SOS!!! Send Help!!!

Send me your ideas. You request it, and I'll paint it! Look at this face. It's the look of a desperate man, with nothing to do. . . OK, I'm kidding about that. But I think it'll be fun to paint someone else's ideas.

Post them here I'll be glad to hear from you. . .

Thanks

I Need Your Help!!! Send Me Ideas!!!

I can't find my brain. . . 

I need your help, my friends. I am fresh out of ideas. . . Well actually, I'm not. I just thought it might be fun to sketch or paint fan requests.

There are so many interesting faces in in this world. I couldn't possibly recall every single one of them. Post some comments on this site. Send some ideas of people I can paint. I'm sure you can give a few that never would have occurred to me. Then come back and see the final result. . .

Thank you much,

Cheers

"When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear." Mark Twain

I thought it would be fun to do a Mark Twain speed painting. Normally, I'll paint for an hour and stop. . .  But I was having so much  fun with it. . . This is 2 hours. I like this one much better than my original Mark Twain painting. . . Which is a sight to behold, and a complete embarrassment. 

If anyone has a request, feel free to post them here. I'll see what I can do…

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt"

"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."

Moroccan Me 2: Beginning Color

After I finished the black and white under-painting, I filled the canvas with transparent layer of magenta. Now I've started to block in color. The color on top combines with the magenta underneath, to give it a cohesive feel. It helps the all the colors to fit in, and not stick out like a sore thumb. (now you see why I paint, and not write literature ;)

I've only worked on the color, for about an hour. I have many hours left, before I can declare this finished. So all I can do, move on and sally forth. Will post again soon. 

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.

 

"I've got blisters on me fingers!"

Here is my attempt at drawing a Beatle. I took the photo on my phone. So, sorry about the quality. Once I finish the sketch, I'll post Ringo in all of his Liverpudlian glory. (Not waxing egocentric. I just wanted to say Liverpudlian glory;)

Norris Dalton - Part 1

A few months ago I posted an early sketch of the cowboy painting I am working on. In homage to one of the great illustrators of the 20th Century - James Bama. His realistic cowboy paintings depict the old west combined with elements of the modern world. The model is my old cowboy neighbor Norris Dalton.

I've never posted anything about my process. So this is the first stage: The value under-painting. I still have several more hours work to go before I start adding color. I start with a large brush, working from general to specific shapes, light to dark, and getting my lighting situated.