Gonna Do It

I'm gonna do it.  I'm gonna get back into acrylic, even though I have no idea what I'm doing, as this acrylic sketch so clearly evinces.  It's based off this photo, taken at a nearby park:

With practice, lots of practice, all the study, all the tutorials, I will one day be able to paint streams of light like that.  I'm gonna make it happen.

Sketches 6/22/15: Model Watercolors

I've started going to a local life-drawing studio on weekends, and the model this week very graciously gave me permission to post these watercolors.  While I do make some sketches for the gesture poses, doing watercolors for the longer poses is really what I enjoy.  I can capture shapes much better with a brush than a pencil.

Bold

These bold, brash, manly pilots are members of a starfighter squadron, which I hope to write a story or five about some day.  I'm planning another three paintings like this one, with other characters associated with these guys, to make it a series.