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I had been busy , so Ill be posting the rest as soon as possible..

1-19-12 photo of the day

Apologies about not posting regularly and not posting work. Been really busy finishing up Tule Lake and doing the Figure Drawing Marathon. Hope all your holidays have been full of fun and relaxation!

1-18-12 photo of the day

Hey guys! Back from out of town and need to seriously catch up on all the speed paintings. 

Here is the photo of the day for Wednesday. 

Finishing up my Society of Illustrators submission is going to take a lot of my time this week so, I'll post when I can. 

Happy painting!

Celiceo

Long story short, I lost my pen last semester, and got a new one today. I have a lot of catching up to do. 

1-17-12 reference photo of the day (early)

ok, so its not just statue week but also interesting Italian stuff too!

Happy painting!!

1-16-12 reference photo of the day (early)

Statues Still!! dynamic too :]

1-15-12 reference photo of the day (early)

more statues!

1-14-12 reference photo of the day (early)

The new theme, statues!

1-13-12 reference photo of the day

Hey guys, here is the photo to paint from today. I'm out of town right now, and without my tablet. So, I'm just going to post up the next few days worth of photos ahead of schedule. Happy Painting!

1-12-12 Reference Photo

Sorry about the late post. Happy horse painting!

1-11-12 photo of the day

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I've turn a woman into a man in this one haha. It was fun and I learned a bit more about features. 

1-10-12

Should have blocked in bare necessities and then moved right into the focal point. 

Instead... I noodled.

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Hmm color is a bit desaturated in blog spot compared to photoshop colors.

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ja late.. 

last post for 1-9-12

late post for 1-8-12

1-7-12 late post

Again, didn't reference a color palette on speed painting. Tried to keep everything pretty warm. I think I spent too long on getting my shapes right before going to edges.

1-6-12 late speed painting

Trying to test my color sense with this speed painting, I did not reference any color palette. Ended up

struggling a lot with it, went back on what I already blocked in several times and tried to apply a tutorial from Dice's blog. 

I also really struggled with seeing correctly like Dice stresses. 

I really need to simplify my stuff down. 

The story I got from the photo was that when the woman is putting on her make up things are more ideal. So, I pushed the saturation in the color palette of the reflection.

1-10-12 reference photo of the day.

1-9-12 late photo reference to paint from

It's all about capturing form baby! 

(subject matter of this week... horses if you have guessed already)

1-8-12 late reference photo post

Again, sorry about the late posting. Happy horse and landscape painting!

late photo reference update..

Hey Guys,

Super sorry about disappearing for a couple of days. I've been away from art in general and it was a nice break. Now, back to it! And with a more focused view on what I am trying to achieve with each painting.

This photo is the last of the B&W turn into color. Have fun with it!

grrrrr

This is the first time i painted a black and white photo in color. I used a Sargent painting. It was pretty hard.

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1-6-12 photo of the day

grr my brain

Tried using a new brush on this painting based on Pepe's crits. At first I was trying to capture the feeling of the moment with the brush strokes. Hence using a brush that is angle sensitive.

 But then I thought, what does that mean? Feeling of the moment.

 I feel lost in what I'm doing. I'm trying to first find a palette of colors that works for the story/feeling I get from the photo, then I block the painting in with those color relationships and value in mind. But then, edges start bumbarding my brain and I just get overwhelmed. Which just makes me bounce back and forth around the painting fixing this, adjust the shape on that....

I don't man. My brain is just spinning here.   

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1-5-12 photo of the day

I tried painting this while talking on the phone. Don't know how long I spent on it exactly, but it felt like an hour (ish). Palette is from a Norman Rockwell painting.

Opting out

I've done these speed paintings a lot of time so I'm out for the moment. I'll come back later sometime. Sorry guys. Gotta do my own thing.

1-4-12 speed painting of the day!

Its a half hour early but who cares, painting is fun!

Jazzy

Had a lot of fun going crazy with these colors.

The palette comes from a James Gurney Dinotopia painting.

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Finally sort of caught up!

Painting African Americans is hard. Palette is from Renoir.

1-3-12 photo of the day

I'm curious as to how folks will tackle the reflection of the Trumpet player.

Semi almost caught up part 2...

No where near as awesome as Pepe's rendering of this photo. But I'm starting to remember how to squint while painting again. Pallette is from a Jean-Leon Gerome painting.

Semi Sorta not yet caught up...

I got super caught up in all the negative/positive shapes in this painting.
Palette comes from a James Gurney painting. He's a beast.

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Worst painting of mine ever but whatever. I don't use reference.

Still catching up part 2..

I'm starting to realize how much you can let go in a painting in regards to how rendered everything has to be. So long as your values are right and your focal point is tight, you're off to a good start.

Still Catching up..

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Jan, 2nd reference photo

When I was photo hunting on Corbis, I found a bunch of Music related images. They're super cool and I wanted to share them with you guys. Here is the first of a few to come.

I'm also really liking this 'adapt a color palette thing and making the values work' method to our 1 hour speed paintings.

Lets keep it up!

3rd of many I need to catch on...

I looked at the reference photo and just felt the colors Red, White, and Blue. Following that viegn I found a painting that Jean-Leon Gerome did that had colors I felt fit.

2nd of many soon coming..

 I got the colors for this painting from a James Gurney painting. On a personal note, I really enjoyed this study and the colors from the painting I referenced.

Finally got my computer back up and running! Now time to catch up..

I got the colors for this painting from a Hudson River School Painting.