Elysian Realm
I started another painting a couple days ago. I wanted to do one that wouldn’t be so time-consuming, and also I wanted to try a different technique this time. So I’m taking a break from the Tattoo Girls painting and using a pose from the photo shoot I did with Valarie a few weeks ago. […]
I jumped back into the artwork this week after a much needed break from the art mannequin. My kid and I were sick for the past 2 weeks and now that I’m feeling better I’m anxious to create. I started off with some drawing on gray toned paper, working from a photo shoot I had […]
After 15 years of wanting a Cintiq, I finally got one. I couldn’t afford a new one so I bought a used one off eBay. For those who don’t know, it’s a computer monitor that you can draw on. But Cody, you already have the iPad for doing that. Yes, I do. And I have […]
I do dumb things sometimes. Yesterday I decided the painting was dry enough to varnish. I was almost correct. I started at the top and began painting on the Gamvar varnish. All was going well until I got to the very bottom. I swiped the brush right over my signature and my name came right […]
Model Mayhem is turning out to be a bust. I thought I had a male model secured for a photo shoot, but after sending all the pertinent details a few days ago, I have still not heard back for a confirmation. So with a deadline approaching for a pencil portrait, commissioned once again by my […]
Continuing from my last blog entry, I have been drawing more on the iPad trying to get my freehand style developed. I started this one last night with no end goal in mind, meaning I just started sketching and wanted to see what it would turn into. I felt like I have been trying too […]
Studying anatomy is good for learning the bones and muscles and knowing why us humans look the way we do, but as an artist who uses actual people to look at and draw from, what’s the point? For me it has been to assist in the challenge of drawing without any reference at all. I […]
I did some figure drawing practice today. It’s interesting how I’ll get into a flow and think I’m doing such an amazing job with a drawing, and then I’ll put the sketch over the top of the photo to see how similar they are, and usually I’m not even close. After that I look at […]
As a self-employed individual, one probably shouldn’t complain about having too much work….right? My other job as a tattoo artist is where my primary income stems from. And business is good. So why the sad face, Cody? Because I want to draw. I want to paint. I want to practice. I want to study. And […]
Today I worked on a new 14″ x 17″ pencil drawing of a young Native American dancer from Canada. I actually started it yesterday, continuing with the theme of the previous three drawings. I started with all the darkest black areas using a charcoal pencil, and once those were done I switched to my graphite […]