fallen leaves on the studio floor
Archive for October, 2007
29
Oct
artist and model
28
Oct
Thursday Gestures
The model David Roon posed as an adventurer and clown. To get the creative juices flowing we threw out the beatle challenge in which we had to come with something to do with the beatle using the model as a springboard. Enjoy.
25
Oct
liza, a llama and ringo
I started to draw a llama and these other two popped into my head.
It was pretty scary for a few days. You could not step out the first night the valley was filled smell of smoke on the second day I was with my Insurance agent when cops were evacuating the Stevens Ranch community across the freeway. Planes and helicopters were on that fire most of the morning. I went home and started to think about what I’d need besides my birth certificate and passport. I thought about what would I grab if the call came in. I mean when it really comes down to it what would you take?
17
Oct
warm up
Youtube goodness.
Top artist models in LA posed in a historic Victorian residence called The Castle Green in Pasadena last Fri. The place was home to the African American artist Charles White among other notables. My friend Anand with her pals also exhibited their girls drawing girls pictures that same night. Their second group show.Way to go Anand!
11
Oct
Shes Got Back
Straight up watercolors from Karl Gnass’s gesture class. He has a very simple
philosophy which goes something like this. Get the quick gesture first. Build the solid
masses around the gesture and then finally the details. He calls them the three stages. Simple.Yeah Right.1-3 mins.
Digital. The orginal image should be made into a stamp.
Watercolor, sliced up in Photoshop and skewered with Ctrl Z
04
Oct
Frou Frou
Just seeing how much watercolor my animation paper can hold. This image is somewhere between naturalistic and designed which is pretty murky. The paper does hold up to about
three heavy coats but after that it becomes pulpy tissue which is fine because any more
than three swipes at your rendering it dulls the color and energy of the target(unless your glazing) Whenever I am overworking some part of the image ” eh…this image isn’t a good example”I start over or just to move on to the next stroke.
