Plein Air around CCAD

These are a few plein Air sketches I painted back when I was in university. They were all done with acrylic paint. 

black and white Thumbs

Here are some black and white thumbs for practice. More black and white studies can be found here.

Observational Studies

13x10in

12x12in

These took roughly 3.5hours 

Traditional Studies

The Kitchen

8"x11"

DSA Hallway

11"x11"

These  studies were done in acrylic. I intend on doing a lot more of this in the future. These took approximately 3-4hrs to complete.

Mythology themed Sketches

First, I made a spitpaint of medusa's death. 

With a similar color scheme in mind, I later used "Medusa's Death" as a starting point (canvas) for the cyclops who went on a rampage shortly after losing his sheep.

 Later, I had an idea completely with a color scheme completely different from the previous two.

These were all 30 mins. I'm really tempted to push some these sketches further.  

Desert Series (continued)

More Desert themed spitpaints.

Desert Sketch Series

A while ago, I did a few desert themed spitpaints. Here they are. At this time, I discovered the ability to soften edges when using the lasso tool. 

Christmas Card

For one of my final exams, we have to make a Christmas card. So I decided to make a card with an illustration that has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. I'm thinking of changing the dimensions of the card because that tangency between the edge of the house and the gutter is bothering me. 

Speedpaints

monkey turtle

theatre

forest

mark of the wolf

Once again, I come with more daily speedpaints. I'd like to think I've generally gotten better at composition, shaping, color, and all that good stuff, but it's much to soon to expect anything. The practicing never stops.
These were all 30 mins. 

This is an idea of what my process usually looks like when painting in photoshop. I usually start with basic general shapes in black and white. Then I gradually make things more detailed while bringing color into the picture.