This is a dark, mediocre shot of my latest painting. I shot it with my phone camera.
The painting is basically a re-working of an image I did back in ’91 or so. This is in acrylic on linen. It’s 30×40, stretched over a piece of heavy cardboard that I’ve attached to a rough (cedar 1x4s) stretcher. It’s just to work on. It will get re-stretched in a bit. It’s still wet. Once it dries I’ll add a coat of medium and finish it in oils.
This is another painting that will be in my upcoming show. This started life as an old, electric, organ that I was given by a local church.
I upcycled most of the thing; tore out the innards and added a shelf where the keyboard had been originally. It made a lovely computer desk. The panel that held the speaker was a piece of incredibly well seasoned, half inch plywood that was just large enough to cut to 16 by 20 inches. I covered that with muslin and painted this on top of that.
🙂 There is actually a figure in there.
This is a nod to Manet’s “Olympia“. I took the legs, hands and head from my “Condescension” painting, reworked them and printed them out… transferred that to canvas and reworked things a bit more. The servant, hair, bed and so on are done with a not so automatic drawing.
This is 30×40… acrylic on canvas.
This is a figure generated from a few circles and an automatic drawing. 24×18… acrylic on panel. It’s maybe not quite so accidental.
This is one of several images that are based on the same reference image. It originally started as a 3D render of a model done in Daz 3d with a slightly altered version of one of their stock poses. The other images are done with a bit higher degree of, um… “realism”… fidelity to the source, whatever…
If you’ve not used Daz 3D; It’s an extremely capable system for rendering 3d figures, scenes and so on. Probably one of the best methods of developing a reference images that exists. You can alter just about every aspect of your model; create expressions and poses, change the size of just about every body part, add your own textures and so on. The basic program and a few very nice starter models are free. You can buy things like accessories and a variety of figures; cartoon, realistic etc.
It’s not Blender… You’re not going to be making full-length films in it. It is fairly easy to use and really extensive. It makes for a pretty perfect program for artists that are looking for reference material, that don’t want to shoot things themselves or limit themselves to what’s available in the public domain. You can do some very nice finished artwork in it as well.
Anyway… 🙂 This only vaguely resembles the reference. I had a large print of one my renders tacked to the wall and decide to use it for proportions and so on.
This is basically a figure on the beach with waves washing up around them. It’s something of a study in complimentary colors. It’s 18×24… oil on commercial canvas panel.
Studio Time 