Ringo: Stage II - Tightening the Speed Painting

I've been working more on my Ringo. I made a crummy pencil sketch several months ago. Then I started over and did a 1 hour speed painting.  So now I'm spending more time on the speed painting, by fixing the values, tightening the loose shapes, adding details, and improving the caricature. It's still far from done. But I thought it was a good time for another progress pic. (also partly because I haven't posted in a while)

Thanks for looking!

-Kyle

Keef Continued

I've finally had a chance to work on my Keith Richards again. This is a personal project I work on whenever I get a chance. I'll just noodle it here and thereBut with everything else I'm working on, I usually don't get the chance. Someday I'll actually finish it.

Thanks for looking

-Kyle

Oi! It's Keef Richards!

Sorry it's been so long since my lady post. I was moving last week. Here's another progress pic of the Keith Richards painting I'm working on. Well, I better get back to unpacking so I can get back to painting after a long, long absence. 

“His name was Abby something…”

This caricature is a request from my buddy Chandler Dunn. It's a speed painting of Marty Feldman as Igor, from Young Frankenstein. My photo reference is a screenshot from the film. It took me about a 1 1/2 hours, and it was nice good fun. 

Thanks for looking!

— Kyle 

Moroccan The Casbah!

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It's been awhile since I've painted a self portrait. This is from an assignment a couple of years ago. A self portrait with some sort of headgear. The original painting came out ok… Actually, it was pretty crummy. So I decided to redo it. I'm much happier with this go round. My inspiration was the Orientalist art movement of the 18th-19th centuries.

There is nothing political about this painting. I've just always been intrigued by the Middle Eastern culture.

Thanks for looking!

- Kyle

"Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?" Christmas Card Complete!

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Hello Friends! I know I am so late completing this. I've been really busy working on homework and finals the last couple of weeks. But my schooling is now complete, and so is my Christmas card. So here it is.

Thank you much

- Kyle

Preview II (I still ain't getting nuttin' for Christmas)

This is a second progress screenshot of my Christmas card. Since I've been in the month of school, work on it has been very slow. But after Monday I'm FREEEEE from school forever!!!

Any way, I worked on for about three hours tonight. I still have a lot to do. The biggest job is the wreath and the ribbon. During this weekend, I'm going to punch it out and finish it up. Hopefully ready to print and mail out Monday.

Check out the old post for more info on it:

http://gee-whiz-kyle.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-gettin-nuttin-for-christmas-detail.html?m=1

Thanks for looking!

Cheers

I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas! (Detail)

This is a sneak peek of my Christmas card. Hopefully with everything I have to do, including homework, I'll have it finished next week. It was inspired by a Saturday Evening Post cover painted by J.C. Leyendecker.

I don't want to give too much away. So I'm not going to say too much about it. The model is my son Emmett, plus Buster Brown curls. I'm using a 1930s inspired color palette, like Leyendecker would have used. When I post the finished painting, maybe a post before, I'm planning on posting a little tutorial/progress.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Mine was great, other than wrecking my car on the way to dinner. Luckily my turkey didn't go through the windshield. If it had, I just would have brushed it off, and warned everyone to watch for broken glass.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers

– Kyle

… because I'm pointing a gub at you

It's been lightly snowing outside, and I'm inside, working on my Woody Allen painting, and listening to Parliament-Funkadelic. Which as far as I'm concerned, makes for a great afternoon indoors.  

My plan is to to have him finished, tomorrow or Wednesday. Have a fantastic day. 

Until next time. 

Cheers 

Moroccan Me… B/W

This is inspired by a portrait of a Bedouin, by John Singer Sargent. So this is me in a keffiyeh. The rock formation in the back was inspired by N.C. Wyeth. 

 

The value underpainting is basically done. I'll start dropping in color tomorrow.