New Illustration (Ink & Watercolor)

                                                       

This is a new piece I did this last week... I love this old nautical stuff, so I'm starting a new series. Illustrating a story of a ship lost at sea. Over all I feel okay about this piece, theirs parts I like and parts I don't.

Classical Drawing Atelier

"We all draw when we are children. Drawing the things they love empowers children and reduces their feelings of vulnerability. I believe this is also true for those of us who draw as adults. drawing is not just about expressing a visual mode or a well-articulated visual response, it is deeply connected to a natural impulse."
- Steven Assael

Sketchbook Update

Here are some recent figure & anatomy studies I've been working on... Here I was studying some anatomy illustrations by Stephen Rogers Peck & Gottfried Bammes. Also some figure drawings by Russell Iredell.

For Anyone Who Is Interested...

One of the most interesting things about drawing is watching the improvement in someone's skill level over time. However, as great as it is for those who draw to be able to see themselves learn and become more advanced, it can also be frustrating in some ways. I've been looking over my older posts and realizing how unhappy I am with some of the work. A lot of the older posts are not that great, and some of them are pretty bad or even embarrassing :/  But I guess thats all part of the process, one thing I do like is that each new piece I do is almost always at least somewhat better than the one before it. So I hope that the fact that I'm making an effort to learn and improve shows in my work! Feel free to comment if you have an opinion.

Dirty Girl

(Finished)

(Work In Progress)

Here is a new piece I did this last week... Part of a series I'm working on. Here I'm using the same technique as usual with ink pens on toned paper. I have not decided if I want to paint it with watercolor or not. I took some pictures throughout the process of rendering it with the ink.

Watercolor

This was a really quick watercolor mood painting I did just for practice. I have mixed feelings about it, but I really enjoy doing this sort of conceptual, background design stuff.

Anatomy Studies (Sketchbook)

Here are some recent anatomy studies I've done over the last two weeks. Here I'm studying from several artists, but mostly Gottfried Bammes. These were a lot of fun to do.