Digital painting WIP (updated 2)

 

Edit 2: The stage after rendering, detailing and fine tuning. I used a reference to achieve fluorescent light feel. There's also a slight desaturation filter. The shiny bag is still pretty sketchy,  and the face could be less stiff, I tried to avoid making it over worked, not too much air brush. I may add some skin pores and cloth texture for credibility to see if that helps.

I was sketching while returning from work via commuter train. I painted a preparatory value study of the sketch with Art Rage 2. Finished with Painter 11.

Practicing

I once sculpted a clay study based on a figure. The statue is rather clumsy but still useful for observing light and shadow. I decided to practice my anatomy knowledge combined with the clay statue for value study and then color study with blue-gray guache ébauche and pastel on top.

 

Cat anatomy studies. One has to know what's inside to avoid making shallow drawings.

Field sketching

 

Kids at local mall. At my previous school we were encouraged to go to sketch at malls and other public places every now and then as drawing moving people enhances the ability to draw from both observation and memory.

Landscape paintings may not be interesting as works of art, but the process of trying to capture the colors to scientific accuracy is what makes it challenging and compelling. It helps to understand how light and color function in nature.