Self Portrait

kinda feels like standing naked on

a podium posting my drawing lessons.

this is my self portrait done in pencil.

i think it would have been easier in charcoal.

i seriously don't have lips but make up

for that in wrinkles!

i'm really looking forward to becoming

better at drawing...

added a little color using Procreate..
Repix & Snapseed

Skulls..Eyes…Noses & Mouths….oh my….

i mentioned in my last post that i was taking Gillian Lee Smith's

Unearth Gather Create class. i'm posting these images for myself…

to show my weaknesses and …hopefully…improvements over time.

first of all…sorry for the poor photos…the

lighting in my studio leaves a lot to be desired.

this was an exercise in mapping the skull using

a square as a starting point. in all these photos i

used a standard pencil and dollar store note pad…

drawing along as i watched the lesson... 

so i wasn't trying for life like shading….just correct

proportions….and no….he's not wearing sun 

glasses…that's just a representation of the size

of our eye sockets.

here i tried eye proportions from the 

front…side…and 3/4 view.

next was the front view of a nose 

and mouth.

and last a 3/4  and side view

nose and mouth.

i really am loving this class and

Gillian's teaching style. she mixes

her formal training with her personal

experience presenting the lessons

in a laid back style. i also like that

even though the material list suggested

for this class would be more than i

could afford she emphasizes to use

what you have….even if it's just pen

and paper. i'm looking forward to the

remainder of this class. 

Layloni

she wears flowers in her hair…..

i'm taking Gillian Lee Smiths Unearth Gather Create class

in hopes of improving my drawing/painting skills. one of my

first assignments was face mapping and shading. this is my

first attempt:

as far as face mapping.. the proportions aren't correct..

although with faces really anything goes. i opened my

drawing in iColorama and changed it in Style to

Threshold to get this:

i took this to PS CS5 and used the select tool on the

black…saving it as a png (i also made a brush to use

in CS5). this allowed me to use the drawing without

including the white background.

next i opened this image of a Klimt painting in Repix:

 i used the Van Gogh brush to blur

sections of the photo ending up with this:

then on to Procreate where i added the

png of my drawing:

i cropped out the section with the face and

painted in the flower..white high lighting and

the design in the lower right corner. 

next i took it to iColorama and added the lettering

in the lower left corner and the paint drips.

i then opened it in Analog…adding the white dust

and scratches…to get the finished piece.

Home

they always stay close….

Hello Ruby in the Dust

listening to a little Neil Young and playing

with apps….

Stardust & Fire

…had a wonky face 

and no neck….lol

House of Cards

sometimes it feels that way.....

Swimming in a Fishbowl

aren't we all…..

here's the original photo from the 2013 Beard

& Mustache Championship:

i added the goldfish using PS CS5 and then opened

it in Brushstroke app applying Simple 5:

opened this in Repix and blurred the background:

took this to Procreate and painted in the color/bubbles:

took this back to Repix and scatted a little dust around:

i finished up by taking it to Path On and adding my

own version of some Pink Floyd lyrics.

He Captured Her Heart

they have a way of doing that.......

the original photo:

opened in Brushstroke and changed to a painted image:

taken to Procreate and added some color:

still in Procreate...overlay an old digital collage,

masking out her face:

opened in Analog and added a few scratches:

took it back to Procreate and added

the heart and string:

finished by opening in iColorama and applying
Style/Coherence and painted some white
splatters using Brush/Paint

Star Light Star Bright

…i wish i might

have this wish

i wish tonight

i started with this magazine ad:

cropped to get a close up of her head

and took that to Brushstroke to give it

a painted look:

took this to Repix and blurred the background,

 smoothed some skin texture and added some stars:

opened this in Procreate and added some more color

to her face and the light reflection on the side of her

head. i finished it with "star shine" using LensLight

and adding the wording in WordSwag.

If You Could Read My Mind

this…..reminds me of my teens

i began with a magazine photo:

i opened it in Brushstroke and applied

Simple 2:

next it was opened in Procreate where i

added a little color:

then i took it to Repix and blurred the

background to give it a smoother look:

the piece was completed in Analog

where i added the scratches.

Laden

sometimes things get a little heavy…

i began with this photo from a magazine:

it was opened in Brushstroke and Lead 1 was applied:

next i took it to iColorama and applied

Style/Simplify/4/14, Brush to mask what 

i didn't want and add the random letters, 

cropped, then Form/Straight to skew the

 image so she looked bent over:

i finished up in Path On, adding the wording

on her back.

Here is the journal spread i did with
this piece:

One by One

don't they always...

Ole Man and De Cat

sometimes i see a photo and just HAVE to work a

little painting mojo on it. the colors in this one sucked

me right in!

here is the original... my neighbor…Lannie…and his

new friend:

i brought the photo into brushstroke and gave it 

an oil painting look:

once this was done i opened the altered photo in 

procreate and added some white highlights and

gave kitty some whiskers and a few scraggly hairs

for the finished piece.

btw….HE named it Ole Man and De Cat

i am not in a position to be calling anyone

old. i only see a kind soul that rescued a

precious baby someone dumped by

the roadside.

My Gypsy Soul

so…another morning filled with altering

a photo. it's wonderful to be able to play

in a virtual studio.

to begin i opened this image (found on pinterest)

in icolorama…changed the style to tensor and

adjusted the exposure...

to get this:

took the above image to brushstroke app

and applied illustration a5:

i cut out the background with eraser app

and layered it over a photo of a green..

graffiti covered wall with the exclusion

mode selected to get the pink/purple color.

this was done in ps cs5 to get this result:

next the image was blended with the first

alteration in image blender app:

i finished by opening the above picture in 

icolorama and changed the effect by adding

noise which softened the look. in the form

mode i applied a mirror effect to flip the

image to get the end result at the beginning

of this post.