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.

Tattoo Paintings

I finally felt up to drawing some serious tattoo style painting. I felt these were some classic images. I got them from a "book of tattoos". Once again, i had a problem with the background. I did the blue first, but I tried to steer around the outlines because the color was so dark, i didn't want it to affect the color of everything else i would paint over it. I ended up messing up the picture by putting way too much blue on the blade of the sword.


I got this book called "Tattoo Bible vol. 2" and it is awesome, so many great images. I wanted to zoom in on this gypsie and just capture her head and put a flower behind her to add some depth. I also did 2 new things. One, I painted the background with old coffee which was supposed to give a cool "old" look to it, but the coffee wasn't black enough. Two, I spent alot of time layering, especially with her scarf on her head and her hair.



I tried once again to make a Koi Fish, much better attempt than my first one! I did alot of layering, no background first, I just went with light to dark. I love the colors of the water and that Japanese water came out great.


My mom always said i need to draw religious images, so this painting is dedicated to her. Our Lady of Guadalupe. I didn't put a thick outline around her, i'm not sure if that was a mistake or not, but she doesn't pop very much. The background rays came out very cool. The layering on her clothes took forever!

This painting is awesome! I poured a bunch of coffee grounds into a cup with water and heated it up. you cant see it too well in this picture, but I layered the coffee 3 times and let it dry each time. It is a great trick, you just need extreme black coffee! I think this picture really captures that old school "sailor Jerry" tattoo style, which is what i was going for.

Tattoo Style Drawing

My fist attempt at a rose and Japanese clouds (which are very hard to draw!)

A Skull (dedicated to the brothers of SOS)

A Rose (after much more shading practice) and ball point outline

Sparrow

I always wanted to draw a Koi Fish, also my first attempt at drawing water. This image came out of a "history of tattooing" book, this was tattooed on a old Japanese guy

I did this dragon without looking at my paper almost, i just followed my hand with my eyes as I stared at the picture because there were so many lines. I love this dragon head. My wife insisted I stop stretch my ability and make my own dragon body... not too good!

Sitting outside one day, felt colorful and copied a bird, then just decided to sketch around it. people like this one!