliness, the lines are weak and so is the figure, it just sorta hangs there in blobs of paint, probably because I wasn't as concentrated as usual.

But at least I got to paint today!!



Saturday, 9 February 2013

The bat girl


Oil on 20x20 Canvasboard.

I was looking through this old book with all sorts of animal species and the bat caught my eye. The wings looked so tempting to paint! Combined it with a face and it was certainly interesting to work on.

Friday, 8 February 2013

Sherlock


Oil on 20x20 Canvasboard.

A one session painting of BBC's Sherlock. Painted quickly and thickly! Despite the wrong anatomy I feel there's a sort of charm about it. A fun relaxing little painting.

Thursday, 7 February 2013


Small oil painting on 18x24 Canvasboard.

Reference taken from Mizzd-stock on Deviantart here.

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Nefertiti


The second painting in my Dad's shop. Again painted up on a door. My personal favourite from the two. Her skin turned out really interesting, since I took the paint away there it left this thin film upon the white door which made it look like a marble surface.