Michael Malm Painting Workshop (continued)

I completed day four of the workshop today. It has been well worth the time. Mike is an excellent teacher and has really helped me hone my observational abilities. I've especially gained some new insight into seeing and painting warm and cool colors, which has been something I've struggled with over the years.

I'm posting a head study I painted during today's class. What you see here took approximately two hours. Sorry for the quality. It's a cell phone photo, so the quality isn't the greatest and the colors are off.

I'm sad to say it, but until this week, it had been a couple of years since I had painted the figure from a live model. I've really struggled with it and really need to paint more regularly.

Michael Malm Painting Workshop, Day 1

I'm attending a painting workshop this week taught by Mike Malm. Mike is one of my favorite artists. He's amazingly talented and as nice as they come. I'll try to post more details throughout the week, but for now, here is a photo of his demonstration painting from this morning. (Sorry for the image quality. I took it on my cell phone.)

Vanishing

This is a recent illustration I did for Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. It is for a story called "Vanishing" by Peter S. Beagle. It was an honor to illustrate a story by such a renowned author.

Sisters

A few years ago I had the opportunity to illustrate a short story called "Sisters of Sarronnyn: Sisters of Westwind" by L. E. Modesitt. At the time, there were certain time and budget restraints and the artwork suffered because of that. That has always bothered me and I have wanted to rework the art, just for my own satisfaction. Yesterday, having a little free time, but not enough to work on an oil painting, I started reworking this illustration in Photoshop. Here is a copy of the current painting in progress, as well as the original art, for comparison.

Winter Stroll

Okay, I actually painted this a few months ago, but it seems more appropriate to post now (with the 14" deep blanket of snow currently in my front yard). It's a small watercolor sketch (2.5 x 3.5 inches) on Strathmore trading card paper.