Fox Digital Storyboards- Western- The Teacher

Painting out west- Rio Grande/ Mexico

Time-of-day painting

We've been painting still lifes in my class at theartdepartment.org. I've been really into observing light at different times of day, and so I was excited by our assignment to paint the same object twice, but in different lighting.

So, I took to the top of the street, and painted our rusty, old fire hydrant. Once, as it looked at sunset, and again, in the early morning.

Honestly, I'm really not happy with the result, but this is supposed to be a progress blog, so here it is. Too yellow, clumsy brushstrokes, and I rushed the drawing, so I really struggled with painting the hydrant's ellipses once the paint got fat. I'm on to the next project, but I'll be back to this topic.

Still Life

Abstract Brush Play

Having some fun with what I've learned.

Back to Basics- Brushstrokes

Week one of painting class at the art department.org. We've been taking it back to step one- paint consistency and brushstrokes. The black wood trapezoid was actually one of my "brushes".
So was a 3 inch paint scraper, a stick, and a Q tip.

What a blast.

Captain America at Dawn

I think Captain America is my favorite Marvel Character. At first, I thought the chain mail armor was lame, but if you consider its weight, I think the added momentum would be nasty. He'd be like a human cannonball. Never you mind that parachute costume in the movie. This guy's heavy. Smash yo face. Bust yo teef.