The Longneck Drinker

Another new addition to the blog- an oil painting I've been working on recently from imagination.

It can probably use a little more work but its mostly there.

Libby

Here's one of Libby. It looked ok cropped when I was working on it, now it just looks like i've missed the top of her head.

For some reason, although I can picture Libby's face in my memory, I was completely unable to get it to look right.

Sorry Libby!

Drawing from Memory

These three digital images are all painted purely from memory. Working only from memory completely changes my approach to creating images in a way that, at the moment I find exciting.

By painting from memory I am forced to move away from an analytical approach and into an area of expression where the outcome is unknown.

On top of that, the painting becomes worked out as I work through it, not through planning.

Hopefully you will see more works along these lines very soon!

Here's a study I've been working on for a new painting. Today I'll go stretch up a canvas for it and it should get going during the week.

Portrait of my niece.

An initial sketch for an upcoming painting. Might do some more sketches to push the cute factor up a little more...

The pose is based on a Gil Elvgren painting but I worked from my own photo reference.

Pin Ups for the People!

Well, for anyone that has visited this page before, I've changed the look of this blog a bit and spent some

time trying to get it looking a little nicer- I think the black was bringing me down a little! Hopefully it looks a little cleaner, more inviting and not so dingy now.

In addition to the updated look of the blog I've got a new painting- a quick little pin-up and some even quicker sketches for my new friends at the Pole Dance Academy in Bondi Junction. Check them out at www.poledanceacademy.com.au.

I'll be working with the girls at Pole Dance Academy doing quick live portraits of girls for their hen's nights and parties- I was at the studio today and it was great!

The painting was done in about 2.5 hrs and the sketches are 5 minutes each, using photo reference. Dunno why the blog wants to cascade the images but I can't fix it!