Watercolor and Charcoal Sketches

I love going out for plein air! What is that? Well is a French expression for painting outdoors and I usually use watercolors for painting outside because it dries fast and I can get some nice effects with it, though I do admit I'd love to try some oils sometime.

Last time I went for plein air I was not able to sketch as much and now I wish I did.

Here's what I got:

 

Me here:

I also had some luck to get Adi to model and sketched her a bit.

 

Lady Elf

Illustration I did for cover "The Book of the Game" by Mike Hood. This is for Part II and it will be released this year. It felt great to draw fantasy again!
Please go ahead and check it out: http://www.thebookofthegame.com/

Wrapped in Thoughts Oil Painting

Wrapped in Thoughts is 40 x 50 cm.
Before I start any painting I make a sketch on A4 paper, then I sketch the result with charcoal on the canvas.

The first layer of oil paint is thin and I usually let it dry for couple of hours, even a day.
I add couple of layers to build in all shapes.

For this painting I used Linseed Oil - Boiled as medium mixed with a drop of  Lukas 2218 to thin the oil.

Lukas thinner helps the colors dry faster.

It is known that the linseed oil gives a yellowish tint in time, but used with thinner I didn't got that problem.

 


And I managed to compress some recordings into a video. :)

Black Sea Sketch

A fast study I've done last week. Reference from Black Sea movie.

Easter Bunny

I usually don't draw rabbits, or animals, even though I'd like to!
I made some sketches with bunnies and I liked what it came out. I decided it's not a total waste of time to color it! :)

Beyond Reality Oil on Canvas

 This painting has 50x90cm and stays inclined on a wall :)

 

 

Angel and Demon

Oils on canvas. 40x60cm & 40x50cm This diptych went through different stages, from triptych to duality, from elements who went to spirituality and eventually I decided it should be Angel and Demon.

Here's some of the process, sketch from final. Enjoy :)

 

I was able to record the progress as it went, not the best quality around, but I guess it's ok.

Sketch for Valentine's Day

Traditional paintings on the way

I've been very slowly with updates and I've painted less digitally because I'm working on a few traditional paintings. I also recorded their progress and I will be able to have a timelapse for each painting.
Here's some mess while I'm striving to finish them by the end of this year.

 

Meanwhile here is a self portrait I've done for the international self portrait day.

And a thank you sketch for the birthday wishes I received this year :)

Pala Wip

A bit more progress to my fanart pala. I am caught up with some traditional artworks and I cannot spare more time for this atm
I hope to be able to finish it up by the end of the year, though!