Here is the start of a new series of drawings based on the original Ghostbusters movie from 1984. It’s Peter Venkman, played by Bill Murray. Since he is my favorite of the Ghostbusters, I decided to start with him. The drawing is ink on Bristol board and is about 6″x8″ and is for sale for $25.
From the cold and icy land of Hoth, we take a trip back to the Star Wars universe. This creature is the Wampa. It looks like he just had a snack but this big guy is always hungry for more.
This was originally a drawing that I had finished a couple of months ago but wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do with it. I was thinking that I would do oil paint on top of the drawing but I was never really excited with the thought of it. My next choice was to paint it digitally. Which is what we have here. While still a Photoshop newbie, I went through a lot of procrastination with doing this piece. But today I decided it was time to give it a shot.
March is upon us and at the end of the month Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is coming to the movie theaters. This is a film I’m very excited for and I figure this would be a good time to do some art based on the characters that will be in the movie for this month. Today features the Michael Keaton version of Batman from the 1989 Tim Burton film. When this movie came out, it was a big deal to me. At that point I was a huge Marvel Comics fan and had not paid a lot of attention to the Dark Knight. To be honest, I did not pay much attention to DC’s characters. Like most kids I knew who the big players were. I watched the Super Powers cartoon and the Batman tv show. But that was about it. This movie was very eye opening for me.
I can still remember reading the movie novelization, playing with the action figures, I had a cool Batman shirt and then going straight to the music store to get the Prince soundtrack right after the movie.
This movie is not perfect but I do still enjoy it. Michael Keaton’s performance was great. He played Bruce Wayne perfectly. His Batman was intense. I also enjoyed Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale. But, I’m torn by Jack Nicholson as Joker. I think the make up they did on him was great and of course his acting was just as good. I always felt he was a bit too old and he does some pretty lame things, like pulling a 5 foot long hand gun out of his pants to shoot down the Batwing plane with one shot. Ugh. The mood of the film itself is perfect for Gotham City. Tim Burton’s vision of the film is excellent. And a completely different version of the setting and characters that we were previously used to from the Batman tv show of the 60’s.
The painting itself was something kind of new for me also. I usually do not paint on a canvas textured surface. I typically go for a smooth surface to paint on like the paintings I did in January. And, I haven’t played around with oil paints since I had my last art show. Technique was also a new thing for me on this painting. I have been recently studying a new painting instructional book and also watching some dvds about painting. So, this is a new way of thinking when I paint.
We will have to see how this painting technique pans out for me in the future.
Here is the under painting before I started laying on the oil paint.
Next up we shall see who challenges Batman in the new film, Superman.
11″x16″ ink and water color painting on toned paper.
“AS YOU WISH”
Week two of February is upon us and here is my second “love” themed piece for the month. This is a painting based on the movie, The Princess Bride. This is one of those cult classic type movies that has a big following. I must admit that I am new to this movie. I saw it for the first time only recently, in the last two years. And after hearing how great this movie is for so long, I was pretty confident that I would be underwhelmed by it. But, I gave it a shot and I’m glad I did because I did enjoy it. It’s a nice fantasy movie with interesting characters and a fun story. Best of all it has Andre The Giant in it. Since the movie, at it’s heart, is a love story, I figured it would be a fun subject to paint for this month’s theme.
This painting is for sale for $50.00
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6″x6″ ink and watercolor painting on illustration board
This is it! Painting 30 for Day 30 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge. And since it is the end I figured an old pirate skeleton would be an appropriate subject. This lovely fellow is the pirate who has all the treasure that the Goonies are searching for.
