nyan!!!

Work in progress shot of my super realistic nyan cat! I made this for the anniversary "Memes" show at Gallery 1988 that opens this May. I laughed through this painting from start to finish.

maude

We had another figure painting session at the wonderful Korpus School of Art this weekend. Thanks to Rebecca Kimmel for putting it together, and to our fabulous model Maude for maintaining a pleasant smile for 5 hours straight!

work in progress...

detail shot of a digital painting I've been working on for about ten zillion hours... SO CLOSE YET SO FAR

late night at the drawing table

Ahh, I feel like I've been really neglecting the blog the past few weeks... or even the past few months! Life is quite full these days with freelance, commissions, and attempting to lead a (somewhat) normal life. I've been curious about this, and maybe some readers can provide some insight - how do others manage to squeeze a full-time hobby into an already packed lifestyle? Any tips, complaints, experiences, grievances, general comments? What do you guys think? Let's discuss!

In the meantime, I realize I sketch constantly - literally, CONSTANTLY - but hardly ever post rough sketches here. Let us rectify this wrongful practice. Here's a couple doodles I've been working on - the first one for a sort of long-term personal project involving this weird indigenous tribe I've been inventing, and the last two for a large tattoo I'm designing for one of my best friends.

I'm also on the verge of finishing a digital painting that has, for reasons even I cannot explain, been taking me weeks and weeks to complete... more on that (hopefully) soon!

michelle

we had another figure painting session at Korpus this past weekend with the lovely Michelle as our model. this one I did in about 4 hours. I've been painting with thicker paints lately and I'm really digging the super textured brushstrokes... click the second image for a mega gigantic detail shot!

figure drawing forever

figure painting!

My apologies for neglecting the blog for so long! I've been busy with work, and also trying to finish this godforsaken digital painting that is taking forever. I'll post an in-progress shot once it gets to a good place.

In other news, I did some figure painting at Korpus School of Art in downtown LA over the weekend. I haven't painted from life for quite a while and was worried about how rusty I might have become, but I'm pretty happy with how this one came out.

5 hours, oil on board.

you can click the one below for a ginormous detail shot of the brushstrokes and board texture. I used one of those rolly sponge brush thingies to roll gesso onto a piece of particle board, but in my haste didn't get a chance to sand it smooth, so thats the weird spongey texture you're seeing.

Thanks to Rebecca Kimmel of Korpus School for putting the workshop together, and to the lovely Petra for sitting for us.

More soon!