Lunchtime Sketch to Digital Paint

Today while on my lunchtime at work I thought I would do a little sketching of Michael Keaton from the Beetlejuice movie.  This was my second attempt this week to try and get something good finished.  My first attempt was very far from satisfying.  And, this is nothing new to me lately because I’ve been struggling with drawing in the last couple of months.  I feel like I have been trying to force myself into a different style that I’m just not comfortable with.  So, today I thought I would just do a more finished pencil drawing.  And I was pretty happy with it.  From there I thought I would drop it into Photoshop and try to do some digital painting on it.  I just wanted to try a quick painting on top of the drawing.  More like a watercolor painting with a transparent layer over the drawing.

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Art Drop 2

Hitching A Ride

Day two, and here is some more art that was created recently and shown at the first convention I have shown at.  First up is a drawing of the Hitch Hiking Ghosts who are trying to find their way out of Disney’s Haunted Mansion.  It is a marker and ink drawing.  And this is a piece that sold at the show.

This is a color version of the piece that I did.

Best Friends

Muppets are and have always been important to me.  The photo this is based on is just perfect.  It is a 5″x7″ watercolor and ink piece and is for sale for $20.

Aaaaahhhhh

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Try Something

From the lack of frequency on my blog you can see that I did not make it through the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge.  I gave up on it after I realized that this month was just too busy and stressful for me to keep that pace going.  I’d do more art than I posted here.  There were a few more pieces on my social media.  You should follow along with, it’s fun!

One other reason for the lack of art is that I’m just not enjoying what I have been producing, and this has been an issue for a while now.  So, the thing I need to start focusing on is fixing this.  What that means is still unknown to me.

But, I will keep plugging along.  And this piece is a part of that process.  It is a watercolor and ink painting of the bounty hunter from Star Wars, Boba Fett.  And, here is the non painted version:

Which version do you prefer, ink or painted?

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Mad Balls- Oculus Orbus

Madballs

Here is the next entry into my Madballs paintings.  This big eyeball’s name is Oculus Orbus.

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30 Paintings in 30 Days- Day 3

5″x7″ ink, watercolor and oil painting on gesso panel

30 Paintings in 30 Paintings day 3
Today’s painting almost did not happen which would be disappointing since it’s only the third day. But as my Bay Area friends know, it’s been stupidly hot these last few days. And being in a house with no air conditioning sitting under lights and painting does not come easy. But, I’m forcing myself to work tonight.
This painting is another Madballs painting. This lovely is named Aargh. It is a 5″x7″ ink, watercolor and oil painting on a gesso board. #madballs #aargh #30paintingsin30days #oil #painting #watercolor #ink #art #artist #painter #illustration #1980s #ilovethe80s #toys #80stoys

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Rolf the Dog

Rolf the Dog ink drawing.

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Here is the original ink drawing

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30 Paintings in 30 Days-Day 14

frankenstein-14

From painting beauties for the last 6 days, to painting a beast.

This is a gouache painting of Frankenstein’s monster from the Universal Studios classic film, staring Boris Karloff.  I’m not sure I’m completely happy with the results of this because of the gouache paints.  Especially after using watercolors for the last week.  I really enjoyed using watercolors, but, I think I will stick with gouache for a few more this week.

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Pixar Bound-Finding Nemo

Nemo

Finding Nemo watercolor painting.

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Pixar Bound-Finding Nemo, Day 3

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Two more days until the new Pixar movie, Finding Dory comes out, and we have one more day of character design studies of Finding Nemo to go after this batch.  My personal favorite out of this group is this last one of this tough looking fish by artist Peter de Seve.

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