Desert Drive

Based on my vague memories of the highway an hour or so out of Las Vegas. In my head its always magic hour and the rocks and the mountains pick up a bright saturated pink.

Somewhere cold

I got to spend the long weekend somewhere snowy and we were lucky enough to get a foot of fresh powder the night we arrived. Unfortunately that same day I came down with the flu and spent the remainder of the trip watching bad movies on cable and drinking hot tea. Here's a painting I did the day we arrived while everyone was napping .

CDA - Demo

 

Here's a demo I did last night for my Visual Development Class at CDA. We were playing with creating a strong focal point, grouping and working off reference images. I was having a lot of fun working on this painting and my wife had to pry the wacom pen out of my hands so she could get started on her demo.

Wagon

Inspiration

We're exploring inspiration/influence in my Visual Development class tonight and doing these for fun. I did this one as an example and I thought it would be cool to share here.

On the Road

I've often fantasized about taking a road trip up the Pacific coast. I've done the LA to San Francisco drive quite a few times and my favorite is when you have the time to go down the coast on highway 1. There are amazing views of the ocean and great places to stop like Hearst castle.

Sketchy Ship

Another quick experiment with custom shapes. Very inspired by the work that Sparth has been doing. I'm been also testing out some ways to make it work in a Visual Development workflow, but haven't quite nailed it down yet.

Sketchcrawl at Disneyland

Still thinking about winter

An experiment with crumpled paper texture.

Revisiting the Past

Another quick sketch to start off the year! This is very different than everything else I've been posting and I wanted to revisit the sort of work I was doing before graduating from Art Center.