as a next step from drawing with references (including live subjects and captured photographs)
November 9, 2019
October 27, 2019
Night driver
I have been fascinated by the light and shadow effects on a driver’s face at night from the passenger side view.
The stroke textures can influence the perception of the face.
October 20, 2019
Cafe reader
I pencil sketched and oil painted this composition based on two reference photos I took two days earlier. (I have yet to try physical oil paint.)
The subject came into the cafe, pretended to look at the menu on the wall, and sat down at a table to read a book.
October 13, 2019
Broken bridge
While sitting on a tree stump to draw this broken bridge, two deers ran right pass by me.
October 9, 2019
Nothing is too easy or too complex to draw
A water drop can be plain or intricate depending on how we see it.
October 3, 2019
Sketching refraction from a cup of water
Outside a company cafeteria someone left this cup of water which produced interesting light refraction in a late afternoon.
September 22, 2019
Fur shading + texturing exercise
A little mouse got trapped a few days ago in the garage.
This is relative easy to draw, as I can easily double the strokes for (fur) texturing and shading.
September 8, 2019
Digital oil painting experiment
This is a caricature/stylization of a real object.