Sunrise Earth Study

I'm working on some exciting things I can't yet share, so here's a morsel to tide you over.

Since I'm often up during the wee hours, I frequently like to tune in to Discovery HD Theater. A show called Sunrise Earth is really inspiring to watch for the colors, compositions and high quality cinematography that captures far away scenery that we're not likely to ever see in person. It's a very peaceful and relaxing way to start/end the day. This really quick study was done from memory awhile ago from an episode in a beautiful Japanese park... the name escapes me now.

5.5" x 3.5" cel vinyl acrylic on watercolor paper.

If you're up at 4:00am or 7:00am and get the Discovery HD Theater channel, you might check it out.

P.S. I'm offering free holiday shipping for a limited time (until Monday, Dec 14th) in my Etsy shop. A big thank you to everyone who has ordered prints so far!

A Few Cards

I wanted to get more of these done before our trip, but I took on a design project that ate up my time. These are the 3 I did finish.

A three-headed mutant bird. If you thought to yourself, "I bet we'll see this character again sometime...", you'd be right.

Scary trees.

Alternate ninja color-way.

All are 2" x 3.5" cel vinyl acrylic on watercolor paper. You know the drill. :)

I'd like to thank all the folks who have been stopping by and leaving such nice comments! And even the ones who don't comment. I really appreciate your visits and your feedback!

And now... off to L.A.!

Something Different

On my way home from work today, I passed a couple nice scenes with trees. They were a beautiful mix of the remnants of winter and the beginnings of spring. This particular one caught my eye, so when I got home I said hi to my lady, threw my bag down and began painting like a man possessed. I didn't even change clothes or sit down the whole time, and had fun with some different sponges which is something I'd like to practice more.

Bit of a break from my norm... but not terribly surprising to those who know I have a tree fetish, I guess.

Cel vinyl acrylic on 14 x 11 bristol paper.

Quickie doodles

Not a big post today. Just a couple quick doodles.

Saw a tree like this near work. I believe it's a weeping blue atlas cedar. I love how these trees look. So much personality.

I drew this ostrich while my niece watched. After I was finished, I couldn't help but think I've seen something like it before. For the life of me I don't remember where. Maybe my brain playing tricks?

Stay tuned for some more Samurai Jack background screencaps soon. You won't be sorry!

Tree fetish

I guess I have a bit of a tree fetish. I've been taking lots of photos of interesting trees and plants over the last few months. I haven't used the photos yet, but here are some studies of trees from memory.

These are based on a scary tree I saw. Thought it would be fun to add faces. I'm planning to do a painting based on them later.

Marker.

Brush and cel vinyl. Mostly just color studies, but I wasn't happy with these because there's not enough interest in the leaf shapes and patterns. Everything is too even.

Just a tree.

These are all done with paper towel sponging. I overworked and ruined the bushes, but I'm happy with how the trees came out.

Sea sponge. Overworked some areas of these and ruined them.

I'll try some more studies... like sponging with a dish rag and keep practicing until I get the result I'm after.