Monday, December 13, 2010

Einstein

Albert Einstein, his theories of relativity revolutionized our understanding of the fabric of space and time. Artwork done on bristol board, using encil crayon, black gessoe paint for the space background, and airbrushed colours, Prismacolour pencils.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Queen


I used the Drew Struzan method of airbrushing over pencil drawing on water colour paper and rendering the forms with prismacolour pencil. Everything but the lettering is real materials on 20" x 14 water colour paper. I even added the lens flare with the airbrush. I added the title added digitally.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Mr. Bean



Mr.Bean, played by Rowan Atkinson. I just wanted to do a large portrait and had good photo reference. 9 x 12 Acrylic on gessoed masonite board, the gessso is really good to paint on.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Fruit Table


A still life fruit table painting done in painting class. 8 x 10 inches, acrylic on canvas board.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Conan the Barbarian fighting goblins


As a tribute to Frank Frazetta (February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) one of my favourite artists and the artist who made Conan the Barbarian an icon of fantasy art, this is my second attempt at this painting and I'm happier with it. I used acrylic washes and prismacolour pencils on illustration board. If your not familiar with Frazetta you should check out his artwork.
http://frankfrazetta.org/

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Space Planet




A 50's era sci-fi theme. I tried out acrylics on a canvas board. It's good for blending colours but leaves a rough texture that i had to smooth it out in photoshop.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Warrior Girl


Acrylic paint on bristol board.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Swamp Planet

A fairly loose water colour painting with some coloured pencil. It could be a rough colour study for the cover to a sci fi novel. Two explorers encounter a creature in the swamps of a distant planet and draw their weapons, although they don`t know if the creature is hostile or not. I decided to put fins on there helmets because maybe they swim in their suits also, and of course the alien on a swamp planet has a fin on his head. I was also thinking of calling this piece Finheads.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Portrait of David Carradine as Bill from the movie Kill Bill. I drew it with pencil and painted directly over top with acrylic wash and opaque paint, and some pencil crayons.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Viking Battle



A peaceful negotiation between 11th century vikings. This took a while because of all the characters. It's not perfect but I'm getting used to working with acrylic paints. Also did the rough sketch for the painting.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Star Wars Sketches


Some pencil sketches based on Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, and the first of the new decade! They were playing all the movies non stop on tv during the holidays so I wanted to draw some of the characters.