2012, May 30

I need so much work on drawing peoples faces. It might be the tilt of the paper when I took the photograph, but Sam's chin is a little warped to the left, and Roxanas eyes aren't quite lined up.  I hope neither of them mind.  I also seem to be really poor at drawing teeth.

2012, May 30

The more I paint, the more I wish I was actually good at it ha!

I should have washed the lake a darker yellow - my iPhone can barely pick up the color - the image is also stretched vertically in comparison to the reference picture. Overall though I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out. I just need to keep plugging away and getting more used to paints.  That said, I love stark contrast and the shapes of life - skylines are always nice to.  I need to paint more people though - I've noticed I do a lot of nature and a lot of non focus on people.

based off of a Google image search picture.

2012, May 28

I haven't been parachuting in a while now.  There are some things though that really stick with you when you jump - you move so fast that only the things in front are really clear though -  and if you don't shut your eyes closed the sights outside can be really beautiful.  The sight of land from a few thousand feet up is really incredible - everything looks completely unreal.

This is another watercolor.

2012, May 28

I absolutely love cafe racers - they are so clean in comparison to a lot of commercial bikes.  The bare bones feel, the tight geometry - they really are beauty on wheels.  Not really all that comfortable to ride though.

What with school out I've found myself with some time on my hands, and I've sliced some out for artwork.  This was done with water colors.  It's not as sharp as I wanted, but it looks OK - the wheels are lopsided and that bugs me a whole lot, honestly.  I just have a really hard time drawing non organic shapes - perfect circles, without aid, are hard for me to do.  Squares and rectangles, triangles and other shapes not so much but circles get me every time.

Edit - I smoothed out the front wheel just a tad - but it's still not quite there.  Meh.