Bonnie St John Revised Finish

Here is the revised finish with a far more flattering portrait as the main focus. All's well that ends well.

Bonnie St John Finnish

This was my finished painting subject to approval, that approval didn't come so tomorrow I'll post the final version which is a good deal stronger I have to say.

Bonnie Sketch 5

This is the last sketch before going to finish, tomorrow I'll post the first version of the finished illustration, there were changes to come there too.

Bonnie Sketch 4

With input for the art director, these sketches start to become more evolved.

Bonnie Sketch 3

This is the 3rd of my initial sketches for this project, there were more sketches to come as the client felt there needed to be more information about the subject matter. I enjoy this part of the process, always happy to do knew sketches.

Bonnie Sketch 2

look at me, falling behind early and often, I'm just going to make an extra post when I miss a day, got to be accountable for my actions here.

Bonnie St John Portrait Sketch 1

Quick study for a portrait commission, Had a good run of these last year.

Color Comp

Here is a color sketch for a book cover I'm working on right now, very much enjoying this one, a through back to the pulp fiction covers of old.

The Old Forge

Happy New Year everybody, I going to post a drawing a day all year long and so far I've only missed 1 day, not bad if i say so myself. See you tomorrow.
By the way, this is the most remote pub on mainland Britain, what have you got to say about that.

Baseball Talk

I'm giving a talk today at NJCO, Art and Baseball, what a perfect match.

Elizabeth Olsen Demo

This one was a trial, the skin tones were very cool and I took a little more time to sooth out the values, I was sweating a little with this one.

Sketch 2

Sketch 2, this one went a little weird, more on that later, busy day on Saturday so amother no post, more on that later too.

Shaquile Sketch

Here is sketch 1 for a Shaquile Oneil portrait. Here we go again.

Mr Kaku

The finished piece, very happy with this one.

Kaku Sketch 4

My last sketch in the series, I'll post the finish tomorrow but if you feel like taking a guess onnwhich sketch was chosen, I'd be happy to hear from you.

Sketch 3

 is a different take on the last sketch but I like to explore as many options as I can

Second Kaku sketch

My second sketch, trying to work with the theme of innovation.

Michio Kaku Sketch

This was my first concept sketch for a portrait of the great Michio Kaku, stay tuned for the next one.

Finished Book cover

So here it is, I very much enjoy the process from start to finish, I'm hoping there will be more in this series. Life feel so much better when I'm painting.

Color Comp

This is the final stage before going to finish, the black and white comps could be taken in so many different color combos, so it important to let the art director know what you're thinking so there are no surprises when the final art arrives.

Revised Sketch

This is a revised sketch based on the art directors comments, It's a much stronger version of sketch one.

Sketch 4

Another take, these are the four I showed the art director, what happened next? come back tomorrow and I'll let you know.

Sketch 3

Trying to present as many different options as I can whilst also trying to come up with images I want to paint.

Sketch 2

Second sketch, I would have posted over the weekend but we were sans wifi, "whatever" I hear you cry.

Sketch 1

Sketch one for a new book cover, I love this stuff.

Portrait

This was a commission I was more than happy to draw.

Death At Tammany Hall

Here is a finish on the book cover I posted sketches on recently, I'm going to start posting a slew of work I've been doing lately, I know, promises promises.

Lou Reed Demo