Sévérine

Here's a 2 hr speed painting of Sévérine from Skyfall. I tried to keep it as loose as possible. I hope to cut the time in half in the future. Until then... practice practice practice

The Drawing Club - The Queen of Hearts

Happy New year! It's been awhile since I've been to The Drawing Club. I felt very rusty especially coming off a holiday break. This time around I was trying to break out of my comfort zone and take the less realistic approach. A total fail as I started out warming up in that direction with the first few poses. I hope to keep these workshops consistent in the coming months. As always I used a brush pen and added color with red copic sketch marker.

Sketchbook - Joshua Tree

Here's a sketch I did while out in Joshua Tree last month. This was all I could get at that moment. The sun was coming down fast and we needed to make time to hike down before it was dark. Hopefully I could make a trip back sooner than later. This place is surreal.

Figure Drawing

Here are a few sketches from Karl Gnass' Advanced Figure Drawing class this past summer at the Animation Guild. There's something therapeutic about drawing the figure especially when you're surrounded by so much talent. I hope I could keep this going with other figure drawing workshops around town. I used color pencils (black, sepia & sanguine) on newsprint. The length of each pose ranged from 8 to 20 minutes.

Gustav Klimt - Studies

This past weekend I checked out Gustav Klimt's "The Magic of Line" exhibit at The Getty. It was cool to see the exhibit was geared more towards his sketches. I've always been a fan of the thought process before a finished piece. The exhibit is up until the 23rd of September. I highly recommend stopping by The Getty to view his work. Above are a few sketch studies I did at the exhibit.

Doctor - Gesture Drawing

August has been a month filled with surprises I must say. One more class left. I've definitely enjoyed my time at the Animation Guild. It's been a humbling experience. Above are quick sketches from last night. A very interesting topic. It was fun sketching this model. I used copic markers, a pentel stylo pen & a pentel brush pen. 3-5 minute poses.

Sketchbook - Yosemite

This past weekend I visited Yosemite. I haven't been back since I was a kid. I was fortunate enough to get a sketch in during one of our hikes up to Nevada Falls. That day was jammed packed with weird weather. Sunny one minute then thunder and showers the next. Luckily the weather the next day was perfect during my hike up to Half Dome (which btw was an amazing experience). I hope to make this an annual trip every summer.