Painting Trip

i took the laptop up to the Santa Ynez valley for a few days. loved the wine and the scenery! the first one is a hazy morning and the second, nice and clear. all cs2.

Sketchbook 07

yep, started working on the new sketchbook for San Diego this year, should be a good one!

MTR Matte Painting

Noir Girl

painted this evening at the LA Figurative Academy, the theme was noir girls (my favorite). Jennifer Fabos-Patton organizes the whole thing and does a great job. i thought this came out a little like Jack Cole, unintentional but i like his work.
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Malibu

from life, cloudy but turned out ok, made a special brush on the spot to handle the bushes. that is one of the main reasons I paint from life, that kind of observational detail translated into (digital) paint.

New Stuff for Comic Con!!!!

oh boy... working on new stuff (finally) new prints, new books, new sketchbooks!!! it'll be GREAT!

Edges

for the past 2 weeks my class has been working on edges. edges are where 2 different materials meet, optically or physically. this painting represents a subject with a variety of edge treatments, from the razor sharp to the very soft.

evil MTR

after several tries the director liked this approach ....

more MTR

one of the earliest paintings of the orphanage.

MTR

after nearly 4 years of work i can finally share some of this artwork with you. this is one of the hundreds of lighting keys i painted through out the movie. more to come!