lauantai 25. kesäkuuta 2016

Step-by-Step of The Genealogist Fox



Here are some progress photos of the painting of the Fox who is reading about the antics of his or her ancestors. The book in the lap of the Fox is called Folk Tales, and the little caption I added means "Grandpa sure was a trickster". In Finnish folk tales the Fox is usually the trickster, fooling the Bear and the Wolf. 



Here are the early layers. I used soft layers of raw and burnt sienna for the background, light cadmium yellow for the light, mix of reds for the chair and some cadmium orange and the siennas for the Fox.


I used burnt sienna and burnt umber for more shading and shaping.


I painted the book of tales green and defined the shadows around the chair. 


The finishing touches were made using burnt umber for the lettering on the book and penciling in the caption and my signature. 

Thank you for reading!

Midsummer ATCs


I drew some Artist Trading Cards over the Midsummer for a swap and thought I'd put them up here too. I think I rather like the result. The colours were inspired by the art of R.C. Gorman, the shapes around the flowers and birds were inspired by the art of Alphonse Mucha. 
Ta-dah!



Wishing you all happy Midsummer!

sunnuntai 19. kesäkuuta 2016

From My Brush


Animals are taking over my desk! I have been taking more time for painting lately. Here are some things I have been working on.



I try to make a dream move forwards. I'd love to make a living, or at least a significant part of a living, as an artist. In this vein, I have couple of goals for this summer. First I will be selling prints of my paintings, perhaps some paintings too, at Finncon and second I will try to submit my some of my nature photography to one photography contest this year. I will also be looking into opportunities to exhibit my work, but I haven't decided on any definite goals in that area yet. 



All in all, this summer is dedicated to making pictures. I will be painting and photographing as much as possible and I will post my endeavours here in my blog. There are other projects at the back of my mind but they will have to stay there a little longer at least. 



Here are some recent paintings. I took progress photographs of the fox and will be making a step by step post next week on that one. Many of these animals appear to appreciate a good read :)





Have a nice day!

sunnuntai 12. kesäkuuta 2016

Duck!



On Saturday we took a walk to the nearby pond or a tiny lake to see and feed the ducks. My daughter took care of the feeding while I photographed the birds. Almost as soon as we got to the shore we spotted the little cuties in the above picture. 


The gulls were eager for food too and at times they were a bit overwhelming in their haste.




The older ducks at the pond seem to be moulting and are a bit patchy and there were feathers lying about in the grass.


Here are couple of more frames of the little ducklings swimming about: 



Happy early summer!