Quick Sketches & Livestream!

I've been a little busy lately, but there always has to be time for some studies! So here we go, some faces, horses and landscapes from photo reference:

And a couple of quick-ish sketches from imagination! I did these to prepare for my first ever livestream broadcast.

If you're interested in watching me paint live and possibly asking me some (not necessarily) art related questions, please check out my livestream channel. I don't have a fixed streaming schedule at the moment, so the best way to know when exactly I'll be live is to follow me on Twitter. The next time will probably be somewhere around the weekend again - until then you can watch this last weekend's exploits on demand. Looking forward to seeing you around! :)

Studies

After a pretty busy month I had time to do some of studies again these past few days. First off, a skull from life - experimenting with a red lamp, 2 hours each.

These really go to show what a big difference a good lighting setup can make. The first one (besides being quite painful to stare at for such a long time) looks a lot less interesting than the second one, doesn't it?

In these two quicker photo studies I played around with texture brushes and the smudge tool again.

Sparks

Yay, I managed to fit in another personal illustration! There wasn't much planning behind this one, which can be really refreshing sometimes.

And, as usual, studies! Playing around with brushes again. The references for the last two are from Chonastock on deviantArt - great pictures for doing studies there!