This is solomon
This is just another daily painting. I originally intended to do a little more to it, but I kind of like it as is.
more quick daily digital painting practice.
I’m also trying to get in the habit of sketching and doing thumbnails more often. I need to work on actually planning a picture.
More quick digital practice. I’ll probably upload lots of these. I’m trying to learn to be a little looser with my painting.
Along with my picture I drew yesterday of Angela Orosco from Silent Hill 2, I decided to share two of my other fanarts of her. They are old drawings, but I still kind of like them. I have a few other older ones, but I’ll spare myself from embarrassment and keep them safely hidden. haha!
“You see it too? For me, it’s always like this…”
(Angela Orosco - Silent Hill 2)
I drew this idea a long time ago, and finally decided to update it. She is such a tragic character. Anyway, this was done with charcoal and pastels, but it didn’t scan well, so I cleaned it up digitally.
Here is a drawing I’ve been working off and on for a while now. It’s for a friend. It’s almost done, but I still have some finishing touches, and as always I can push the values more. I think I also need to fix the hand that is covered by the blanket. It looks awkward.
The photo I took of the drawing really isn’t that great, so when it is finished, I will try to scan the drawing. It is 18 x 24, I think, so it isn’t that easy to scan.
Anyway, this is a remake of an old drawing that my friend really loved. She helped me out a lot last year, so I decided to update the drawing and give it to her.
I’m trying to ease my way back into painting.
This was a sketch I did a while ago that I intended to do more with, but never got around to it. So, I used the sketch to do a quick painting. Maybe this can be a start to a bigger illustration.
Here is my unfinished painting for today. I don’t think I can get much more done on it tonight. I took a really old drawing and completely re-painted it. This time I tried to concentrate on the planes of the face, and I used a Sargent painting as a reference for the lighting. So, even though there aren’t a lot of details and it’s really messy, I think the form is still there to some degree. And, even in this sketchy phase, this painting is a lot better than my original drawing. I’ll post the original for comparison.
I lost the intent and harshness of the original, but if I keep working on it, maybe I can get it.
Now that the Holidays are over, I’m back to trying to do a painting a day.
I’m not sure about this, but it’s a painting so it counts.
I think it’s good for an artist to look over their progress for the year, so here is my progress or lack there of which ever way you see it.
The top bunch of pictures (first 3 rows) is 2010, and the bottom is 2011. Here are a few things I’ve noticed between the two years. First, I really dislike my art. It’s a snooze fest. I seriously need to figure out what I’m doing because looking back, most of this seems like a total waste of my time as an artist. I either need to step up my game, or stop, because this is crap. It’s funny because I didn’t necessarily see this while looking at individual pieces, but when I put them all together and realize I basically did nothing, it kind of annoys me. It’s not so much that they are all badly drawn (some are), but mostly that there is nothing interesting, there is no vision or passion. Maybe it was because I had a bad year, but seriously something needs to change here or I really am wasting my time.
Second, I think that I am grasping values better and I’m getting down the forms and planes better, so at least there is a little improvement. And, I am happy to see that I’m trying new things, especially painting.
About me
My name is Angie, and I like to draw.
