Lifedraw

5-15 minute poses.

Gouche Sketches

more sketches.
looking at http://crayonboxofdoom.blogspot.com/ for inspiration.

Smokestack Sketch

these were painted at a derelict factory in Andover, MA.
45 min each.

Cemetary Sketch

near andover, ma. gouache.
45 min.

Tank City WIP-color

original sketch- http://mikebear.blogspot.com/2009/03/tank-city.html

one day it will be finished. i like this quote from Bob Peak.

"Now, in every assignment, there is a great deal of preparatory thought. The actual execution of a painting takes about three hours. Few of the drawings take over one hour. Really though, this is a misleading statement. A painting may take ten years..."

"... that is to say, it was ten years before I could do it."

i found it at this blog- http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/08/bob-peak-finest-illustrators-work-with.html

Nightmares

photoshop over a loose pencil drawing. for a contest at sketchaholics.com

the theme was Nightmares. the idea is sort of from Monsters Inc. i love the idea of a couple of bullies going after a gentle monster. poor guy. so anyways, the kids are the monster's nightmare.

Studies

it seems all i do these days are quick studies from life, imagination, or other artists. this is a collection of quick gouache thumbnails from the past month or so. the top one is the latest.

War Sketches

Anxiety

Dreams

Tin Man WIP

Layout

Wolfe's Neck Farm

I did this a few weekends ago on a camping trip up at Wolfe's Neck Farm near Freeport, Maine. It was really hard to see the color I was laying down as the sun went down and I was a little frustrated.

I'm going to do more of these, and study more plein air artists. It's really nice to use oils again.

Oil paint, Around 1 hour.

Monster Suit

Gouacheness

because it's just too hot for computers!

Asteroid Sketch

Bear Sketch

this was an experiment with rendering and textures. i'm going to keep exploring these techniques.

Randoms

studies of Dice Tsutsumi and Gil Elvgren. the others are mine.

an attempt at a concept for the gardens from the film Metropolis.

Moods

Experiments with Imagery

Monkey King

Monkey King WIP

LifeDrawing

These are my roommates' cats. Sophia is a Siamese and Fargo is a Russian Blue. Sophia just stares at you and doesn't let you pet her, and Fargo is really friendly and has a silent meow. She just opens her mouth and whispers a meow. Fargo is probably the best cat I've ever met.

Wrastlers

The Grump

Wolverine Sketch