Violin girl painting progress 1

Here is the newest painting that I'm working on. It is of a girl playing violin. The reference picture (shown above) that I'm working off of is taken by Brian also known as Coltfan909. Please view his photos on flickr because he's letting me use an amazing photograph for reference and he's a really great photographer  http://www.flickr.com/photos/coltfan909/

The painting is one of the biggest I've painted in a while the dimensions are 34 x 48 inches (photo below). I'm doing the painting for the Conservatory of the Ozarks in Chesterfield Village located in Springfield, MO. They teach piano, guitar, violin, and also have vocal lessons. They are showing artwork at the conservatory on December 18th so the painting has to be done with by then.

More Soon!

Smoking Caterpillar sketch for Alice in Wonderland painting

Decided to go with a realistic caterpillar looking over a mushroom at little Alice. The caterpillar is blowing out smoke which should make a neat background for the painting. The caterpillar will be very detailed and mostly white with orange, green, and black in it.

Stay tuned for more Alice in Wonderland!

The Joy Stone sketches part 1

Just started a new fun little project illustrating a children's book called the Joy Stone by Reta Allen. The book is a about an indian princess that goes on a journey with animal friends in search of happiness. The first sketch is just a quick sketch of Princess Sighing Dove. The second sketch is of the Princess having a conversation with a turtle. I'm doing 3 to 4 specs for the book before it goes to the publisher.

Scott Weiland sketch

Back to the grunge paintings. This painting is going to be of Scott Weiland the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots or STP. He has also done a few solo albums and was with the band Velvet Revolver. It took me forever to find the perfect reference material for the painting since every video or concert he's done there is some kind of different style going on. I used about 6 different reference photos to finally sketch this out.

Eddie Vedder painting wip 2

Did a whole bunch of painting today so here's another post of my progress on Pearl Jam's lead singer.

Eddie Vedder painting wip 1

Here is the current progress on my newest painting. Enjoy!

Eddie Vedder sketch for painting

Getting ready to start painting the grunge series again. There are two more paintings in the grunge series which will be Eddie Vedder (current) and Kurt Cobain. Stay tuned for more progress on this painting.

hippie van progress 3

Here is how the hippie van painting is progressing. Still have a little more to do but was kinda stuck so I started a new painting and will finish this sometime next week.

hippie van progress 2

Almost done painting the van. Just needs some more shading and then I'll start on the background. Wanted to make sure that I got a progress post out this week. Thanks for all the interest!

hippie van progress 1

Still unsure where I'm going with this painting but that's where all the fun is. I've changed the bus color already once. Stay tuned for more updates.

new painting - hippie van

Yep, I've already begun a new painting. Still haven't finished sketching it out but couldn't resist posting. I'm going to add some designs to the van, Still haven't decided what to do with the bottom right corner. I'm either going to add a sun to the sky with a dove/doves or write the word love across the top. Only time will tell.