Recent works from my sketchbook

sketch of my children

I did this sketch of my children a number of months ago. It's in white charcoal on black paper. Unfortunately the piece was damaged with a few drops of water (hazards of working around little children I guess). So the photo of this one is as far as this piece will go.

Mountain - updated

Here's the giant mountain painting that I posted progress pics on earlier. It's nearing completion!

Sea Scape

This is a sea scape commission I did this past month. The painting is very small for my usual work (8"X10"). I definitely didn't let the size inhibit my level of composition though. I used brushes much smaller than usual and spent as much time and emotion on this piece as I would if I had painted it in a much larger dimension. I really enjoyed this piece and hope to get to do more in this vein at some point. I love the ocean and getting to put a bit of it on canvas was very satisfying for me.

I'm still working on the large mountain scene now. I'll post new update pictures soon.

The Mountain

This is a commission I am working on right now. It is a very large mountain scene. The canvas measures 48"X60". You can see the roughing in of the various elements. I do large color blocks over the various spaces and then add detail. Things can look a little scary in the midst of the process, but once the layers are done, it will come together. I've also put a lot of 3D texture in this work. The only items that have been detailed in the last picture are some of the mountain faces and the clouds. I'll post again with more updates on this one. An entire wash of color will be going overtop of the mountain reflection in the water. Once the rock face details are complete, I'll move on to the forest details in the foothills and then the shoreline and finally the reflection.

Fashion pop art

A few more images modified from my sketchbook:

Old Trumpet

I have a small collection of old musical instruments that I've acquired over the years. I sketched my trumpet today and then graphically turned it into a pop-art style piece.