A Rose For My Mother....

A Christmas present I barely finished in time!!

New Drawing - Sneak Peak

I've not been very faithful at posting to this blog, yikes.  Hoping to get a little better at that.  I don't have any completed work to show at the moment, but here's a sneak peak at one of the projects I'm currently working on.

William and Penelope

Worked on these two this weekend - acrylic and pen on watercolor paper.  Trying my hand at a new style.... 

Batman

Superhero #3.....

Finished this drawing up over the weekend.  The hands and feet were definitely a challenge, and I don't think I got them quite right, but overall I'm fairly pleased with it.  As you can see in the progress pics, I left the drawing of the hand/arm section until the last minute.  I definitely need to practice hands a lot more. 

An older sketch....

Sorry, I don't have anything new to post just yet.  Hopefully next week I'll get to show off what I've been working on.  For now, here's a drawing I completed earlier this year:

Hulk

Drawing #1 of my superhero series as promised.....

I completed this drawing earlier this year, and it was full of challenges and lessons for me.  Firstly, I had been hearing a lot about Artists using the grid method (where you draw a grid on the reference photo, and then draw the same number of boxes on your paper, except larger.....it helps you to see where everything goes in relation to each other).  So I decided to try this tried and true method for the first time on this drawing, and (as you can see) like an idiot, I drew the grid in pen! Gah!  It didn't dawn on me until more than halfway through the drawing, that the grid was there permanantly.  Duh!  Anyway, lesson learned.

Also, as you may have noticed, he has no feet.  This is for two reasons.  The first is because well, they didn't show up in the photo I was working from and I didn't search for pictures of Hulk's feet.  And the second is simply because I hate drawing feet!  So lesson number two: don't avoid challenges......it will make your work look incomplete and sloppy!

Overall I enjoyed doing this drawing a lot, as well as the lessons learned.

Some Ladies

A few older drawings......

That Green Guy....

The beginning of an acrylic painting I recently started.  It's based on drawing #1 of my superhero series.....which I'll be posting soon. 

The Art of Darksiders

I was never a gamer until I met my husband.....who is an avid gamer.  And I'm still not really considered a gamer, since I only play a few games now and then.  But I've developed a love and appreciation for video game Art. 

There was a game that came out in January of 2010 by Vigil Games called Darksiders, where you get to play as War - one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse.  Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, WAR - the first Horseman of the Apocalypse - battles both Heaven and Hell across the ravaged remains of Earth, searching for vengeance and vindication.  Sounds awesome, right?  I love anything that has to do with the end of the world, the apocolypse, post-apocolypse, zombies, etc.  So, needless to say, I was pretty excited about it.  The game had great potential, but sadly it was completely boring and yawn-tacular....to say the least.  While I was completely unimpressed by the game play, I have to say that the Artwork for this game was AMAZING.  And I'm so excited because Vigil is putting out a 288 page book of the concept Art from Darksiders.  This beafy book features hundreds of full-color illustrations, character and environment designs, development sketches, early concepts, promotional artwork, and more...ahhh!  So Excited!  Here's just a sampling of some of the awesomeness.

The book, called The Art of Darksiders, is now available on Amazon for pre-order if you want to buy it.  I know I'll be saving for my own copy.

The Feet.

I think it's official, I hate drawing feet.  Like really, really hate them.  Like rip-my-hair-out-and-scream hate them.

I'm continuing on in my Superhero series and started working on drawing #3.  Yesterday I started a rough sketch of Batman and today I began working on firming things out a bit.   I spent most of my time working on his lower half, adjusting the angles and proportions of his legs and feet.  As I hashed things out for the last hour I learned something about my drawing skills......I cannot draw feet.  They look too long or too short, or just plain wonky.  And they make me want to rip my hair out. 

I know that I just need to re-train the way I see feet.  But that little stick figure we all grew up drawing, with the feet pointed straight out to the sides is stuck in my head......and I can't get him out!!

Up until now I have not had to draw many feet, or perhaps I should say none at all.  So I haven't had to worry about my lack of feet-drawing skill.  For my last two superhero drawings, their feet were either in the shadows (as with Hellboy) or not in the picture at all.  With Batman, I am not so lucky.  I guess I should be thankful that I'm forced to learn something new.  *sigh*  I guess. 

Hellboy - Completed

Just finished my Hellboy sketch.  Been working on this one for a little while now and it feels good to finally finish it. This is #2 in my Superhero Series.

Here's a few progress pics: