all this talking...

Still in the beginning stages of a few projects, so I can't show them yet, but I'm pretty excited about them so hopefully they'll turn out well...here's some sketches for now!

The sketch that was the basis for that new header...

Some quick hand studies from my own hand...

And I've started adding little mp3's to these posts, since I do tend to listen to a lot of music and end most of my posts with lyrical quotes anyhow, so I hope they're enjoyed!

"All this talking...you'd think that I'd have something to say..." - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder

some older things...

Seems I've left this hanging again, with not much to show for it...but I've had a few people wondering about pieces I did before I started this blog, and while I like the leave a lot of the old behind, I went through and found some of my favourite sketches and pieces that I'm still pretty fond of...

I have some other things in the works as well, so with any luck there will be some new things here soon! Also, the Art Walk went amazingly well, the response to my work was seriously unbelievable, so thanks to everyone who came by, I really appreciated it!
Golden Holy - Sons of Dreams

we used to dream...

Here's a rather large load of sketches, hopefully to make up for my long absence. I fell into a bit of a slump after school was over but it looks like I'm (hopefully) starting to recover. But I finally figured out how to make image shortcuts work, since I'm inept at this game, so clicking on them should lead you to the full versions. All these sketches were done straight from reference photos, with the exception of the head on the last one, which was my own addition. I have a ton of ideas knocking around in my head at this point, I can only hope to be able to get them down on paper, and with the Art Walk coming up, I'd better get some paintings going as well.

I'm trying my hardest to sketch more, since it really helps keep my head in order, so with any luck I'm going to try and at least keep weekly updates of this thing going.

Other than that, hope everyone's enjoying the lovely summer as much as I am!

"We used to dream, now we worry about dying." Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire

it's a long way down...

School's finally done!!!

Here's the final lines for my final painting...

Here are the two colour roughs, I almost did the first one since everyone liked it more, but then my teacher came around and said she liked the bottom one more, so....

Here's my final piece, done with watered down gouache and many tired hours...

It's odd to think the first year is already done, I need to take full advantage of this summer, to build myself up a bit more and also take some time to just relax now and then...I'd like to get a better idea of the human figure and lose my intense reliance on line by working on form and such...maybe fool around with brush ink too...but all in good time...

"It's a long way down, from here to the sound, watch the faces go round, to the stars then the ground." - Carousels, Beirut

and all the stars were crashing around...

Just a quick update...

Found this sketch while rummaging through my sketchbooks looking for my perspective pieces, and remembered how much I liked it...so I cleaned it up and fooled with it a bit in Photoshop...
Finals are almost done...in the homestretch...no more until then...

"And all the stars were crashing around, as I laid eyes on what I'd found..." - The Crane Wife Part I, The Decemberists

looking for the great escape...

Sorry for the delays again, finals are upon me and it's not the best thing at all, but I'm making my way through them somehow...can't wait till school is over, but until then...

Here's the final painting for my mandala project for colour & design, done completely in gouache...it looks like it worked out pretty well...

And here's the sketches for my final color & design project, which I'm quite excited about, but still have no idea how I'm going to make it happen...somehow, I'll get there...

No more posts till school is over, but hopefully I'll have something good to show for it...till then!

"Hey child, things are looking down, that's okay you don't need to win anyways, don't be afraid just eat up all the gray and it will fade all away, don't let yourself fall down...Bad day, looking for the great escape..." - The Great Escape, Patrick Watson

drop what you're doing...

As the end of the year draws closer, the projects are getting harder, and though this is my second last project for Colour & Design it's taken so much work already to get it to this point...and I'm not sure if I'm even ready to start pencilling the final design yet...but anyways...

Essentially for this project we need to make a mandala, which, loosely termed, is a symmetrical, equally balanced design with all elements in harmony and a central focal point...this is the little thumbnail that I chose to keep working with...

And then I drew out a more finalized sketch of the bird itself and a couple additional wings and mirrored and played with them in Photoshop, to create these four designs...and now I have to pick one for the final, but I'm still not sure...who knows...

And due to that project, I sadly did not get much sketching time in this week, but I did work on this little sketchbook piece, which is slowly growing...if anything it's an excuse to fool around with brush pens, which is always fun...

So I'll keep updating on the progress of the mandala, since it's the biggest process, and maybe you folks who follow this thing might be able to offer some feedback, we'll see...otherwise enjoy the long weekend!

"Drop what you're doing and worry about what you're doing while you're stressing out about what you've done." - No More Long Years, Matt&Kim