Painting because I want to!

Took a little speedpainting break today, for relaxation purposes :)

Sally Commission

Photoshop CS5 painting of Sally the hunting dog, for a recent commission.

Dita Von Teese

The speedpainting continues!  About 3 hours on and off on this one today.  Reference from this catalogue site (where you can buy the stockings):

http://www.secretsinlace.com/category/Dita_Von_Teese_Stockings

Happy Fathers Day

 

2 hour speedpaint done in Photoshop CS5, from a reference photo taken by my dad.  Happy Fathers Day everyone!

Family portrait.

 

A present for my cousin, Liv, in the Faroes.  This is her in her national dress for the festival.

Speed painting!

Working on speeding up my paintings, with some quick sketches in photoshop, just working from reference photos at the moment.  This one took about an hour to an hour and a half.

Edits and experiments.

I decided to take a recent portrait I had done, (see further down the page) and really try and get more out of it. Pushing myself to use way more colour to describe skin tones, and stronger contrasts. I wanted to give this one a more painterly style that was consistent throughout the image. Any feedback on this work would be greatly appreciated, good or bad!

Done in Photoshop CS5, with a tablet, and a fabric texture dropped in from CGTextures.com