[[3-21-09]] Almighty Chris's sketchbook: Journey to be a (pokemon/art) master!

[The Pariano]

hello CA, welcome to my sb!
Im 16, currently taking 3 art classes( score!)
art III, art IV, and ap art: drawing
let me get some old stuff out of the way first
this sketchbook was about june-july
comments+ critique greatly appreciated!
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[Ignominious]

this is really a good sketchbook! i'll find something to crit once you post more :) i love those hands you did, they're fantatic! i wish i could do them like that

[The Pariano]

-Ignominous: thanks! hah if those hands look good its only becaus e i suck at them and draw them all the time.

heres from stuff from a sketchbook after the first one, still pretty old but im actually kinda sorta proud of some of it( doesnt happen too often)
Just one more sketchbook after this one then its new stuff : D
Sorry if some are a little big, tinypic messed me up.
http://i28.tinypic.com/9sqm2w.jpg
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[Taven]

First off, nice work! Might I ask what references, if any, you're using for the anatomy of your works?

Let's see... In post #1, the three headed beastie is something. Have you ever thought of expanding on it more, or coloring it? I found it interesting, and wouldn't mind seeing more work on it.

For the spartan warrior, excellent shading. Any idea on how long it took you? The details like the veins on the arm are nice. Furthermore, the woman's body, with the black swaths covering stratgeic areas, I also like. The red heart in the corner doesn't really fit (color-wise or style-wise) but the rest is wonderful.

Wish I had more constructive criticism to offer, but in my opinion you're doing well with your stuff, so there's not much to say past that.

Oh, one more thing. Could you outline which mediums you used for the different peices? Looks like pencil, ink, and markers for the most part, but I could've missed something or be off the mark.

Keep up the good work, I hope to see more.

--Taven

[Retronym]

Bad-ass. I love the spartan. The only thing I would recommend is a greater variety in subject matter. Your rendering skills are comendable.

[dtr.aty]

you r PRO!

[The Pariano]

Taven: thanks! Most of my anatomy is done from the mind, but there are a couple of pages up there with tidbits drawn from a muscle & fitness mag, heh. Nah, never thought of expanding it, hah i need to flesh things out more. Id say the spartan had maybe 4-5 hours of rendering to it.
Youre pretty much straight on with the materials. colored ink with pen and brush, graphite, sometimes charcoal, and copic markers, sometimes a bit of conte and prismacolor pencil.

Retronym: thanks man! I agree I need more variety, need to get out of my box some. Hah im glad you think that, I dont believe my rendering is good if I can see an artist do better :P

dtr.aty: Hah! I wish!

Instead of all these old sb pages, I have a little step by step of some experimenting ive done. never really combined these materials like I did in this. I have an idea for a comic, and would like to know your opinion: would you like to see comic pages rendered in this style?
(btw im aware of many of the anatomy flaws, even excepting stylization but you might be able to point some out that I dont know.)
I used yellow ochre and graphite for the underdrawing on comic board that has been gesso'd on the back, with a burnt umber wash, and stretched for a day or two. shadows were built up with washes of burnt umber, and details done with burnt umber and pen, highlights made with white prismacolor pencil and further details and such done with black.
http://i28.tinypic.com/2wn94yd.jpg
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http://i27.tinypic.com/1e5pop.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/34s1e0m.jpg
Thanks for stopping by!

[JFierce]

Daaaaamn your only 16 and this good?!
I wish my school had that many art courses
My school had no art classes so I fell to the evils of drawing anime when I was younger


Keep up this pace and you'll be one of the greats in no time:)

[The Pariano]

Jfierce: Yeah, my school is one of the biggest ones in the state so I think thats a factor to all the art classes :P thanks alot man!
Here is another drawing step by step I want your opinion. Do you prefer this new rendering style, or the old one?
http://i32.tinypic.com/5cg01s.jpg
http://i26.tinypic.com/ajma8w.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/21eroy1.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/2w4zo0y.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/1zmeb01.jpg

[RichKid]

id say take the marker instead of the inking hatching stuff. it will keep you in a softer feel and you can block out shapes without them being harsh.

and if you are only 16, you have a pretty sweet head start on the rest of us. i would study the hell out of anatomy now, that was the main thing i was lackin when i started school.

[Brendan N]

You got great stuff going here, definitely on the right track. Awesome to see you're working at getting a grip on the traditional side of things, it will pay off later when you start working more digitally. You've already got a good handle on the basics. Watch the anatomy - if you're intentionally distorting it, make sure it's obvious to the viewer.

You're at a great start for sixteen, way way way further than I was at the time. If you're not counting on art to make you money right now, the question you should always be asking yourself is "How can I learn more." Right now you should be doing and learning and having as much fun as possible before you need to get bogged down in a more professional approach. Turn on the experimentation switch!

Anyways, thanks for stopping by my book,
keep posting!
cheers!

[algenpfleger]

Haha awesome, you're sixteen? The world is open for you, just keep going! Great stuff.

[The Pariano]

RichKid:imo i've found that markers are TOO soft for me, eveything i draw with them looks like theres nothing too it. Thanks, and anatomy studies are a definate, I do alot, they probably just dont really show :P
BrendanN: Yeah I really should be doing alot more experimentation and might be able too in the near future. Right now though I really do want to be making some money because im really low on it atm. I cant drive so I cant get a normal job. :/ thanks for the comment!
algenpfleger: thanks man!

UPDATE:
Firstly a wip of a set of 3 paintings. Dont know if anybody really digs abstract stuff or such. This is going to be shown in a little cafe near me.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_1520.jpg
secondly a watercolor painting and reference used( I took the photo specifically for the painting)
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_1512.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_1516.jpg
and I wasnt going for strict accuracy here, lots of messups in placement of petals and such. Hopefully I can get a quick $20-$30 from this.

[Grief]

utterly remarkable.
one of the worst/best feelings is seeing work that makes me think "shit, i wish i did that"

this will be a very exciting sketchbook to follow.

[The Pariano]

Grief: Thanks! I get that feeling alot aswell, but i would never think someone would get it from looking at mine!
It's been too long. Got some sb pages to show aswell but for now just two watercolor sketches done on 300 lb rough watercolor paper with a big ol' 14 round brush.
Then a longer study, I'd like your thoughts on this.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_1615.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_1617.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_1629.jpg

[The Pariano]

A little bumpdate:
working with different processes for oil paintings.
this started with an acrylic wash. Then a charcoal drawing with smudged shadow areas. The drawing was brought up with gesso for the highlights and burnt sienna wash for the shadows. Followed by a block in of the shadows with burnt sienna oil paint, and naples yellow hue for the highlights. Then refine.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_1749.jpg

[RandAlThor]

Hey Chris, excellent sketchbook. As already mentioned keep an eye on the anatomy, its wandering in places. Loving the traditional stuff, you have a good sense of colour and form. I say keep posting dude ;-)

[The Pariano]

geez i need to be better about updating this.
Here is my first succesful attempt at digipain:
http://i27.tinypic.com/296kops.jpg
And heres a quick oil study i did, mainly just focusing on the additions to my pallette:
prussian blue and red madder deep.
http://i31.tinypic.com/2ch2b90.jpg
I did it on smooth clayboard panel. the lack of tooth makes it very difficult for me. not something id prefer.

[L0g@nV!ll3]

Yo chris whats Good man Its Mike Logan funny finding you in a place like this but anyway as always I love your work (even though I ve seen it all before). But keep it up man.

P.S. love the painter studies.

[The Pariano]

hahaha Mikeeeee, yeah ive actually been pretty productive over spring break ill have some stuff to show tommorow. You need to hurry up and post a sketchbook here so I can be a dick over the internet!

[The Pariano]

Heres some new shiz:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2172.jpg
A commissioned painting of an airplane of a WWII vet. Yeah I kinda fucked up the left wing but other than that im proud of it for what it is.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2180.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2186.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2191.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2192.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2193.jpg
The last page is mostly from Mentler's book of bones.

[Junck]

Wow, I must say you are quite exceptional! Especially as young as you are, you have a mighty fine grasp of how this should be done. You have my awe! A+ Anatomy and knowledge of highlights and shading. In your latest post, may I ask what kind of book is that with the lovely shaded paper? Looks like newsprint?

[The Pariano]

Junck: Thanks alot man! Actually its called Earthbound. Its 100% recycled paper. Its not as heavy as normal drawing paper but much heavier than newsprint which is good; its also really cheap!

[OmertA]

nice works your very talented keep it up! :donk:

[ShaunLey]

very cool, I like the eye thing your doing.

[Junck]

Junck: Thanks alot man! Actually its called Earthbound. Its 100% recycled paper. Its not as heavy as normal drawing paper but much heavier than newsprint which is good; its also really cheap!

Thanks! I'll have to look into that. Looking forward to seeing more from you~

[gmags]

These are SWEEEET bro!!! Thanx for stoppin by my sb!! Really enjoy going through this sb. Like those anatomy sketches! Wish I started @ your age bro. Keep puttin up more eyecandy man!! :)

[The Pariano]

OmertA: Thanks, will do!
ShaunLey: Thanks :]
Gmags: Thanks man glad you enjoyed it.
I need to get better at portraiture. My focus for the next long while will be anatomy as well as facial features and likeness.
More:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2195.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2196.jpg
just messin around with watercolor and inks. Gum Arabic is a watercolor medium that increases transparency and gloss; also changes lots of other factors. Im going to but it in affect on a full fledged painting and see how it compares. I used it only in some places in this piece.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2201.jpg

[OmertA]

i really like that approach you do for making the figure through those thin washes and build your way up gona have to give that a try sometime.

[The Pariano]

OmertA: Thanks :] Yeah when you really get into it it can be very time consuming but very rewarding.
Im thinking ill try and update this daily:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2203.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2209.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2210-1.jpg

[tjtiger]

Hey, thanks for checkin out my SB. What pens or pencils are you using one the last few posts? I hope to venture into colors sometime but I do not believe I am ready. Hell I haven't gotten portions down yet. Well, peace out.

[The Pariano]

SinusAnimus: Pens: Nexus, Pencil: just a regular mechanical pencil.
Stuff from today:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2215.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2217.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2222.jpg

[L0g@nV!ll3]

Ok Im finally here to crit your sb (no Homo) LOL
ok first off as always your anatomy studies are bad ass. but I'd like to see you do sum still life drawings, or maybe do some landscapes, also I think that you shud put thoes left hand sketches up because I think that those are a little stronger than your usual drawings. Keep up the consistancy of your drawing. I can only dream of having a work ethic as strong as yours. Oh and the skull chest guy was geinus. keep up the good work and my sb will be up soon. (NO HOMO) LOL.

[Murder Tramp]

Your work is pretty amazing, and you have a great understanding with light and shadow. I wish you could focus more on different body types to understand the rest of what the human form has to offer.

[Lee W]

some great looking stuff you got here :) those anatomy studies rocks

[The Pariano]

Mikeeee: I miss you man. Get your sb up so I can crit it! haha.
Murder Tramp: Thank you very much :] this is something I definitely have to get over, I just don't feel confident enough with the basics to start branching out.
Lee W: Thanks man! :]

It's been a while, and I've been painting ALOT.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/studyshow.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/Wineglasshow.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/Armshow.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/Roseshow.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2448.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2501.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_2954-1.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3062.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3077.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3079.jpg

[The Pariano]

Just a quick digi paint
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/skullstudy.jpg

[The Pariano]

Hey guys, I plan on this painting being one that I will eventually choose from my body of work to put into an 8 piece portfolio for scholastics. I definitely need some other eyes and feedback to make it better and I hope you can help.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/painting2.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/painting2detail.jpg
All critique is GREATLY appreciated! Thanks for looking :]

[The Pariano]

Here's an update on the painting:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/painting4.jpg

[The Pariano]

I have some stuff. this is my third day doing " a painting a day"
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3515.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3517.jpg
The first is how it looked before I basically wiped almost everything down. I like the abstracted edges I got with this.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3518.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3521.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3523.jpg
bananas .

This painting was fun, on a 2x2 inch canvas. I hope you can tell what it is, it's two heart shaped links to a chain.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3529.jpg

oh and this is 5x7, I did it by mounting a copy of a drawing from my moleskine on a panel and painting over it with oils
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3437.jpg

[The Pariano]

Here's a little tutorial/ process thing I made to show at another forum:

So I don't really see any other artists here that ever paint in oils, and it makes me sad. I made this little tutorial/ process thing to show you how I go about it and hopefully get someone to pick up oils!

First of all here's the still life set up to be painted: just a dusty ceramic twisty vase and a red cloth.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3533.jpg

I painted this with only 3 brushes, the Filbert is my favorite, so versatile:
From left to right:
Winsor and Newton size 8 extra long Filbert- Monarch
Cheap Joes Starving artist size 2 round
Wisnor and Newton size 12 round- Eclipse
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3546.jpg

About brushes: Filbert brushes can do basically anything. If you got only one brush I would get a very nice long filbert, you could easily do a whole painting with just one.

As for my pallette:
Underpainting white/ Flake white hue- winsor newton
( actual flake white has lead in it. If you get it, don't eat it.)
Yellow Ochre light- rembrandt
Transparent Red Oxide- rembrandt
Cadmium Red Medium- rembrandt
Permanent Madder Deep- rembrandt
Ultramarine Blue- Old Holland
Lamp Black- Winsor and Newton.
These are the only colors I used in this painting, but I also have raw umber, viridian, and cadmium yellow medium on my palette as well.


So now to the painting. Im painting on a 8x8 clayboard ampersand panel. But you can paint on just about anything that can be gesso'd. Also shellac'd wood is nice to paint on. for a really cheap support, go to Lowes or something similar and pick up some masonite, it's usually a huge panel, I got mine for $6.50 and they cut it for free. I got 18 16x16 panels out of it.

The hardest part of painting is drawing. A bad painting over a good drawing can sometimes turn out OK, but not even the best paint handling can salvage a poor drawing.
My panel was washed with Transparent Oxide Red, and I'm now also using it for the major lines that I see in the composition:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3532.jpg

While I was putting in the lines, I also varied the thickness and that served to show me where some of the darkest darks in the comp. were. Now Im just adding the lightest lights. This doesn't look too pretty but it's the foundation of your painting and is very important. After painting a lot, im sure your brush calligraphy would improve and even these could look pretty, but it need not be very special.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3534.jpg

These next two are me just getting a bit of paint on the surface. I start pretty thin and work my way up to the juicy stuff. In these stages I'm kind of just searching until I get a color note that I think is right, then I can relate all other colors to it. The cloth so far is varying mixtures of yellow ochre/ Transparent Oxide Red/ Cadmium Red Medium/ and Permanent Madder Deep
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3537.jpg
Here I'm getting into some of the highlights in those nice folds. Yum.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3538.jpg

In this picture I'm dealing with the background some. It's important to keep things in the right priority, so I won't be giving it too much attention. Mostly just Transparent Oxide Red and Yellow Ochre
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3539.jpg

When doing a painting Alla Prima ( in one session) it's important not to let too much of the painting develop while leaving some too far behind, so I'm getting a bit of color and adjustment in the vase.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3540.jpg

Here I've put even more color into the vase, and put the wiggly vase edge thing in. I've also put in the major shadow shapes in the folds. That was mostly done with Ultramarine Blue, with a bit of Lamp Black and White to tone down the intensity.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3541.jpg

These next too are just some rendering, not much to say really. I make sure that the cloth doesn't over power the vase, and I keep the edges mostly soft except for the ones in the major foreground. Varying edges helps a painting a lot. Let only the focal point have hard edges, then as you branch out, firm, then soft, and finally lost edges.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3542.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3543.jpg

All the basic stuff is done now. This last little step is just putting on nice thick paint. Thick paint Is one of the many ways to prioritize things.
To make sure the vase fits in, I made sure to incorporate some of the warmer colors insides its reflections. It's something subtle that goes a long way.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3544-1.jpg

I hope at least one of you finds this helpful, I would be super happy If I got to see some of you pick up oil painting!

[OmertA]

Amazing you have improved so much scince your first post. Your life oil painting are very eye pleasing. You just made me miss oil painting haha.
Keep it up cant wait to see more!

[erinel]

your oil paintings are really really great, and that tutorial helped me a lot! I have a questions though, how do you keep the colors from mixing when you dont want them too? like on the blue vase, how did you get your blue to stay blue and not turn purple?

[The Pariano]

OmertA: Thank you very much, and I'm glad I made you miss oil painting, I'd love to be that artist who's work just makes you want to go paint!

erinel: Thank you :] I'm glad to hear it! Are you talking about the orange/ red that the blue was painted over? If so it's because the wash was dry BUT even if you had a wet wash of paint underneath, as long as it was thin enough, any thick paint on top would pretty much cover it. Not to mention any little bits and pieces that show through only help to unify the painting :]

[The Pariano]

A self portrait
8x10, Oil on canvas
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/SelfPortrait.jpg
Detail:
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/SelfPortrait-Detail.jpg
I've got 5 years to be doing this:
self_portrait_portrait_1629.jpg

Palette: Transparent Oxide Red( Rembrandt)
Underpainting White( Winsor and Newton)
Yellow Ochre Light ( Rembrandt)
Lamp Black ( Winsor and Newton)
Viridian ( Rembrandt)
Raw Umber ( Winsor and Newton)

I'm actually, Kinda proud of this.

[JailHouseRock2]

Cool shit dude, love it!

[Taven]

The self-portrait was really well done, in my opinion. It's clear you've been putting in alot of work on studies and practices, and the progress is showing. Something I'd personally like to see more of would be your more "creepy" type drawings, like you see towards the beginning of the sketchbook. While the last stuff has been very well done, I really see more personality in the other things, and I'd love to be seeing more. I think that your approach to some of the "creepier" things was interesting, and you might even try combining that subject matter with your painting skills, and see how that changes things, for better or worse. Keep up the good work for sure, and keep posting, please! :)

[Dissociation]

This was a fun trip =]
The art style you have is really motivating me to move ahead!
You're SO lucky with all teh resources you have >_<.
Make crazy use of them or I'll have to kill you and take your spot :P

keep having fun

Dissociation

[IanE]

Hey, man! Wooow! Your work has improved exponentially since the first few posts. Really tremendous progress here. I'm looking forward to your next updates.

I've declined SCAD's offer to study there and have selected UT. Perhaps our paths will cross in another time or another life, but best of luck with your time there.

Time for another update!

[Sadetar]

I can see some great improvements since the beginning.

Your style, your lines and the way you show your brush strokes... Gods. I like them. :)

I especially like your self portrait. The light and the atmosphere... Nice. Really nice. But there are some minor errors at least to my eyes. It kinda looks like your eyes are different colour in the pic. Is that intentional or did you just try to show the shadows? I also think that your left side (viewer's right) is way wider than the other side of the face even though the nose implies that it's from straight from the front. But I still, of course, just love it! :P

[The Pariano]

Jailhouserock2: Thanks : D
Taven: Unfortunately with the path I want to pursue I don't know if my " creepy" stuff will ever appear in the same way it has before- any ideas I have floating in my head that may use that will only do so a bit more subtly, thankyou.
Dissociation: Thankyou, I definitely will :]
IanE: an update in need is right!
Sadeter: Thankyou. Yes the eyes differ based on shadows, they use the same pigments. There are alot of little proportional discrepencies- I will work on these next time I do a self portrait :]

I've been painting two new friends Manne and Quin. I think I'll turn them into a little series. these are just a few, im not completely satisfied with any of these, but some are simply turkeys and others have some things going for them
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3647.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3644.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3642.jpg

and also, an Acrylic painting. A muse. Someday I hope to be able to paint all the beauty I see in her.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/Laurentraditional.jpg

[Katzenminze]

hi good studies!
i recommend you to try oils on a bigger canvas. like at least 30cmx40cm but better 50cmx70cm or even bigger. your pictures will get less muddy/lumpy from a technical point. id like to see the results! i think it will also fit your somewhat loose painting style as well! cheers

[The Pariano]

thankyou Katzenminze: The reason these are so small is because they were all daily paintings done in a matter of an hour or too; I doubt I could finish paintings those sizes in a day!

[Taven]

Taven: Unfortunately with the path I want to pursue I don't know if my " creepy" stuff will ever appear in the same way it has before- any ideas I have floating in my head that may use that will only do so a bit more subtly, thankyou.

What path are you trying to pursue? I don't mean that as a snarky comment (sometimes tone is hard to tell on the internet), I'm actually curious. Do you want to be a professional working artist, or see it as a side hobby? What topics interest you? I think that "creepy" stuff appearing differently could be interesting, but it's my personal thought that seeing more of it would be interesting. If your interest is leading you elsewhere, then go for it!

I don't have alot of helpful critique advice right now. I think it's cool how your photos of your work capture the textures, both of the canvas and the paint. I think that your anatomy on the Muse painting might be a touch off... Maybe a bit too skinny on the head, though that could just be a trick of the shading, the darker shading on her head making it look smaller then it is, because the pole is shaded too. I like the lighting on her face, and the reflected pinkish/red glow, as well.

Keep it up. :)

[The Pariano]

Taven: I see my future as having my own gallery and studio- possibly when I get good enough holding workshops and maybe being a high school art teacher for a little bit. Also freelance illustration and such when time allows; thinking of which, that might allow me to do my creepy stuff :]
You're right about the head, it is too skinny. Of course the model likes it because it's flattering :p
Although talking about creepy stuff, I've been working on an idea for a video game, even done some concept art and pixel art for it. And it's full of demons! Ill show some of the progress on that. Heres a little moleskine with just ideas.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/img047-1.jpg

[The Pariano]

So I watched a movie on picasso the other day. And it's not wrong to say that all of this was done in a kind of fist shake towards him. IMO he chose to be an important artist instead of a good one, and there was henry mattisse so he didn't even really need to be him. The little shit painted gold apparently when he was like 13. The portrait of his father and his self portrait have beautiful brush strokes and show a bravado few artists have.
I have to step this shit up a notch.
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/landscape.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/landscape2.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/IMG_3831.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/manda2.jpg
First one was an hour and a half, second about an hour, and the last two probably around 70 to 80 minutes.

[Hyskoa]

If I can offer an opinion, it seems you're trying to do several things at once.
Learn composition, learn color, learn values, learn to input several types of brush-strokes, and so on.

How about just simply choosing one a day/week and focusing on that?
Make a alla prima burned umber grisaille, check if all the lines are correct, if the shadowshapes are correct(don't care about the values, at first ofcourse) and see if the image gives the same impression as what you have before you(most important part this, a line can be slightly different, but if it gives out the feeling of an image better, use it. But don't go actively searching for these lines, just turn out a correct line drawing first and then see what you can alter slightly for added effect.) And don't go for impasto effects immediately, impasto is emphasis on form, if used uncontrolled it just rips the piece to shreds focuswise.
Just start a piece, give yourself an hour to get all the lines and shadowplanes right, scrape the canvas down with sansodor or odorless white spirit, let it dry for an hour and start again. (very cheap way to practise basic brush handling as well as getting the lines correct with little effort. If you have the basic construction in order, all the rest will fall more or less in place and errors will be less pronounced.)

After all of this, start working with 5 values, white unto burned umber or vandyke brown(chose a favorite, vandyke is much darker). Half hour for the drawing, half hour to put in the values. (buy some really large tubes, very cheap, and fill them with the 3 remaining values between white and burned umber, this way you can practise values without having to worry about losing time with mixing every base value over and over again.)

After that, just start experimenting with adding 2 colors, a red and a yellow ochre and go from there.

Always remember to look at the big picture first through values, after that smaller values and then ultimately color.

[artjunkie]

Dude, I think you're on the right track to becoming a fantastic artist. You're young and obviously tenatious about learning, exploring, experimenting, practising... I wish I had that drive and sense of purpose when I was your age! I'd be much further along in my artistic development today were that the case. However, we have a lifetime to become better artists so I guess there's no rush - we'll always be learning, improving, discovering... I love that. Just keep doing what you do and enjoy the journey, have fun man... I mean, why be an artist (or anything in life) if we don't enjoy it, right? ;) Can't wait to see more of your work. Cheers!

[LaurenMagpie]

Gorgeous work! (:

[The Pariano]

Thankyou for your comments, I didn't realize anyone had visited this.
Hyskoa: Thankyou for your advice. My goals and natural tendencies as an artist get me into trouble. Sometimes when I'm not tackling all of these problems at once, Its a lack of balls on my part- and also, along with studying, I do have an urge to create Art- which is much different than studies. Although not much of my work here shows that. Thanks for taking the time out to comment.

ArtJunkie: thankyou for your very kind words :]

LaurenMagpie: Thanks :]

I should be better about updating this sketchbook; but I also have a blog:

chrispariano.blogspot.com

[arsanik]

Really impressive sketch book you've got going on here. Can't wait to see more work from you.

[The Pariano]

arsanik: thankyou.

For good measure, here's a Charmander-
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg310/Chriskhaos/Felipescharmander.jpg

[Oruhito]

sweet sketches man. Diggin the anatomy.

[*ViRuS*]

good job man, your on the right path =)

[evandempsey]

Really nice stuff, dude. I sure have some catching up to do. May I ask what you are using to do the white highlights in your anatomy studies? It's a rockin' look.

Evan

[The Pariano]

Oruhito: Thanks.
*ViRuS*: Thanks, I sure hope so!
evandempsey: Ah I cannot remember the exact brand, It was maybe "pentouch" or something? it was the best white ink pen ever found. If I did studies like that these days though I would probably just whip out a brush and some white gouache. :]

Below is a series of paintings I've been doing for a while entitled " Chained Hearts". They're mostly all fun little 2x3 canvas leftovers. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[The Pariano]

Hey guys- This is my first piece in my drawing 2 class. We started with only the contour of the bouquet so I didn't know what the real assignment was- couldn't visualize ahead. Most of it is admittedly done from imagination( sick the whole weekend and couldn't go to the extra sessions) I'd would be very grateful for any critique concerned with and major values in the image and their effect on the composition. Anything that can be changed remotely easily will be- butttt I basically only have till 1 pm tommorow to work on this so HURRY UP AND CRIT : DDDD
..
Please?
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4818/theconversationalists.jpg

detail:
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8531/detail2i.jpg

Thankyou for viewing :]

[*ViRuS*]

sorry i didn't see this in time for a crit... heh. would've done a lot more writing, and focused on the texture of things a lot more. each object feels like the same texture and weight as the other objects. would've suggested you to go darker in other areas as well as the two main dark value shapes you already have. how'd it go anyways?

[doncam]

Thanks for visiting my SB. You've got great stuff going on here. Love your colour work. Hope I can get to your level real soon.

[The Pariano]

Virus: Now that I look at it, it seems like that picture has a lot of the writing missing, most of the writing I did was extremely subtle, and may have not been caught by the camera. I do agree that everything has a similar "weight" but at least in viewing it in actuality, the leaves have a very different texture( those lines are actually pressed in by and xacto knife). My teacher and class loved it! Thanks for commenting.

doncam: Thank you very much- and keep drawing :]

Tonight I have a study to show. Based on a bargue plate- commonly used in academic art institutions. Nearly 10 hours were spent on this one, and next time I should probably slow down! While it does look pretty, there are many flaws from the original.

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3548/bargue.jpg

[The Pariano]

A portrait of a friend done here at college. Not without it's flaws but practice is practice:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6199/sarahtt.jpg

[OmertA]

Its been awhile since my last visit
youve progressed alot!!
keep up the good work man really digging the oils.
have a good one
till next time
-Jamie

[Inishmore]

What a wonderful sketchbook. Inspiring and gorgeous. *subscribes*

[The Pariano]

OmertA: Thank you very much!
Inishmore: Thanks for subscribing! I'll try to update this thing more frequently :p

[The Pariano]

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1128/lakecommission.jpg

Here is a commission I worked on over winter break. It's pretty large- 30x40. Landscapes, among many other things are a weak point of mine- but I believe this turned out relatively successful for what it is.
Also, this painting and two others of mine are entered into the chroma art competition. I would appreciate if you took the time to rate them- whatever you think of them!
http://www.chromaonline.com/competitions/art_comp_09_10/round_2

[Oruhito]

The bargue looks great. Who cares if it's not perfect? Doing the bargue's is just as much about learning to work with materials and practice technique than it is being a human photocopy machine. It's really nicely rendered.

I'm no landscape painter, but your commission turned out nicely. I'm a little confused by the central cluster of trees' colours and forms (foreground and background are merged) and I would've simplified the rocks a bit more (the mark making looks a tad 'dabble-y') but I really dig how you dealt with the water - it looks reallly convincing (as does the sky) keep it up! push that chroma!