My Portfolio...

surealpaintballer · 02-06-2013, 10:40 AM

Love those sketches you did. I am by no means nearly as talented as someone as you, i really wish i can pull off those portrait sketches where detail is really not important, but at the same time the subject is totally recognizable, your first sketch is my favorite! I always end up trying to make every detail perfect

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 02-06-2013, 03:36 PM

Haha, thanks. We cranked out soooo many sketches in that class it was ridiculous. If you have access to a model/ live sessions, the 30 second gesture sketches are what really help the most, imo. I started that course as one of those people who hold the pencil real tight and use short, jerky movements and by the end of the course, I was moving across the page effortlessly and (somewhat) accurately. I'm sure I've lost most everything I gained from that course by now though (out of practice).

Anyhow, since you bumped the thread, here's one of two pieces of a diptych I'm working on for my watercolor course... This is really only my second time watercolor painting, so there's a ton of room for improvement:

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 02-09-2013, 04:46 PM

Aaaaanndd here's the finished diptych... Beginning to really love watercolor painting as well. Working with these transparencies is really fun.

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 02-19-2013, 04:06 PM

I'm really terrible at self-portraits, so this was exciting that I finally got a fairly accurate depiction of myself (and my first time trying a watercolor self-portrait too):

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 03-05-2013, 02:24 PM

My second extended figure study for Watercolor I...

A little peak at what I'm working on currently for the course:

surealpaintballer · 03-06-2013, 01:45 PM

i can respect the watercolor, the portrait is great.

that teaser looks interesting

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 03-07-2013, 04:46 PM

Thanks man, the feedback is appreciated

Not sure if finished, but here's where I've arrived on my current watercolor painting:

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 03-10-2013, 12:53 PM

Alright, check these photos out... These are for a character portrait assignment I'll get criticism for tomorrow afternoon. Any guesses as to what character/role I was assigned?

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 03-29-2013, 09:26 AM

Another photo for my current project:

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 03-30-2013, 03:34 PM

Just finished my next watercolor painting

Feedback is good

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 04-04-2013, 02:20 PM

More of a study than anything, I threw this together earlier today:

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 04-11-2013, 03:10 AM

Doesn't seem like anyone checks this thread any more, but here's a current work in progress that will be a part of a 7-painting 'book' I'm putting together:

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 05-02-2013, 10:00 AM

LTZKID · 05-02-2013, 11:09 AM

Keep posting. Get a blog man. You got good art skills keep it up im really diggin that last post.

BBp8ntballaLP508 · 05-03-2013, 03:10 PM

Yeah, I've always kinda wanted a blog, but are there any decent looking blog hosts that are also free? I know they're relatively inexpensive, but I'm so poor right now lol. Thanks for the feedback man, I appreciate it

Anyhow here's another finalized project I finished a couple days ago... It's a book of portraits (the watercolors I've been posting) and a sleeve that holds them all:

Botched the hell out of Geddy Lee's face on that one^

The pages swivel like this:

And here's the case:

Edit: Whoaaa lol. Sorry for the massive pics.