The snow is beginning to melt, leaving icy pools of water and slush. As I struggled through it on a walk this afternoon I thought it would be a good subject for today's study.
Study Squares #4
Here are some quick pen studies of the views from the train today – mist in front of trees, stubble in the snow, hedges, ploughed fields, footprints, snow melting.
Study Squares #3
I struggled with this one. Choosing the colour and getting the texture right was difficult, and I don't feel I've completely succeeded in either area. This was a study of a canvas bag. I guess I need to paint more cloth!
Tutorial: Storyboarding in Photoshop
I've realised that the way I use Photoshop to storyboard isn't that well known. This way of working uses Frame Animation within the Timeline panel. It takes a short while to organise new shortcuts and change a few settings, but once that’s done it’s easy to add new...
Study Squares #2
While on a walk with the dog this afternoon I looked out for interesting things to draw and decided on this juxtaposition between snow, ice and water.
Study Squares #1
If you've been following me for a few years you may remember that back in 2015 I drew 'Pieces of Sky', small squares of the sky I saw that day. (Here's an example.) I've been thinking about starting to draw small colour studies again, as I enjoyed the challenge....
Doodle Dump
One of the good things about taking the train is getting the chance to doodle away. Here are a few drawings from a recent trip. Mostly I just scribble, but the first group below are some characters from an old story of mine. I've been wondering about storyboarding the...
Life Drawing, 6th February
Last week I had a good life drawing session with lots of dynamic and interesting poses. I drew in conte pastel for the first half, which was an attempt to shake me up a bit and loosen my drawings. Though everything felt a bit messy I think it was good as an exercise....
Knife Designs
Early last year I created some concept art for a feature film. Unfortunately the prop I worked on has since been cut from the story, but I'm able to share it here with you. The first three images were quite general explorations to get a feel for what the director...