red, white, black

Hi! Just a quick post in the midst of senior year shenanigans. Things have been kind of crazy because of applications and whatnot. The end is in sight though! Especially with all these lovely breaks from school coming up (:

This is just something I've been working on in art class at school. Quality of the photo isn't the best since it's from my friend's phone, but the main idea is there! She isn't that pale in actuality. Though I kind of wish she were, since it looks super awesome with her glowing all stark-white and everything. Three color acrylic palette! Red, White, Black. Had some brown in the background, but it doesn't show much. This is the first time I've really tried to paint something from imagination, kind of. I've been using references, but I have to piece together the whole thing myself, which is something I haven't had much experience with. It's fun though! Might try more stuff like this in the future.

More updates to come! Hope everyone's year is going swell.

S.

wave

Water is so ridiculous to paint ahaha
I don't even know.

A gift for my calculus teacher! (He surfs, but I was too scared to paint a person surfing. Thus it's just a wave.) but shhhh... it's a surprise. I'll probably give it to him around Christmas time. Just wanted to get it done before the school year started and things got hectic!

Yay for first legitimate painting since freshman year? whoohoooo so psyched for another year of art!

Jensen

Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester from Supernatural.

yeahhh... I don't watch this show. but he has a nice face. and that's the only reason I need ahaha. It's for drawjensen.tumblr.com, so just a bit a fun. I left it rough because I kind of like the look of the cross-hatching.

So close with being done with my summerwork. One and a half weeks left until school starts ahhhhh when did that happen.

lines

So far, every drawing in my moleskine is fairly quick, freehand sketch of a fashion photography reference. Different from what I usually draw (close-up facial portraits of male celebrities ahahah), but they're good practice.

This was practice with strong, clean lines, so I didn't go into much detail with shading and whatnot. A little minimalist, but it suits its purpose.

School is starting so soon. Aughhh summer where did you go.

Misha

Misha Collins from Supernatural

This is for a fun thing that euclase has put together called Draw Misha Day. You can submit drawings of Misha, and she'll post them all on August 21, I believe. Should be fun to see all the submissions! To be honest, I've never watched Supernatural or seen Misha Collins in anything else ahahah but he has a nice face. And that's all the reason I need to draw someone (:

So, this is my first graphite portrait in a while, and man does it feel good to draw again. Tried a new technique for his skin, which is drawing in tiny little circular patterns before blending with a tissue. I like the result, so I'll most likely be keeping to that in the future as well. Yeah. His proportions are slightly off, but this was mainly an excuse to get back into practice anyway.

Planning on doing some acrylic painting next, but I probably won't have much to show for it, since college apps are now upon me. annnd I need to finish my summerwork. I can't believe it's August already. Summer's going by so fast.

Third drawing in my moleskine! Reference was a fashion post on tumblr that showed up on my dashboard. I liked her hair and pose, so tried a quick sketch. Played around with lines a bit, since I really do love strong linework. I should sketch more.

Went to SDCC on Saturday. It was awesome. So tiring though. I slept until past 1 the next day ahaha

Emma

This is supposed to be Emma Watson.
I haven't seen the new HP. or the last three HPs either ahah...
I am really behind the times.

blahhh digital painting is so surreal to me...
This took 2 hours ahahahaha. I really don't know how to paint with my tablet. maybe it's time I learned how to.