Studies: Portrait of an Old Man

A detailed face study derived from a photograph. Unfortunately I cannot find who the original source was from and the photographer  to give credit to.

Studies: Charles Darwin

A study of sorts done on Darwin by combining two different pictures together.  This  was used for the pose reference. This  was used for the color reference.

Studies: Screen Captures

Simple colour and lighting studies done from screen shots taken online. The first is Carter from the video game, Halo Reach. The second is Charlotte Kemp Muhl at a live concert event.

Studies: Cheetah

This study was based on a National Geographic photograph I found online. I was learning about cats and how to paint fur.

Studies: Celebrities

Studies based on celebrities. The first one is the beautiful Emily Blunt. I went for a slightly more illustrative, comic style for her. The one below is Rihanna. I enjoyed painting the leather vest and its folds. :)

Studies: Clouds

Some simple studies. The goal here was to learn about the different shapes, edges, density, volumes as well as colours of clouds. Reference pictures were stock photos taken off the internet.

Studies: TV Series

Studies from the TV series, Spartacus Vengeance and Once Upon a Time. Some scenes in Spartacus has lighting, colours as well as staging compositions that really resemble classical paintings; whereas Once Upon a Time plays with more vibrant, saturated and almost gaudy colours when it goes into its fairy tale mode. Both plays along the strength of their genres.

Studies: Life Drawing

Figure Drawing exercises from photographs. For the topmost picture, I cannot find a link at present. It was taken from a photographer nicknamed 'Photoport'. For the picture at the bottom, here is a link to the original: http://hapismile.deviantart.com/gallery/#/dpscef. The top pictures took me about an hour half while the bottom took me an hour. Hope I can speed up with my next attempt and be looser with the unimportant details.

Studies: The Hurt Locker

2 hrs study done from a screenshot of the movie, the Hurt Locker. Was really intrigued by the lighting and colour of this scene. Not to mention its a great movie!

Studies: Forest Mill

Simple study of a mill in the forest. Done as an example for a class assignment I gave my students.