my friends

eric and brian.  great chaps both!

cute

and what i did to counter its ill effects...

i remember seeing a painting by goya "saturn devours his children" when i was a child, and remember it being intense and pretty terrifying..in doing this i was remembering that painting.

book cover

i recently did a the front and back book cover for an aspiring author.  fun images to make; i am pretty happy with the result.  haven't read the story, but it sounds like an entertaining fantasy read.  check it out:

http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/verlorn/15218611?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/2

this is apparently available in paperback or as an e-book.  best of luck to erik!

Theatinerkirche

another recent painting that i am pretty pleased about.  a couple of non-ideal bits, but dammit, buildings are hard! watercolor/gouache, a smidgeon of colored pencil.

some figure drawing

from a couple of weeks back.  excellent model, not bad drawing night!  i used a 9B slab of graphite, which reminds me, i ought to spray-fix that soon...the painting i did at home based on one of the quick poses..i like how it came out, though i fussed over the face too much which was in shadow anyways.  meh..live and learn...

a study

i've been working wet into wet and transparent, using both watercolor and gouache lately...lots of failures, but i was happy with this one...

heads

more cheerful subject matter..