sketchbook updates

Ah yes, the grind must go on! This week I spent some time working on the lace adornment on the cover wraps of the Maria Clara gown. The gown is being worn by the Dalaga in my illustration “Ang Dalaga and the Royal Baby.” I’m not entirely sure if what I did is realistic enough, […]

Updates are going to be a bit slower and lower in quantity starting from now. I’ll explain why later. The good news is that I’m still producing, so there’s at least something to look forward to. Here are this week’s art updates; What’s really worth taking a look at is my seven-hour version of “Nothing […]

I’ve been somewhat of a busy bee this week; First up, I’ve made some progress on my long grind paintings. “Ang Dalaga and the Royal Baby’s” background sketch is finished. I can almost call the line art finished, but I still have to do the Maria Clara gown for the girl. As for “The Guardian,” […]

I made progress in my two illustrations that I’m slowly grinding on. “The Guardian” is giving me trouble; Even though I cleaned up the background tremendously, it still looks too busy, unfortunately. Part of me feels I really need to simplify the background more, but I don’t want to have to go back to the […]

Her name is Rio and she dances on the sandJust like that river twisting through a dusty landAnd when she shines she really shows you all she canOh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande I can’t help it… it was playing as I write this post… sort of… I mean, Toto is playing now, […]

2020 is chugging along nicely with the speed paints, especially with the 30-minute speed paints. What I was missing, however, are my 2-3 hour speed paints. I haven’t had the chance to work on a much longer speed paint since about two days before 2019 ended. I have been meaning to get to it, but […]

So the holidays are pretty much over. I hope yours was a blast as much as mine was. The first week of 2020 was slow going in a way. I mean, given that this past week was “New Year’s Eve” celebration week it’s understandable if things aren’t completely back in the grind yet. Still though […]