Jon Jones - Finish

Good progress on the left side, managed to bring some texture out on the temple and cheek bone.

30cm x 45cm / wood / acrylics

Really got to look into getting a little more patient on these pieces, some elements worked, others could've worked with just a little more time.

Girl portrait 3 - Finish

Decided to curb the deadline on this piece, but pleased with the different stroke effects.

30cm x 45cm / wood / acrylics

Jon Jones - draft

Girl portrait 3 - draft

Tetris panels - draft two

Tetris panels - draft one

First in a series of panels looking at perspective.

Portrait two - finish

Far from perfect but definitely on the right track. There's more than a few issues, but overall building speed, technique and tonal understanding.

30cm x 45cm / wood / acrylics

Tetris - color concepting

Carrying on with this weeks trials, tried using a few different brushstrokes alongside the colour variants. Overall it's become clear that in order for everything to fit together, composition is critical.

30cm x 45cm / wood / acrylics

Some interesting tones in there to think on.

Tetris - background expansion finish

Pretty happy with the outcome. Although a lot has to do with block composition, the mixture of tones and directions with the back strokes really does bring a new dynamic to the piece.

25.5cm x 36.4cm (B4) wood / acrylics

Portrait two

Long way to go yet.

Tetris - background expansion

Working backwards from background up is a simple but new move here. Starting with the back gave a lot more freedom in colours and movement.

Although not exactly what I was after, it does look significantly different to other more static pieces I'd been working on.

Expansion one

Working on a larger scale is opening up space for more messing with tones and shapes. Moving away from A4 is definitely a step in the right direction.

Experimenting one

Trying out splatter effects to emphasise movement but not really feeling it. 

Sure there's room for improvement but I'm just not feeling it.

Portrait one Finito

More often than not when the sketch comes out well acrylics follow suit. Although not exactly what I was going for, it's definitely a step up from previous works.

30cm x 45cm

A few more pieces like this to come over the next few weeks.

Tertis Blast

Baby steps at the moment but looking to get a bit messier with the backdrops. 

Working on the backdrops first is new to me so looking forward to the finished results.

Pepper one

Paints up next.

Portrait two

Paints up next.

Blocks two

More roughs coming up soon.

Block one

Happy to get back into these. time to get back into a bit of colour experimentation.

Also finally managed to settle on a signature..