Backgrounds

I got bored with the backgrounds on my computer, so I tried my hand at creating my own. They're not too intense, but I kinda like them.

Charcoal Figure Drawing

Cabin In Progress

This is still in progress, but I've finished the sky, trees, and ground level.

Muscles of the Torso

Drawing vs Reference

I got the reference off posemaniacs.com and free handed it. I wanted to see how close I actually was with my drawing compared to the original. I'm fairly close on size relationships, but my angles are off a bit still. Oh well - it just means more practice.

Figure Drawing Day 8

Figure Drawing Day 7

Figure Drawing Day 4

Old Head Drawings

Digital Pooh Bear

This is a digital painting based on a guache painting I did during the semester for my media class. It's part of a sequential piece that I'll post as I finish doing them in different mediums. I'm trying to decide which media I like best for the subject.

Packing Tape Painting

Another Media Experimentation painting. This one was done by painting in shadows on wood, covering the whole thing in packing tape, and painting on the light portions. Once that was done, I went back in and scratched off parts.

Oil Lift Out

Another painting from Media Experimentation. It's more yellow in real life.

Warm Light/Cool Shadow

This is another painting for my media experimentation class. I wish I could have scanned the picture in, I think the colors would have looked better that way.

Oil Rendering

This is an oil painting I did for my media experimentation class. The colors are a lot better in the actual painting, but this was the best shot I could get with my little camera.

Sketch

This is the sketch for a painting I'm working on. Figured it was time to post something new. The bear is from a picture I took a couple years ago at Bear World, and the rest I made up.

Oil Lift Out Practice

These are practice pieces I did in class for the oil lift out technique. I drew the image on a gessoed matte board and then painted a very thinned down layer of oil paint over the entire thing. Then, while the image was still wet, I lifted out the lights using straight paint thinner on my brush. There are obviously some issues with each of these pieces, but I like the overall effect. Once I get my final piece done, I'll post it on here.

Photo Transfer Practice

These are practice pieces I did during class. I drew the image and inked it, and then made a reverse - photocopy of it. Then I used a Chartak blender to transfer the image onto some old matte board and painted it using really thin layers of acrylics.

Old Self-Portrait

This is a painting I did my freshman year at NAU. The assignment was to do a self-portrait, but I really wanted to paint a wolf. So I came up with all sorts of reasons why the wolf symbolized me, and then just told the teacher that I had really wanted to paint a wolf.

Rexburg Temple

I shot this picture last summer when Paul, Jenn, and I went up there to watch the sunset. I just found the picture again - I really love the lighting.

Park

This is a photo manipulation I did of a picture I took at the nature park this summer. I have lived in Rexburg for 3 years now, and I just found out there was a nature park around here.