Iron Gorilla Full WC Process

is a continuance of the earlier post of the painting in progress, here are process scans of the washes being built up to create armor and mechanical element effects. It is a challenge to undertake this sort of texture and conceptual imagery with my little watercolor crashcourse, but this piece is turning out well. Look for another post of the final layers on this concept piece soon. Thanks for stopping in, more tomorrow.  

Blown Covers Fathers Day Submissions

was this past weeks Blown Covers theme, and what a fun one to partake in. Here are my sketch submissions and the thumbnails that I worked from. I have officially been taken over by the force of Darth Vader deciding which tie to wear. The Vader concept made it all the way to Runner-Up #3, unfortunately my submissions were not one of the pair chosen. I think I took the tie idea too far and wasn't concise enough on distinguishing the elements. This theme was one I had a blast working concepts for. I am going to rework the main Vader idea , add color, zoom out on the scene, drop a tie and possibly the design on the tie as well. You may notice the one and only MCA in a fathers day submission, because he was a father to so many within music and beyond. The first is the actual submission, the second is the adjustment I placed on the portrait. Take a trip over to the blog and see the all the submissions. Thanks to Francoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman for the weekly adventure. Look for more tomorrow on some fun projects. 

Fathers Day Winners

65 Fathers Day Cartoons

Iron Gorilla Full WC

quick initial steps of the full version, sketch, digital, and first washes, working through this piece is an adventure in animal and super-hero anatomy fusion. You may have seen the portrait study in earlier posts, look for more fun stuff tomorrow. 

Sketchy sketch sketch

new sketches for future projects. San Diego, spanish for a whales ....... return of Burgundy should be good....lacking sleep so I'm turning in, thanks for taking a trip to view the work. 

Glee Gun Watercolor

is a piece that was a rough during the last blown covers submissions, that I just had to move to final and paint. When you see the palette while working the line drawing I feel there is something there to be explored, and so here is a great process and final for you. Take it as you will, it is a small watercolor cartoon that tells a story that we are hearing often. Thanks for taking a stop in and please share and re-post on your social media, this one deserves some attention I think. More tomorrow.

"O Glee Gun" Watercolor on BFK Rives 5.25" x 5.25"

Scorpion Posse Watercolor

is yet another small painting that I used a rough line drawing to work from. I did not transfer the drawing using the lighttable as I have with many of these on Rives paper because it is thin enough to work your drawing from underneath. I utilized a new rubbing transfer that I have been using and the image was ghostly at best on the watercolor paper. You can see this in the first few steps, the face, hands, and pistols are almost non-existent in the transfer. This made for more of a challenge in the painting, but also allowed for more exploration of the forms and the lighting. I had a lot of fun pushing and pulling the form in the final stages of the portrait, you can see how much fun in the detail shots. Look for many more watercolors and client work in the next few posts. Thanks for stopping in on this Memorial Day.

"Scorpion Posse Gun" Watercolor on BFK Rives 4" x 6.25"

Blown Covers The Gays Submissions

was this past weeks Blown Covers submissions. With both political and social agendas focusing on the right of same-sex couples to get married, this topic was full of great visual candy. Not to mention this month marking the first Marvel comic cover to have a same-sex marriage as the showcase, this theme is one new to our society, but distinctly the right thing, if two people who care for one another want to annoy each other for that long, more power to them. I had so much fun working both political, and individual plays on the theme. The military Obama idea I did not flesh out, but I do have another version that I will talk about soon, stay tuned.  Visit the blog to see the winners and runner-ups, more tomorrow. 

The Gays Winner & Runner-ups

72 Cartoons about Gay Marriage

Caterpillar Creates Watercolor

is another small piece that was destined for some washes. Here is the painting with initial washes and the final. I have a few more in the works so stay tuned on my watercolor adventures. Short and sweet thanks for stopping through. 

"Caterpillar Creates" Watercolor on BFK Rives 4" x 6.25"

"New Kicks" Clean up

was a refurbish, revamp, revitalize varnish for an oil painting that was a gift for my brother. This piece is from 2007, I could be wrong on that, but it needed a facelift, so I took it out of the frame, put a new coat of clear on it, and re-secured it. Here are some detail shots of the work and looking quite nice back in the frame with a shoeshine on it. Thanks for viewing more posts tomorrow.

"New Kicks" oil on board, 2007, 9" x 12"

Railhead Watercolor

is another small concept piece. I have been posting a few of these paintings because I enjoy watercolor so much but I am not very good at watercolor. While working through this different subjects I have been touching up on my skillset and I think that I am starting to get the hang of it again. I am sure that my working technique is most likely backward in some way, but for now I think the results are coming along. I recorded some process on this work that you can see in the shots below the final. One final is the scan and the other is a photograph to see the washes better. Look for another post today and thanks for stopping in. 

"Railheads Southwest" 2.5 x 6.25 Watercolor on BFK Rives