Apple Orchard background updated

I didn't like the look of the acrylic paint so for this iteration, I have added water-based oils.

apple tree background -- in progress

I'm working on this landscape painting of our apple orchard. Lately I have been studying background paintings from animated feature films, and I'm trying to capture some of the styles and techniques I see from artists of that genre. Specific influences are from Disney and Studio Ghibli. I may tone down/tweak the colors with a glaze of some sort. Not sure yet. Still need a lot of work on this one...

figure drawing

Here is a recent 15 minute gesture drawing done with vine charcoal, and charcoal pencil.

seated nude

This drawing is done with charcoal, sanguine and white conte on colored charcoal paper. I like the solid look of this pose, almost statuesque. The details -- faces, hands and feet definitely represent a challenge. Hopefully we will be studying these areas more in the class.

gesture drawings

Gestural drawings convey the line of action and movement of a pose. Shown here are some very quick gestures of a male model done using a sanguine conte crayon on drawing paper. This model's imaginative poses helped to inspire me --- inspiration is sometimes hard to conjur following a long day's work and hectic commute to Cabrillo. Alas! The dedicated artist is not easily broken.

seated nude

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