Warming up with a watercolor sketch of my daughter modeling her Anne Bolyen costume she created and shot in France while visiting inlaws.
Drawing & Under Painting of Rachel Cross portrait by Krisada
--- Hacking Out A Portrait The Hard Way ---
I'm old school and haven't painted in a while so I quartered off the canvas with charcoal and just started hacking away at this portrait. I could have saved some time by using the darkest shades and then subtractive painting from that point on but then I loose my drawing...which I lost in the initial color wash anyway, lol.
I think I know how I wanna start next time, which is what matters. Always, have to improve and grow your techniques to get to the point where you aren't thinking anymore and your mind and body just create what you feel.
Artwork Pricing & Timing
--- Commissioned Artwork Prices ---
I set up a quick pricing page for commissioned paintings. I'll add to it or modify it as needed.
Portfolio Review - Yankee Legends Acrylic Painting on Gesso
--- Yankee Legends, Acrylic on Gesso ---
This is more of an illustrative piece depicting some of the Yankee's greatest legends. I was commissioned by my friend and one of my managers at Grady's Goodtimes to composite his favorite hero's faces and one corresponding action thumbnail with the stadium and fans in the foreground as a visual anchor.
Now that I look back it was a very ambitious project with so many likenesses to capture and render out. But that was the brilliance of my youth....I would embrace a challenge with all my heart and just work my way through it. Problem solving the technique and layout and style were all a big part of what developed into a life long process I consistently fall back on.
If I were to do something like this again I would use waterbased oils for more control over the subtractive painting and blending. I could get a little more expressive too....but it's still a great piece that I am proud to show as a signature work in my portfolio.
If you are interested or know someone that would like something like this done, you can contact me at:
[email protected] ...or use the email button on the home page :) Thanks!!!
--- Just a little digital fun ---
I played around with this quote I found online with my Corel Painter app in an effort to work a little more creative stuff into my day to day routine.
Not terribly exciting stuff but like a great many things in life some of the more creative of them will come unexpectently from moments like this while we're just fooling around having fun
If there's something I'd like to pass on to young artists it would be to encourage them to practice without regard to whether they're making a masterpiece or something worthy of keeping. Forget who's going to see it... it's about you learning and feeling your way through mastering techniques that will allow you to put less effort and more heart into your work.
Not that I'm mastering anything but procrastination here ...but you get the idea lol
Creating
