Been a really long time...

Probably been too long since I've posted on here, but believe it or not I've actually been working on things. Most of which I can't post on here yet but I have been working on warm up pieces and such so I figure I should start posting some of those here until my other projects wrap up. Once those do I will be posting lots more.

One of the art groups that I belong to does what we call Weekly Warm Ups, just topic suggestions that can be used in any way to inspire the artist. Could be spitpaintings, full pieces, practice with new techniques, etc. I thought I'd start posting those here to keep things current on here again.

For me, most of these warm ups are a chance for me to work with new brushes and techniques and see what directions I can push myself into.

Here are a few of my recent ones.

Marsh Army:

Iron Ox:

Elevation:

I'll post a few more older pieces soon too.

Bob Ross inspired...

Watched a Bob Ross painting marathon this weekend. I had a few free minutes at work but my tablet was at home today, so I wondered how much I could accomplish using a mouse and working with his principles and applying his techniques using a digital medium. About 40 minutes total time.

Quick environment piece.

A quick little painting inspired by a photo my cousin took this morning. Spent roughly 20 minutes on it.

A quick landscape painting

About 20 minutes or so...

Quick studies

30 minute color mood studies.

Environment Speedpainting

30 minute lunchtime work.

Saturday Afternoon Painting...

Another photography inspired piece, but no actual reference used. 45-60 minutes roughly spent on this one.

Hazy Road...

Decided to do another quick 30 minute piece. Inspired by a photo I came across.

A couple more quick warm up paintings

30 to 40 minutes each.

A few quick paintings

Just a few paintings using some spit painting topics. All of these were done under an hour, but exact time I can't be sure of. I was interrupted by something on each one. Go figure. The Ark in Water and Lava Falls paintings I did 90 -100% of with a mouse because I didn't have my tablet with me. :}

It's been a while...

I haven't posted in while. I've been keeping pretty busy lately, but that is a good thing. I did manage to get a couple quick paintings in tonight just for fun though.

Messing around...

Just experimenting with some techniques and various settings today.

The Entry...

Another break time environment warm up.

Happy New Year!

The Holidays were great and I'm looking forward to a productive 2012! Here is my first lunch time speed painting of the year. Little less than an hours work into it so far.

Something from my afternoon break.

Just a little 15 minute quick comp.

More lunch time work...

Today's work. Roughly an hour.

Lunch time fun.

Speed painting done in roughly an hour for practice/warm up.

Metropolis

Revisited an old piece again for some warm up work.

Lunch time invasion.

Took an old layout and worked it up a bit.

It started with a sketch...

Another quick painting I did starting with an ink sketch I had in my sketchbook. About an hour and twenty minutes or so total.