small portrait study

As part of an assignment for ConceptArt.Org's LevelUp, I did a small study of a J. C. Leyendecker painting. I spent a few hours on it, and it made me wonder why I don't do more portraits. It also reminded my why I don't do more portraits.

Leyendecker's is on the right, mine is on the left.

And if you've never heard of him, and would like a short introduction to him and some of the other Illustrators from the Golden Age of Illustration, I would suggest this little video.

People at the Library

Whenever I get a chance I try to sketch people in public. I'm not often in a place where lots of people are, so I sometimes go to the library on breaks from work and sketch people there. Most of these are very small and they happen very quickly, which is something I really haven't gotten used to yet.

Making Models

Here are a few of the models I've made for recent paintings.  They're small and kind of silly, but I think they help a whole lot in making things look a little bit more real.

I learned about this in the book Imaginative Realism by James Gurney

THS Concession Stand

I'm not really sure that this building is a concession stand, I think it is. Or it was for the old baseball fields at Titusville High School and doubled as storage. When I was in high school, I remember walking to this building with another student to get a box or something to help out a teacher. I don't really remember what for. I think it was cold that day, and maybe sunny. That's all I really remember. Other than that one time, I never went near it.