Morphing: III

I decided that I wanted to paint a “traditional” portrait. A bust of a woman with a strong profile. I chose a book of portraits by Rembrandt as my reference. Mostly for ideas for background colors and composition. I am using a limited palette of Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, and Titanium White. I used this palette with my first Morphing painting and I had a lot of positive feedback, so I’m trying it again.

I’m posting my final value thumbnail, the layout, and a detail of it now. Hopefully, I’ll be posting the final painting in the next few days.

one year ago

This painting that I started over a year ago has been sitting against my studio wall collecting dust just waiting to be finished. And now that it is, I feel a sense of relief and would like to share the completed version with you.

Commission of Retiree

I was commissioned by Mosaic, Co. in Florida to do a caricature illustration of one of their employees who is retiring. This was an over the weekend job with a very quick turnaround. I feel good about it but with ever thing I do,  I still want to tweak certain things. I’m also adding the reference photo Mosaic gave me to use.

Gary Hampel being presented the caricature illustration by my Dad. Thanks Dad!

Trixie Little and The Evil Hate Monkey

This is a poster design for Music City Burlesque that my friend Eric Denton and I collaborated on. I borrowed a Wacom tablet and played around with color over my caricature sketch of Trixie Little and The Evil Hate Monkey. It was my first time using Adobe Photoshop this way. I still have a lot to learn and a long way to go in learning Ps and Ai. Hiding layers and Apple-Z became my friend.

Portraits

I find that when drawing a straight portrait, creative issues such as accuracy pose the most direct challenge especially when the subject is a child. I did this piece a week ago and when I showed it to my client she teared up. I enjoyed working on this these portraits.

If you are interested in commissioning a portrait or caricature of a loved one or celebrity contact me at righthandillustrator@gmail.com and I’ll send you prices and availability. Thanks.

New Illustration

This was a conceptual portrait I did at the Illustration Academy in Sarasota, FL

It was also chosen as a t-shirt design for Teefury.