Sunday, September 5, 2010

First paintings using acrylics


This is the results of my first time putting acrylic on paper. It actually came out pretty cool seeing as that I have never painted a wave before EVER!! I think i am going to be drawing more ocean scenes in the future. Acrylic is strange to mix with, I only have blue, red, yellow and green. No white or black. It has been truly educational re-learning the color wheel





I was painting this Koi Fish and was amazed how good it was begining to look, i decided to dedicate it to my friend Jaime for her birthday party we were going to that day and gave away my first painting. It is a big step, giving away a piece of art. It is humbling, embarrassing because you dont know if the person will want it or if they feel they have to take it. But her and Stewart seemed genuinely excited about the painting! I painted it on a Macy's box (the white slick box you put clothes in) and I really liked using that surface. The only flaw of this painting is that the ball point I used to draw the painting showed through the paint, and I thought it would be covered up. I also highlighted certain parts of the Koi with Sharpie. So it is also my first "Mixed Media" piece as well.




More Water Color Pencil. The Dragon!

I finally felt i had the ability to do this Dragon. It has been my goal since i began drawing. I am extremely excited about this picture. The shading came out great, I didn't outline the whole picture, just the parts I wanted to emphasize. I painted the background last, which i am sure is against procedure in a regular front to back water color picture.





Water Color Pencils!!


Well, I had no idea when someone hinted that i should try using water color pencils
instead of tubes that it would create this type of difference! I am so pleased with the results. I am finally starting to get the look I have been striving for. This is the same picture but with he pencils you can get more detail in without blurring up the whole image. I didn't outline the girl
the second time but as you can see, the outline really makes
the image pop!



























For my next piece I really wanted to get that old school "tattoo flash image" look. I think it came out pretty cool.