Field of Lilies Redo WIP 7

Worked more on the legs and left arm, made the skin redder in saturation and also have started refining the face. I'm not using any soft of reference for the face here, just painting as I feel like it. So hopefully it will turn out looking ok! :)

Field of Lilies Redo WIP6

WIP6 - its good to get back to this! It's been a week since I've been able to paint as I've been on holiday. Oh Photoshop, oh Wacom, I have MISSED you so :D Worked on the left arm and hand in this advancement :)

Field of Lilies Redo WIP5

Todays lunchtime contributions are to the hand/arm, stomach and neck area :)

Field of Lilies Redo WIP4

An hour or so more painting on this. Very very quick rough brush stroke shading across the skin which I will obviously refine. I usually start with the face but for some reason I've started with the hand here. Although I have done significant work on some of the fingers as you can see, I think I will go back to them at some stage to add more shadows. Theyre still a bit flat looking. Do you like the veins though? I'm so PROUD of them :D

Field of Lilies Redo - WIP2 & WIP3

2 more WIPs.... :) I finished both of these stages at work this lunchtime. Its so handy being able to take my drawing things to work... :D

Field of Lilies Redo - WIP1

Right after my grandma died on 24th December 2008 I started drawing something in memory of her. I never finished it.. it was a traditional work of a girl lying in a field of lilies. It was a really nice concept.. and I decided to try and redo it, this time hopefully all the way to fruition. The concept has slightly changed but is basically the same. I just hope I can pull it off. The tricky part will definitely be the background :S Wish me luck. This is most of the sketch of the girl, its taken an hour or two so far already, I'm really trying hard on this one. I need to do a serious painting again!

Lunchtime Doodle 1

Installed my tablet etc on my work PC so I can doodle on my lunch. This is the result of 30 mins painting and by god its crap! I REALLY. need to learn how to draw men rofl. I just thought I'd see what I could do.. turns out.. not much! *laughs*

Hmm. Gonna have to find some good man-stock to reference! :)

Animal Photos

Taken at Chester Zoo, April 2010. I'm surprised my 5MP camera managed so well actually, got loads of... pictures however this was one of very few decent ones. The butterfly house was AMAZING, I could have stayed in there quite happily all day if it wasnt so humid! I'm not normally a fan of lizards, but these two are BEAUTIFUL. Wow ♥ I adore the colours in this.. :D

Concept Sketch Developed

Does what it says on the tin! Sketched this quickly and painted it for about... hmm.. under an hour but I cant pinpoint further than that. It was pretty fun to do but I realise its a bit naff :P I very much enjoyed the face and dont mind how that turned out but I'm not too bothered about the rest. This iwas more of a relaxing paint-what-I-like-to-paint (i.e. pretty women) rather than anything serious :) I'm really loving sketching and doodling so much lately, its awesome, and I definitely need to keep it up! :D

Clothing Concept - Wedding Dress

So I went to the most amazing wedding yesterday. I honestly believe that I will never ever be at such a stunning wedding ever again - not even my own. It was held in a cathedral, which in itself was breathtaking (need I say more, I'm sure you have all been to a cathedral and they are undeniably impressive in architecture and design - oh how I wish they built buildings like that these days...), but the brides dress... wow. I can honestly barely remember it, I saw it for such a short time but it was the most beautiful creation I have ever seen, I just had to try and draw it. I'm sure this isnt very accurate though.. I hope I can get ahold of some photos to be jawdropped at lol. Never seen such a lovely looking bride :)

The bottom of the dress was, I think, netting. All over it were shiny little things (I think they were gem type things), and right at the front there was a large focal piece made of many combined.

Stunning. If only I could have done it justice with my comparative scribble but, eh, it was fun to draw all the same!

I hope to make more outfit designs using the base I created for this - its an area I've always wanted to explore yet.. never done! Enjoy :D

Concept Sketch

Another concept sketch / black and white doodle. I don't know why she's all veiled and hiding behind curtains but it just popped into my head so I scribbled it down :) Took about 20 mins in Photoshop.