Art dump post

[amberdreams]

So I had a bit of an Inktober mare yesterday, but I said I'd post everything regardless, so I am. LOL
Plus my creative sketchbooking course has started again so I'm due a post of the experiments we're being pushed into.

First the Inky nightmares...
The prompt was Filthy, and I had this bright idea about having Dean cleaning the Impala.
Attempt number one - using masking fluid and Zebra brush pen.

An idea that was better than the execution, so I thought I'd try with the colour brush pens. That didn't go well.

Then I thought - I like drawing with biro (ball point), I'll find a nice ref of dirty Dean in Purgatory and have a go at that.
It started off reasonably ok, but then I got the proportions of his head totally wrong and frustration took over. I may have pressed ridiculously hard with that damn biro before chucking everything across the room. There may have been rather a lot of swearing too (just as well Paul had gone to bed!).

Looking at it this morning, the scribbling has actually made it a fraction more Dean-like but not much.

Now to the sketchbook. This term we are supposed to be looking at contrast. I missed the first lesson, and the second one resulted in a totally boring drawing of pieces of paper and an assortment of objects on a table that I can't even be bothered photographing, so I'll start with our third and fourth weeks efforts.
I took my own references in - a Game of Thrones coffee table book with some nice photos.

The pencil drawing was taking a complex image and cropping it down to different elements using dark and light shading. The idea was to try and get the brain to look at shapes and forms and ignore what it knows about the subject. So don't draw the people as people... really hard!

The painting on the right was trying masking fluid for the first time.

Then in the last 30 minutes of the session I tried the masking fluid again on this bird (which I kind of love because it's so ridiculous!)

Comments

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

I love dirty impala and I think that biro sketch of Dean is spot on! But none of them are crap, and you're being too hard on yourself. But well done you for posting regardless, that must be tough to do as an artist. Keep up the great work! :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

You are too kind (or maybe I am a bit hard on myself, I dunno!) But thanks either way!

[laughablelament]

Mannn, I am loving your inktober stuff! Definitely being too hard on yourself. Dirty Impala, dirty Dean, I mean... YOU CAN'T GO WRONG!! ;) These are lovely.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ha ha I'm glad some of y'all like 'em any way. *grin*

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

These are fun - considering a lot of them are experiments, I think they've come out really well. I like the effect of the first Dean, I love the arm and shoulder of the watercolour Dean, and I really like the third Dean. I thinkk you've done your trademark trick and made the face a shade too long, but I instantly recognised the scene that it was from.

And that bird ... I love him!
He reminds me of my hair first thing in the morning! :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ha ha that bird cracks me up! And thanks. *smooches*

[hugemind.livejournal.com]

Dirty!Dean is definitely a good inspiration for "filthy". ;) Biro!Dean totally has that hard look Purgatory!Dean had.

Hee, that bird is funny!! :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

The bird is hilarious, glad you like him - and I'm happy some of you ae enjoying my outtakes too LOL

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Ha! Even your "mistakes" are brilliant!

I love that bird too! What a face! :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Aw thanks, and the bird is just too funny.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

that is indeed a ridiculous bird and i mean that in the best possible way. and i really like the first dean. the use of masking fluid is really cool.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

In all fairness, that art rage example actually is rather striking!!! I get that whole "*WTFBBQARGGROWLSFROTHS*" constantly, but by the time I come to wanting to tear my paper with a ball point, my hands have given out, doubly frustrating ;) I kinda love the masking fluid bird too btw :D

[goss]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. *hugs*

I actually really like the Dean done with the colour brush pen. In fact, even the scrappy bit in the negative space of his vest has a kind of cool, messy style that would have been great for the theme, if you continued filling in the rest of the image in scribbly brush. Even the orange-y, rusty colours go with the "filthy" prompt.

Also, oooooh! Masking fluid! That bird is 100% awesome! Hee. Masking fluid is something I always read about people using, but have yet to get my hands on it. I look forward to seeing you experimenting with its use. :)

[amberdreams]

I see what you mean about the colour brush Dean... I lack courage to follow through with a lot of this experimentation! Ah yes the masking fluid - I've watched other people use it and it looked so easy - nice and thick and peeling off so nicely... Not so much for me. Still practice makes perfect, right?!

[tarlanx]

You had a lovely day, I see :D Lots of great pieces.

[sexycazzy.livejournal.com]

Don't be too hard on yourself. I actually thought these were awesome! :-)