A Study in White

Since I’ve done literally nothing of note this year, I elected to re-work this painting from last year. 

Thumbing through my sketchbook today and found this fucking babe. How could I ever forget about you

Sherlock study based on the colours and lighting in a self portrait by David Leffel. Painted digitally from scratch in Photoshop CS5 using the Edvard Munch brushes by Kyle Webster. Hopefully the first of many such studies while I learn how to paint in colour and manipulate light :) 

For probably the first time in my life, I committed to pushing contrast and it wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be haha. This one feels like a bit of a level-up for me and I’m so happy with it!

Hello to you too! Thank you for your kind words <3 Have a lovely day!

A day off, sitting in my studio with the warm winter sunshine streaming through the windows while I listen to good music, burn caramel scented wax and draw Orphan Black clones to pass the time. What a perfect day! 

If at first you don’t succeed, have another fucking go at it! First attempt was a laughable fail. Second attempt satisfactory. Oi oi Sarah!

Mrs S in sanguine and white charcoal on toned paper. Haven’t done much sketching lately but just signed up for The Essentials of Realism on Schoolism so I can go back over the fundamentals and fix some of the bad habits I’ve learned through being self taught. Scary going back to square one!!

The going is slow but at least it’s going :D 5hrs in. Taking bets for how long y’all think this will take haha.

I normally draw dogs and cats as commissions for people. I realised it’s been years since I last drew a proper portrait of a person so it’s time to remedy that with my first decent portrait of Cucumberpatch <3 Hurrah for personal projects!

Practicing mouths/lips today! Bonus sketches of the classic Benedict mmmmm mouth haha

Just doodling Ben noses. His chin always screws me over, I need to do a page of chins lol

You are so kind ❤️ I’ve been drawing realism since I was 13 (am now 26). Getting better at drawing is a never-ending journey and I genuinely believe anyone can do it with enough time, patience and guidance!

I think I’ve really lost the plot this time haha. The original photo is black and white and because I have no self respect, I thought I’d try and paint it in colour, referencing a colour palette from one of the amazing paintings by Elicia Donze.

I reworked this so many times to try and get it right. It’s close enough!