My favorites were the geisha, the gangsta, amelia dogheart. These are all property of MGA

At Last! I can share these illustrations! These were done for a card game called Andale! Andale! approximately almost a year ago. We were in a crunch of several projects and I was given these to single handedly crank out from concept, to rough, to finish. Thanks to Dwight and Joel for their suggestions on props and color.

WORKING ON:

Been so busy. I literally painted this in my head before starting. Already knew how I would organize the brushstrokes. This is one of my first attempts of painting a male and boy are they more fun than the painting the girls. Lots of character, facial planes, etc. I probably won't do much more to this: I like the roughness and being able to see the brushstrokes.

2nd portrait of Corrine. I've made better decisions using the filberts and brights and am getting better at organizing my brushstrokes.

Corrine as Ann Boleyn

About a month ago, I was asked to help put together an Ann Boleyn costume for Corrine. It was quite a challenge, because I had only 48 hours to do so, running to Joann's Fabrics, finding whatever was available, doing research online. It's a good thing I had seen The Other Boleyn sister last year. But as I was putting on the final brushstrokes for her face, I realized I had painted not Corrine, but her Mom, one of my dearest friends, Lisa, the way she looked nearly 20 + years ago when we were in college.

Painted at work during my lunch break. I used my filberts and brights. I have been studying a great painting book that my boss, Joel, let me photocopy to read. It's called Painting the Head in Oil, by John Howard Sanden and it's old so I'm assuming it's out of print. It emphasizes painting deliberately, not wasting the brushstroke.

Morrow Bay

Was I there? Several years ago. This was painted from a photo. I tried to paint more deliberately and this was done within roughly over an hour.

These were done awhile back-and badly done at that. I've actually held off posting these turkeys for embarrassment. Oh well...

Some new updates on some paintings and some new. The oriental soldier is not done yet. I have been working on him during lunch at work. Same as the blond warrior with the armor. Been doing a little freelance at night after work; been very tired.

Update: After dinner painting. Will work on hair next.

I'm almost done with the girl with the blue hair. All I have to do is finish the background color and I can do that at work. I'm really getting better with the glazing on skin tones-a HUGE breakthrough! The other is an underpainting and I just did this much in about 15 minutes. If you saw me painting, literally I must have looked like a cartoon; paint flying around in a blur!

Color Pallette (This is for my info because I probably will not be able to finish this one tonight): Flesh: Diox purple, umber, raw sienna, touch of cad orange hue for warmer flesh. Hair: Deep Magenta, diox purple, cad red med.

Working on: I should be able to finish this this weekend or close to it. I have not been blogging since every artist knows that Holidays just kill your time. It's a rare weekend in that daughter and hubby are still in the Bay Area and so I have been doing some freelance, drawing for work and finally working on a graphic novel called LeoPardine!

Started this one almost 3 weeks ago. Don't know if I will finish it. It scanned terribly because the shadow colors on the face are really nice-not muddy. Acrylic on canvas paper.

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WORKING ON this angel during my lunchbreaks.

No freelance, no costume to work on; a small gap in time to do some painting this weekend. I think my super powers come alive in the fall and during rainstorms. This is a real sweet little piece. Approaching a buttery quality that I seek; not seen in this scan.

WORKING ON

Roughly 5 inch by 5 inch, Acrylic on canvas paper at home during the rain storm.

I used to have many warm colors on my palette. Of late, I've been really having fun with the cool colors. Now as I look at the colors I've laid out, I have many more cool colors than the warm earth colors.

The indian with torso came out just okay. I love the colors I used but the face looks retarded. So I did a quick color sketch (small portrait) and wouldn't you know, that one looks better. I overworked the face on the first one and probably ruined the surface so it was harder; it was just too small; or I just need more practice. These are small; the Indian face maybe 2 x 3in; the other a little bigger than photo size.

These were done during my lunch break.

Acrylic, small. I did this during my lunch at work. This is from one of my favorite movies, New World. I love that it was shot with natural light, that there was very little dialogue, that it gave you a sense of how miserable it was the first winter in Jamestown. Most of all, I love Quorianka Kilcher's heartbreaking performance as the doomed Pocahantas and Colin Farrell's John Smith, who was cagey and full of lies. Yes, I know it was a very slow film but I loved that it took it's time. These color sketches are just that; abstract moods of color done quickly. I am practicing brush stroke and playing with color combos. More to follow.

I've been doing these small painting studies during my lunch break at work. Acrylic, roughly 6in by 4 1/2 in.

I actually did this one a few months ago. This will be the background for the warrior (see previous warrior post, June 21). I will have a couple of dragons flying out overhead too.

This is the painting which prompted the sculpt. Notice the uninspired lighting? What lighting? I will use the sculpt like a maquette, so I can put some better lighting on this. And since I spent so much time with the sculpt, might as well do another painting of it at a different angle.

Hey, Dorota-here it is, at least for now. I've been working on this during my lunchbreaks at work. What's unnerving is that this has been easier than drawing! This is the first time I've ever done anything serious with Sculpey. Today I added some ears and worked on the face a little, but you will have to wait until I fire it (hopefully this coming weekend) to see the final before I paint it.

My neighbor's son is into tattoos. He's been asking me to start designing some art and he will take them to his tattoo artist in Arizona and sell them. Here is a quick sketch that I need to finalize. I did this while completing an online traffic school test.

I get to draw a bunch of monsters for work. Coincidently, I get to draw a form of Sabor Tooth Cat. This is a preliminary sketch.

Hey it's been awhile. I've accepted a full time position at a toy company and am gamefully employed, working 40 hours aweek. I love my job. For the first time, I can work uninterrupted all day long and get a creative flow that I have not had in nearly 7 years. But what about all those previous posts? you might ask. Oh I would paint for about 10 minutes, stop, put a load of laundry in, paint another 7 minutes, vaccum the floor, paint maybe another 3 minutes, help my daughter with her homework...well, you get the picture.

Here is a drawing I have been working on during my lunchbreaks and now I am painting it in acrylic during my lunchbreak. Tomorrow, I will start to make a maquette of it out of sculpey, light it, then put the hilites on the painting.