Progression: Angkor in Color

Here is the painting I worked on from January to May of this year. 

Ever since going to Cambodia in 2010, I have been absolutely fascinated by the carvings and patterns of Southeast Asian art. It is fantastic. To honor the beauty in this part of the world, I wanted to create a painting based on a photo I took of a relief sculpture at the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The place was covered in relief sculptures—miles and miles of the carvings covering almost every exposed stone. 

I added my own spin by experimenting with color and light. Sometimes the patterns drove me a little crazy... they just keep on going! I thought it would never end. But it did, and I am happy with the result.

This is how it grew.

And finally, the finished product:

Angkor in Color.
Oil on canvas. 16x20in. 
Application with palette knife and brush (mostly brush).

Hope you like it! 

And if you know anyone interested in buying it... lemme know. :)

The Return.

New blog layout. New camera. New home (well, relatively).

Just a few things from life, as it has been of late.

Thanks for looking. Let me know what you think!

Next time: bringing back the painting progression feature with a new work!

Sketches: Portraits.

Sketches: Figure Studies.

A few sketches from my Life Drawing class. We do multiple 3-, 5-, and 10-minute sketches of a model in similar poses. These sketches are from several different class periods to they are all quite diverse.

I just love this class. The constant practice and repetition is challenging: we are forced to continually reevaluate our attempts to draw accurately, all the while under the pressure of time constraints. While it's a fast-paced environment, I find it invigorating rather than stressful. Anyway, on to the artwork:

Classwork

A few recent projets from some design classes.

 

Project for Typography. 

Pen and ink on paper, scanned and touched up in Ps. 

 

Project for Computer Graphics.

Self-portrait in the style of Renoir. 

Photomanipulation.

 

Just for fun: second self-portrait, mimicking Munch's The Scream. 

Photomanipulation.

dA muro.

Finally found something really fun to do during Computer Graphics class: deviantART's excellent feature, muro! The digital art creation includes several brushes, color pickers, layers, transparency, and now allows you to save your work and return to it later (if you have an account). The platform also supports Wacom tablets=awesome! Spent probably about 2 hours total on this.


Check it out at http://muro.deviantart.com/.