SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR' [Week: #04]

A bit of a rocky start this week, plus generating challenging poses is starting to make my brain hurt...[that's a good thing]... None the less, here's week four's early morning warm-up sketches: 'PERSPECTIVE'... Oh & this is now officially ONE MONTH IN!!! woooooo = ) 

Have a stress-free weekend = )

-M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR' [Week: #03]

Well here's my lot for week three's early morning warm-up sketches: 'PERSPECTIVE'.

I absolutely love the challenge of drawing in perspective! Throwing myself in the deep end & attempting some insanely warped or just plane difficult angle must be a 'high' for me [the times I get it right that is]... Having to sit there racking your brain, putting memory muscle into overdrive in order to work out how an arm, rib cage, muscle tendons, >buttock< or other body parts would look & react to being stretched/ contracted for a particular pose... I'm pretty sure I've come close to giving myself a nose bleed! [I'm sure this is a good thing]

The 1st image was still 'dynamics' but the rest following on are 'perspective' based. The 1st two days [image #2 especially] were pretty bad but think I started warming up to it by Wednesday's sessions... [see what you think anyways]

 

Enjoy your weekend Folks!

-M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR' [Week: #02]

Here's week two's batch of early morning warm-up sketches. Really starting to enjoy these exercises & believe it or not, getting up so early isn't as much a battle anymore... A lot of good & helpful feedback is being shared between myself & the guys I'm doing this with so looking forward to seeing improvements as time goes on...

Oh btw, hop over to the blog we've set up for our little online sketch-group! Feel free to 'follow', spread the word & join in even! The more the better... Details & info on what we're doing can be found there [SketcHHousE]. Hope to see you soon- Have a relaxing weekend folks = )

-M-

Loose Paintings #1

Here's one of a few very loose study paintings I'm doing during spare time. Just experimenting with a few different techniques in contrast of how I'd normally work... I call this one, 'The Dancing Girl Harlot'... Yep... I kinda like her.

Hope you's guys dig?

'The Dancing Harlot'

 -M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR'!!! [Week: #01]

Hey all! Hope everyone's had a nice week? or if not quite nice, hope you have something exciting lined up as a treat for the weekend = )

This week has been great! & no I didn't win the loto [I live a less complicated & happier life than that]; no, I've managed to discipline myself enough to get up SUPER early in the mornings to spend a solid hour sketching to 'warm up' for the day...... of course when I say "super early", I REALLY just mean 7am.......... & when I say "discipline myself", I ACTUALLY mean with the help of two good [fellow artist] friends of mine.

We basically agreed it'd be a good idea for us to meet online each morning [via Skype] & spend an hour sketching together. [The outline] is to give ourselves two to three themes we'll focus on each month [to get the most we can out of them without spreading ourselves too thinly].... This being the inaugural week, we decided to kick things off with a theme of 'Dynamic Poses'... [Join in].

I have to say though, aside from the burning of my eyes getting up as early as that [to sketch!?!?]... it's AWESOME! It's gratifying artistically & from a self discipline standpoint [try it!].... Now I think about it, it's actually really more of a ["support group"] than anything else... I dunno, you decide. Here are a few of my sketches to help formulate your answers:

Have a great weekend people!
-M-

"TERRIBLE, I know"...

I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...

x 1000... 00000000000000000000000.......... 0






Wow, so it's been a good few months since I posted.... TERRIBLE, I know. My only excuse... [which now I think about it, really isn't a valid one...... so let me not bother explaining]. Anyhooow, on the UP side, I have actually been keeping up my creative productivity [just haven't blogged about it]. Below are a few doodles, illustrations & digital paintings done over the past few months. Browse through & I hope you like.


As always feel free to comment = )
More to come...
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BELOW: A few caricatures I've done over the past month as part of a weekly 'just for fun' quiz I recently set up for friends of mine on FaceBook... I usually throw it up on Sunday evenings [8pm UK time]. If you're in the neighbourhood, stop by, add me & feel free to join in the fun! Who knows, you may be the lucky winner & receive a FREE caricature of yourself too! It's all good clean fun >= )

BELOW: Line Art...


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BELOW: Some doodles...
   

Captain's Log.....

Star date.... 2, 4, 6... 8??...... I've been a real fan of the original [Gene Roddenberry] series for years now but actually only just managed to get them all on DVD, including the feature films. Such a shame the series only made it to 3 seasons but for how cleverly creative the storylines are I guess it makes them that much more of a collectors item. I remember watching episodes on TV as a kid & being totally mesmerized by the adventures Kirk, Spok, Bones McCoy & the rest of the crew went on. The costumes, makeup fx & [almost pantomime] lighting were great; even the now not so special "special effects"..... & on top of that I had my phase of absolutely believing Cptn Kirk was the coolest man in the galaxy...... I believe he still is!

Anyways, will be working on a series of Star Trek themed illustrations over the next few weeks. Here are some roughs I've worked up so far. I know there are other fellow secret 'Trekkies' out there so hope y'all like [more to come over the next few weeks].