Rob Rey Sketchbook

[RobRey]

Hey Everyone, I've been keeping a sketchbook blog for about a year and a half, but I know everyone has their own preferences on how they receive information these days. So I thought it would be a good idea to keep a sketchbook here too. I'll post here parallel to my blog.

[RobRey]

And here is what I posted today...

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[RobRey]

New Painting! Ladies in a pie... children's nursery ryme or fiendish fantasy?
I was thinking of titling this 'Four and Twenty'

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Oil, 17"x24"
Here are some detail shots
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I had the girls and the pie drawn from the beginning but I had some trouble figuring out what the background was going to be. I eventually decided on the branches because of how they bring out the nest like feeling of the pie, multiplying the different meanings and associations that the viewer can pull out of this.

I should mention since I just started this sketchbook here, if you want to go back further than what is here, there is a whole year and a half of previous sketches and such to look through on my blog (http://robreyart.blogspot.com).

[seth1]

Awesome work so far mate. Really like what you're doing with your colors. Not much more to say then keep posting.

[kaktuzlime]

I´m thrilled you´ve started a sketchbook! You´re one of my favourite artists ^^. I think your colours in particular are amazing. "Pie" blows me away. Wow, such wonderful use of blues, yellows reds and so on ^^ I´m looking forward to seeing more! 5 stars obviously.

[jordyskateboardy]

Nice work. I really like the colors in your paintings. The sketches rock they got this slight cartoony feel which makes them really interesting.

[rattsang]

brilliant stuff man. solid concepts drawing and rendering, also digging the painterly feel of the pie one.

[Delmar]

Mhmmmm...ladie in a pie.....:drinkup:

Outstanding painting, i love the feel of it. And I double envy you for your oil skills
.....I'm scared, so i never started to try it out.!

Great Stuff

more pleaze

Andi

[Nadiamoon]

Ladies in the pie - what a lovely piece

[Mumph]

Wow. Beautiful paintings and sketches. I´m looking forward to your next update.

[thespianmonsalvo]

Wow - amazing work! Your paintings are phenomenal! Ladies in the Pie is stellar. And your sketches from the coffee shop are also beautiful. They have such wonderful line quality. Subscribed. Please keep these coming.

[ARPelayre]

Wow, your paintings are beautiful! And I like the cleanliness of your sketches. I'm excited to see more!

[oalexis]

great oils, i'm excited to watch this continue

[archipelago]

looooooooooooooove yoooooouuuur shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

[Larriva Art]

I wasn't aware of your blog, so I'm glad you posted these. 'Four and Twenty' is really stunning.

[ArtZealot]

Very nice work, i really like all of it. thanks for posting it.

[TOOLED!]

chicks in a pie rules man, keep postin man i gotta get my fix.

[JesArt]

Wow, dude, very amazing, I love the oils and your really amazing with life drawing, iam still trying to figure it out, how long does it usually take it to do a quick gesture.

[polipol]

lovely use of value and color in your paintings... you capture a lot of character in those drawings...

[thesadpencil]

amazing sb. i love your pencils, you seem to depict the people you draw very well. (the first pencil sketch from the coffee shop looks like seth rogen...just thought i would point that out). i also really like the painterly feel of your paintings. can't wait to see more so keep on posting.

[RobRey]

Hey, wow, thanks for all the compliments and feedback everyone!
kaktuzlime - Thank you, I'm quite flattered to be among anyone's favorites!
JesArt - I don't time myself or anything so it's hard to say. I just draw and have fun with a sketch until it's done, I guess a rough estimate would be anywhere from 1-15 minutes per sketch.

Here's some more...

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[RobRey]

More...

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[headlessAdi]

awsum work man!!.......the sketches are really good....keep up the good work!!

[Jaytea]

Wow, love how clean your work is, and the shading is just perfect. Great job. 8D

[algenpfleger]

You ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuule man awesome linesssssssssss

[TASmith]

you do all that from life? nice! how quick do you get all the proportions in?

[John T]

Fantastic brushwork and color! Beautiful.

[RobRey]

Thanks again everyone for the praise.
TASmith - I'm not exactly sure how fast I get my proportions in. Sometimes I don't even do it first, though I probably always should. Proportions are pretty quick though, and really, I guess my drawings come out best when I have proportions in mind at all times, not just when I start.

But wait! There's more...

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The legs below belong to the girl above, I just ran out of paper, but I still wanted to draw her shoes for some reason. :)
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[Angel Intheuk]

love your sketchbook, it's really interesting that they're all from a coffee shop too, the same place? you could really create some stories or scenarios with the different expressions you've captured..

[forgeman]

That's some cool stuff. Love the ladies in the pie. If it tastes good don't tell me what I'm eating.

[Frankie Boy]

Fantastic work, really cool to see such a variety of people and expressions. I really like the hair too, how often do you usually go to this coffee shop?

[RobRey]

Angel Intheuk- Yeah, I do go to the same coffee shop all the time. It's a really nice little place and I don't have a car so my options are limited anyway.
Frankie Boy- Thanks. I go to the coffee shop... um,way too often :) No, actually I can never get enough drawing practice, but my wallet does feel the drain of all the tea I buy. On average maybe 2-3 times a week, but there aren't always good models to draw.

Here is some more...
I don't see this guy very often at the coffee shop but I like to draw him every time I get the chance. There is another drawing in this old blog post (http://robreyart.blogspot.com/2007/08/first-page.html) if anyone is interested.
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Just playing around with some Art Nouveau here
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[thelegacycreator]

Beautiful... The thing I see is that you like to draw faces fairly long from the nose to the back of the head. Is that on purpose? Im not nearly good enough to offer crits, and to be completely honest, your stuff really does inspire me. Where do you go to find these people? Mall? Or are these people you just draw off the top of your head?

[algenpfleger]

Your lines are awesome. Like... really awesome.

[Josef K.]

i love your painted portraits! really full of life!!! Your stuff makes me wanna get out and do some lifedrawings like this too!!

[Black Spot]

Really excellent sketching. I'm so envious.

[Jaytea]

Had to come by again; actually, recognized you from CGHub. :] Again, 'mazing pencil work.

[RobRey]

Thanks everyone!
thelegacycreator - Sometimes my proportions do get pretty off, it happens but not usually on purpose. I usually sketch at a local coffee shop.



Last spring I began attending a local portrait painting night, but the group took a long break for the summer. Well, I'm very excited that Monday night portraits has begun again. We had a great model for the first night named Svetta, hopefully we'll have her back again.

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Oil on board, 14"x18"

These sessions do great things for keeping my painting in practice. There will be more to come...

[RobRey]

Anyone else going to Illuxcon (http://www.illuxcon.com) next weekend? I'll be there. If you're there too come say hi!

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Last monday's portrait is drying and waiting to be scanned, image coming soon...

[RobRey]

Back from Illuxcon and a good time was had by all. I met many cool and extraordinarily talented people, saw a ton of great illustration art and a few painting demonstrations. As long as it happens again next year (and I don't see why it wouldn't) I'll be there.
Here are a few things I drew while participating in a little impromptu sketch group in the hotel bar.

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For those of you that might know her, this sketch is of Tiffany Prothero (http://www.tprothero.com), who was also taking part in the sketch group.
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As promised, here is the next Monday night portrait. Our model was local jazz singer Tish Adams.
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And ...
Thanks to CGunit.net (http://www.cgunit.net/2008/11/rob-rey.html) for featuring me on their blog!

[algenpfleger]

Lovely strokes man, the pencil ones remind me a bit of Reinier Gamboa, which is definitely a good thing! :O

[amarryth]

this is what i love to see.. good old painting and drawing. i love your palette, too.

[Baggend]

Fantastic paintings man. Show us more!

[Tetrodotoxin]

Whoa! I'm jealous!!! *subscribed*

[~Maximiliaan]

Looking very good mate

[MetalFingeredVillain]

Your portraits are beautiful, really digging the liquid-like quality to em, had a hard time at first trying to figure if they were digi or not. Pencils are damn fine as well. Logged for inspiration.

[Byrd]

I love the girls in the pie , the expressions and subtle changes to the noses really do make them look like beaks. Very nice.

[RobRey]

Monday night portrait. Another great model!

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Erisha - Oil, 14" x 18"

And thanks to everyone for all the comments!
algenpfleger - I hadn't seen Reinier Gamboa before. Beautiful stuff, thanks for the tip!

[voxelfog]

Your painted portraits and coffeeshop sketches are fantastic!

How you can capture so many details from a moving subject in a coffee shop, I have no idea. I've tried doing this many times in coffee shops, and I can never capture much more than the pose before they move.

[RobRey]

The Monday night portrait strikes again! These have been a ton of fun lately and I feel like I'm improving at least a little. Always a good thing.

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Denise, Oil on board, alla prima, 14" x 18"


-Thanks Voxelfog

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[RobRey]

It was one of those nights, I got off to a bad start. I wasn't getting it down fast enough and the feeling of running out of time was only causing me to make hasty mistakes. I thought for sure it was one for the trash pile.
But then, in the last half hour session, determined not to give up, I slapped down paint to fill in the neglected skin tones, painted over misplaced eye lids, smooshed everything around, and ...I think it came out alright. Despite a few minor issues I'm pretty happy with it.

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Svetta II, oil, alla prima, 14"x18"

[RobRey]

The second tough portrait night in a row. Sitting on the drawing horses they have at portrait night and crouching forward to work on the panel in front of me strains my neck and has given me a few headaches, but this night it was bad. In the second to last session my hands started shaking and I was afraid I might pass out, but I've got that silly determination not to give up on a painting until the time is up. So I pushed through and finished, though not without laying out on the floor to try to relax my neck in the last break.
Definitely not my best, but, eh, can't win all the time.

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Molly, oil on board, alla prima, 14" x 18"

[Jamie Romoser]

Very nice sketchbook you have here.
Love the coffee shop sketches.
Like your brush strokes as well.
Keep up the great work!

[young paddy1]

love the brush work on your last three light background paintings, really fluid but with a graphic quality.

Only crit I can off is that you seem to draw/paint eyes a little too far apart.

keep it coming

cheerio

p.s. I think those posts are awaiting approval because they were posted during the time the new copyright system was coming in, before it became mandatory.

[RobRey]

Recent sketchbook stuff...

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(this one is from imagination, not the coffee shop, could you tell?)
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OmertA - Thanks!
young paddy1 - Thanks for the crit and thanks for the tip about the copyright system, I guess I haven't been around here enough lately.

[Mihail]

I like your oil stuff. Though I think most of the heads you draw/paint are a bit innacurate in terms of proportions. Maybe you should pay more attention to them.

[Suira]

awesome, really great life drawings and really impressing oils man!

[RobRey]

Back to model again, I painted Mike the first time that I attended the portrait night group, posted here (http://robreyart.blogspot.com/2008/04/monday-night-long-pose.html). He brought his 16 year old Italian greyhound, Gretta, with him to pose this time. She was sitting in his lap and I had originally wanted to fit her into the painting after I had Mike taken care of, but I decided not to at the last minute. I think it would have crowded the picture a bit too much and I'm happy with this one the way it is.

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Mike, oil on board, alla prima, 14" x 18"


Thanks Suira and Mihail, I'll watch the proportions.

[Bushido]

This last one is really good man! Love it!

Post more oils! :)

[amarryth]

oh, i LOVE your portraits.. always a pleasure.

[Hexokinase]

I must say I'm really digging your painted portraits. The brush strokes are very bold and confident.

Very inspiring work here. Keep posting :)

[RobRey]

Just by chance, I happened to get on a drawing spree of several of the regulars, the people that frequent my favorite little coffee shop. Everyone in the first two images goes there at least every other day.

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Thanks for the compliments Bushido, amarryth, and Havoc-DM!

[RobRey]

Here are some sketches from my holiday trip to Chicago.
People in the airport...
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And this is my sister's dog Brandy. I know three pit bulls very well and despite the stereo types, they are all the nicest, calmest dogs I've ever known.
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[RobRey]

This is a Monday night portrait that I hadn't gotten around to posting for a while. I ran out of time on this one, so the composition is a little sparse.

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And a recent sketch...
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[RobRey]

Local jazz singer Tish Adams (http://www.tishadams.com) was back again for a Monday night portrait, this time in a great antique hat! You can see my fist portrait of Tish in this blog post (http://robreyart.blogspot.com/2008/11/back-from-illuxcon.html).

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Tish II, Alla Prima - Oil, 14" x 18"

And thanks to PaintBlog.ca (http://www.paintblog.ca) for the feature (http://www.paintblog.ca/2009/01/20/rob-rey/)!

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

Great works!
Cheers!

[Virg]

beautiful strokes and color, love it all

[RobRey]

Just a quick post here to note a few exciting things as of late. I've got a two page feature in the current issue of ImagineFX Magazine (http://www.imaginefx.com)! Check it out...

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Also, I was notified earlier this month that my painting, "Four and Twenty (http://www.robreyart.com/images/pie.jpg)" (pictured left in the above spread) has been accepted to the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (http://www.si-la.org) annual Illustraion West 47.

OK, I'm done with the self-aggrandizement for now. I'll post some art next time, promise :)


Thanks WhiteC and theUNKNOWNsketcher.

[Smarty]

awesome, well done on IFX, this is wicked!

[jedininjaman]

intense work man

Nice web site too thanks for sharing
-jedi

[Kalim]

hey!!! Absolutely great oils... Have a question: Would you mind if I take some of your paintings as a ref for my own? And then presenting them in my SB ?????

[RobRey]

Somehow in the last month I got distracted by a few things and I hadn't gotten out to do much drawing. I was feeling a bit rusty but I'm getting back into it now. It's a constant endeavor, use it or lose it.

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Thanks Smarty and Jedininjaman.
Kalim - Thanks. If you make any paintings based on my own, please just give a credit to me where ever they're posted, with a link if possible.

[RobRey]

My girlfriend Angela came and posed for the Monday night group. I think this is the third time I've painted her portrait, but it's always fun, I'm just going to start losing track pretty soon. Apart from her upper lip being a little bit too long it's a pretty good likeness.

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Angela III, Alla Prima - Oil, 16"x20"

In other news, I'm headed to the New York City Comic Convention this weekend! It should be a good time and there should be plenty of great work to see. If you're also going, let me know, maybe I'll see you there.

[AUG]

I'm lov'in the line work in all of these sketches. The dog is my favorite and your portraits are wonderful. Congrats on the Society of Illustrators illustration.

[RobRey]

I got back from the New York Comic Convention on Sunday night. I really enjoy Comicon. There is so much art to see, art to talk, and the people watching is excellent! There are so many good costumes and I really enjoy the passion with which people wear them. I got a chance to do some quick sketching. Although, with all the action packed lightsaber duels going on, my subjects rarely held a pose for more than a few seconds.

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I think this young jedi was feeling conflicted. He boldly goes where no man has gone before ...but he also knows that lightsabers are awesome.

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And what is this dashing masked swordsman holding? A rasom note for his stolen love? Is it the severed heart of his evil arch enemy? No, no, ...it's a hot dog.


- Thanks AUG!

[Pixie Trick]

Beautiful work and congratz on the imagine FX spread and the Society of Illustrators thing. Your lines and brushstrokes looks soooo smooth and everything seems to flow! Just beautiful ...and the hotdog made me laugh. :)

[RobRey]

More coffee shop sketches. In this first drawing, the girl already has the body language of being pushed up against a wall, so I love that I happened to end up running into the binding of my sketchbook.

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- Thanks Pixie Trick, I'm glad somebody likes my bad jokes :)

[RobRey]

I painted Dorette the second Monday night portrait that I attended almost a year ago, and it's still one of my favorites (post here (http://robreyart.blogspot.com/2008/04/portrait-pose-2.html)). Now she's returned, and in a dress like that I couldn't just paint her head, so here is her 3/4 figure.

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[Kasper_P]

Her head is really expressive... I absolutely adore your lines man

[RobRey]

Kate (http://www.louisagould.com/gallery/artists/19/Kate_Huntington.html), who runs the Monday night portrait group also runs a Wednesday figure drawing night. I usually just do my drawing at the coffee shop, but recently she decided to do a long pose on Wednesday so I got a chance to do a figure painting.

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-Thanks Kasper_P!

[RobRey]

More recent stuff from the coffee shop...

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[kevinwueste]

that recent figure of the woman is great Rob - nice work!! -kevin

[RobRey]

A fellow RISD Graduate (http://laurashirreff.com) came and posed for the Monday night group.

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Laura, Alla Prima, Oil, 16" x 20"

-Thanks Kevin!

[RobRey]

Some good characters (non-fictional) at the coffee shop lately...

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I've really never understood ear flaps as a fashion.

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This pipe really happened, I was excited.
I love a good eccentric character.

[RobRey]

While sketching one night at the coffee shop I felt someone watching me. I glanced up towards the front of the shop and saw a very pretty girl watching me sketch, the kind of pretty that hits you in the face and leaves you momentarily stunned. This was about all I could surmise from my glance as it would have been awkward to hold eye contact for any longer. Moments later she walked out of view and a few of the people I was sitting with voiced something I did not catch in my glance. Jonathan said, "Now that was an attractive girl... with a very unattractive attitude."
Though, before anyone could say much more she returned with a man, holding a large piece of chocolate cake served at the counter. They stood, waiting for a table, all of which were occupied at the moment, and she continued to watch me sketch. They did not talk, the man held the piece of chocolate cake and neither of them took a single bite.
I did not see it while I was sketching, but Jonathan told me later that after about ten minutes someone came and told them that there were available tables on the other side of the shop. Despite their patience, she replied ungraciously, "No, we'll wait."
Another five or ten minutes went by before the gentleman at the table directly ahead of me, along the wall, got up to leave. The girl sat down abruptly in the seat closest to me, the man across from her, setting the cake between them. She did not face the man, but flipped her hair and turned ninety degrees in profile to both him and I. She put her chin out and looked at the far wall, motionless.
I almost had to laugh, just as Jonathan had said, it was quite amazing how profusely she exuded both her good looks and her bad attitude. I considered drawing her, it was tempting. I really would have liked to have a drawing of her to go with this story. She thought that I would not be able to resist her beauty, and in a crowded coffee shop, without asking, I would draw only her. She wanted that satisfaction, but I could not stand to feed her voracious vanity. So, I looked to the side and I began to draw another girl.
Five minutes went by, she didn't move, she didn't talk to the man who sat sighing with the untouched cake between them. Then, she got more impatient, flipped her hair again, huffed, and stuck her chin out even farther, leaning forward from the wall now and into the aisle. I continued to draw the other girl. After another five minutes, she huffed again, turned to the man and said curtly, "This isn't wroking," before standing up and walking off with the man and the untouched piece of cake in tow.

I don't have a drawing of her to show, but here are the three drawings that I did of the other girl...

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[Pixie Trick]

I love the story. The rare moments when you get to do things that that are so interesting. Love the drawings too. I always find that when I look at something I drew even two or three years ago, I can completley imagine what what was going on, and the entire scene and what I was thinking of, even if the drawing isn't of what was occupying my thoughts at the time. Funny how that works.

Did someone eat the cake? :)

[RobRey]

Another fellow RISD graduate, though I didn't know her while I was a student which is a bit surprising since it's not a very large school.

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Pixie Trick - I agree, it's amazing how things get burned into memory after the kind of close study that goes on drawing. So much more even than what is drawn.
I don't know if anyone ate the cake, I imagine somebody must have. Even if it was just the guy by himself. I sure hope it wasn't a first date, but if it wasn't, then I suppose the guy probably wasn't really looking for a good conversaionalist anyway.

[RobRey]

more sketches...
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[RobRey]

Yet more sketches...

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[Muhol]

hello!
Nice work and great paintings,
something's going on there with some of the heads tho
checkout the davinci head proportion.
https://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/113823/1/Male-Head-In-Profile-With-Proportions.jpg
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[UnSharpened]

The story really interests me, it reminds me how difficult to draw people without letting them notice you:P.
Really love your portraits, and I really want that strokes, they are sexy:P. Sketches are great, too. Again it's the smooth lines attracts me.

[RobRey]

Another Monday night portrait. There's always something I wish I had done differently when I get these home. On this one I really wish I had done something to break up this stiff composition with her shoulders. Maybe I'll go back to it sometime, but I'll probably just move on and take the lesson with me.

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Subhadra, Alla Prima Oil, 12" x 18"


Thanks Muhol and UnSharpened!

[RobRey]

More recent sketches.
For anyone that is wondering about my illustration work and why I haven't posted any for quite a while, I'm finishing up another set of illustrations right now but it might be a while before I'm allowed to show them. Stay tuned!

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[kidult]

Lovely linework on these!

[Josef K.]

great updates man! your linework is awesome! looking forward to your set of illustrations!

[RobRey]

I think his name was Greg, I blanked out right after I left, but I'm going to say it was Greg.
Anyway, I think this one came out pretty well, and I think I learned a valuable lesson about color and lighting.

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Greg, Alla Prima, Oil, 12" x 18"



-Thanks Ahim, Kidult, and Josef K!

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[wookiedabo]

great sketches man, some really delicate lines. The alla prima paintings are really impressive, lovely lighting, but looks like the last paintings lips are a little twisted. can't wait to see some new illustrations, I really enjoy your stuff.

[RobRey]

Blues / minimalist / lounge singer, check her out here (http://www.myspace.com/danidangergirl)!

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Dani Danger, Alla Prima, Oil, 12" x 18"


- Thanks Ahim and Wookiedabo! I wish I could show you the illustrations I'm working on, but alas, it will be a while before I'm allowed. You're right on the the lips, some detail always seems to slip by me when I do these quick (3hr) alla prima paintings.

[RobRey]

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[RobRey]

I've had a brushpen sitting around for a long time and I've never really done much with it, so I decided to play around with it the other night. This one came out alright...
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These are the regular .5mm mechanical pencil...
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[RobRey]

Local jazz singer, Tish Adams, came and posed again for Monday night portrait group.

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Tish III, Alla Prima, Oil, 12" x 18"

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[RobRey]

Handy man of Providence, Gerry's place is where Monday night portrait painting happens.

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Gerry, Alla Prima, Oil, 16" x 20"

Also, I posted a selection of Monday night portraits on my web site (http://www.robreyart.com) for your viewing pleasure, so take a look!

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[SenEnd]

Great stuff Rob really appreciate all the life drawings and painting your doing! You meet alot of people in that coffee shop? When ever I go out and draw people on the train or somewhere someone usually starts up a conversation with me. Haha hard talking and drawing people at same time! Fun though =)

Beautiful illustrations as well, I can see youve worked hard ^_^

-Dylan

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-Thanks Dylan! I do meet a lot of people at the coffee shop. However, I usually go with a couple of friends and I think the intimidation of talking to a group rather than one person keeps me from meeting as many as I might. Also, the coffee shop I go to is not to far from an art school, so young people drawing there might not seem so uncommon as it might in other places.

[RBeek]

so much rythm in the line you draw.. im jeleous! :(
I enjoy looking at your work, im gonna try oil on canvas tonight :)
I bet its super hard...

[wookiedabo]

ha, don't think I've ever been sketching at a coffee shop with a friend there, probably provides some pretty decent cover that :P. I'm surprised you don't use ink more judging from your pencil strokes, which are very direct and fluid. anyway, consistently lovely stuff, paintings just keep getting better, love the saturated palette.

[RobRey]

here's another Monday night portrait!

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Dorette III, Oil, Alla Prima, 16" x 20"

rogerb - Thanks! good luck with the oils!

wookiedabo - I do tend to think like I'm using ink when I sketch in pencil, yet I like to be able to have a variable value to my line instead of only thickness.
I've been curious about my color palette lately and how other people feel about it. I know I like to paint with color, but recently I've been looking more comparatively at my work against other peoples work and I've been surprised just how saturated my palette is. How does anyone else who's reading this feel? Are my colors nice and bright, or a little bit garish?

[DoubleThink]

Dude these oils are sick.
This is great stuff!
Do you sell any of these?
If so, how much do you ask? If I may be so bold ;)

[RobRey]

For anyone who is interested and will be around Providence this Saturday, May 2nd - 10am to 4pm, I'll be participating in the RISD Alumni Spring Art Sale (http://www.risd.edu/alumni_sale.cfm) on Benefit street with paintings and prints for sale.
Here are some more sketches...

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DoubleThink - Thanks! I've only sold a couple of the alla prima portraits, they're practice for me and it's hard to sell paintings of people the buyer doesn't know. So I haven't really worked out a solid standard price for them yet, maybe somewhere around $500 would be safe to say?

[RobRey]

A blast from the past, Alice has been a model at the Rhode Island School of Design for a long time and I've drawn her countless times as a student. Recently, she came to pose for the Monday night portrait group and her hair is still a challenge to paint.

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[Doudou]

4 ur last post: But... You still painted her really nice, I like that Green you're using, with the Bright Orange and red in her outfit, it's really really... Hippie:):P

[RobRey]

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Thanks Doudo!

[Verehin]

Great oils ^^

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Thanks Verehin!

[RobRey]

I just started a new sketchbook. It's always hard to put an old one on the shelf and start a new. Here is the first page...

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[RobRey]

More sketches. I've been falling behind lately on scanning my Monday night portraits for showing here, but they'll be coming soon.

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[RobRey]

Kate (http://www.louisagould.com/gallery/artists/19/Kate_Huntington.html) runs the Monday night portrait group. On this particular night, the model that she had scheduled to sit for us canceled at the last minute, so Kate sat for us instead. I was experimenting with a lot of lost edges and saturated colors that night.

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[RobRey]

Sometimes I go out sketching and there's only one good model in view...

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[RobRey]

Originally from Afganistan and having lived in New Mexico for a long time, Ali recently moved to Rhode Island to be closer to his daughter. He was a fun character to paint and much nicer than he looks in my painting. Sometimes sitting still for two or three hours doesn't give a model the most cheerful face.

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Ali, Oil, 14" x 18"

[RobRey]

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I've been working on texture lately, and I like where this one is going.

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Amanda, Oil, 16" x 20"

[Lakeland]

great work man. I love the colors.
One thing I noticed, your brush strokes sometimes disort the form..
I dont know if thats on purpose but the feeling is weird.
The value on the cheek says that the surface is round, but the brush strokes generate flat surface there.

[RobRey]

For this first one I was using a carpenter's pencil. I use graphite sticks sometimes for larger figure drawings so I thought I would try it out in my sketchbook. Although this drawing came out alright, I found it a little clumsy in a small space so I think I'll stick to the mechanical pencil for now.

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-Good catch Lakeland, I'll have to think more about rounding out those strokes.

[wookiedabo]

I tried sketching with a 5mm grip pencil for a while, can't handle lil drawings for me at all. The last painting is lovely mate, her hair is particularly delicious and I love the drips in the corner on her shoulder. Although our flowing pencil lines are great, I sometimes feel that perhaps you concentrate on them at the expense of the actual structure/likeness. not sure if I can say that better.... anyway, enjoy 'em as always.

[RobRey]

Another Monday night portrait...

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Mack, oil, 11" x 14"



wookiedabo - Thanks, you maybe be right about my lines, I'll just have to keep practicing.

[RobRey]

I've been looking at my Charles Dana Gibson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dana_Gibson) book lately for some inspiration. Taking it out with me sketching one night, I sat down and drew this first sketch. Then, I sat back and looked at the book for a while with a cup of tea.

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When I had finished looking at the book, the guy I had just drawn was still there so I drew him again, this time allowing aspects of Gibson's style to influence me. It's nice to try new things and it's interesting to see the two side by side. Gibson also inspired me to take out my old dip pen and do some drawing in ink, that's coming up in future posts.

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and here's another in my regular style.

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[wi2rd]

wow ur good

[Yngling]

Nice sketchbook! I for one like the colours you use, they look 'fresh' and not contaminated, if you get what I mean. I haven't really done alla prima with oils yet, but I can imagine colours running together and getting muddy. You keep it clean, just like the pencils. Sketching in public is a fun thing to do, and you pull it off well.

[Jon Sun]

Wow, you have some really nice work in here. I especially like your Monday night oil portraits. The loose brushwork and colors especially resonates with me. Keep posting!

[RobRey]

As I mentioned before I had been looking at some Charles Dana Gibson drawings recently and they inspired me to take out my dip pen and ink well. I managed to keep from spilling my ink well and creating any kind of catastrophic mess at the coffee shop (as I was a little nervous about) and here are the resulting drawings...

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Thanks for the comments everyone! It's always nice to hear. Glad you like the color too, Yngling, I've been wondering how people feel about them.

[Bhrandon]

did you name that painting 4 and twenty?

if you havent yet, you shouldnt... the term is really cliche and overused.... be more creative if you want to go with marijuana kind of idea name it 5 point green

or i dont know... something abstractive instead of the really lame 420 reference


of course who am i to say what you should name your work....

[RobRey]

Thanks for your concern Bhrandon, actually the title of this painting (http://www.robreyart.com/images/pie.jpg), "Four and Twenty," is not intended to reference marijuana at all (though I realize that some viewers may think so). It's an excerpt from a nursery ryme titled "Sing a Song of Sixpence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_a_Song_of_Sixpence)."

[MeTaL-Mike]

man these portraits are amazing. i love the way you use color and your style a lot. very nice work. btw. loved the story about the chick in the coffee shop (the beauty that thought you'd draw here if she sat in from of you). great story and nice that you actually didn't draw her :D

[purb36]

yeah, lovely sketches, lovely colors dude. <3

i'm...at a loss for words. that's rare. good job.

[Kielbasa]

Awesome portraits, I love the vibrant colors. Your drawings are so simplistic and clean too, I dig. Do you do those drawings at coffee shops?

[RobRey]

Bam-Ba-Lam. Monday night portrait.

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Betty, oil, 11" x 14"


thanks everyone for the comments!
Kielbasa - yeah, the drawings are almost all from the local coffee shop.

[RobRey]

Here is the son of a fellow Monday night portrait painter...

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Jesse, Oil, 16" x 20"

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Two pencil, one ink...
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[jackpot_anjr90]

Great work! I like how your style is unique and has its own identity...enough that I could identify your work if I saw it anywhere. Keep it up :D

[RobRey]

This was a fun set up, though the head, hand and instrument were a challenge to fit into the approximate 2 hours of working time that I have at portrait night.

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Thanks Jackpot, nice to hear!

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Another Monday night portrait...
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Lily, Oil, 16 x 20

[purb36]

lo-ve-ly. :)

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Thanks prub36!

[DavePalumbo]

fantastic studies man, really liking those Schmid-sy broad strokes in your backgrounds!

you coming out to Altoona again this year for Illuxcon?

[RobRey]

I used this one to experiment with colors a bit. Seeing how far I can use saturation to push form.

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On another note, I made an update to functionality of my web site (http://www.robreyart.com). There are now 'next' and 'previous' button next to my paintings for your viewing convenience. New illustrations soon!

Thanks Dave! I'll be in Altoona for sure!

[RobRey]

I was sketching this guy at the coffee shop the other day while he was working on his computer. He didn't move much for about an hour, so I just kept going with the sketch.

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[RobRey]

I've been trying to keep up the somewhat higher level of finish that I've had in my sketches lately. Just for a change. Maybe it will stick, maybe not.
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[RobRey]

Monday night portrait

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Tom, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

[RobRey]

Some more somewhat tonal sketches. I think the girl in this set is starting to look overworked, a danger when working this way.

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[RobRey]

Thanks to everyone who watches my sketchbook and sits through all of my practice work and sketches waiting to see illustrations. I know, it's been a while, but I have a bunch of new images to show you! Images which I will divulge over several posts. (We can't have too much fun all at once)
So here are two creature illustrations, painted for an upcoming table top role playing game. Both are painted in oil and finished with a few color tweaks in photoshop.

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[RobRey]

Between new illustrations, here's another Monday night portrait. Gerry (http://robreyart.blogspot.com/2009/04/gerry.html)'s daughter posed for this one.

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[paran0id]

That stuff is like sweet sugar. I don't know why but the Monday night portrait of that man is godlike. The broad strokes for the highlight on the left side of his face are great. The hues are great. When I managed to get my eyes of the fucking awesome focus parts, I saw his flat collar though, it drags the piece a little bit down. How long does it take for you to finish such a portrait? I assume less than a night =P

[RobRey]

More new illustrations!

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A seductive sun energy reappropriator

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and some neutral, but provokable forest snakes


Thanks paran0id! Your right about the collar. I do these portraits at a 3 hour session every Monday. Though with model breaks, it's really only about 2 hours of painting time.

[RobRey]

Le Figure Decorative
I've been thinking about borders lately. I would like to do more of them.
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Also, I've been toying with the idea of opening an Etsy (http://www.etsy.com) shop with little prints of sketches and such. This has led me to more experiments in digital color with my sketches.
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(original sketch here (http://robreyart.blogspot.com/2009/03/some-recent-people.html))

What do you think?
Is an Etsy store a good idea or just a time sink? Do you like the color or would you rather have the simplicity of the black and white line?

[paran0id]

Well, if it makes money, why not.
Nice Birch Snakes btw.

[RobRey]

More new illustrations! Forest fairy tricksters and a creepy old hermit with a very long nose. Painted in oil with a few digital touch ups in the second one.

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True Paran0id, thanks!

[RobRey]

An experiment in the style of J.C. Leyendecker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Leyendecker). One of my favorite artists for inspiration.

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[RobRey]

Two more new illustrations. An amphibiously traveling tortoise character leads some humans to shelter, and a mysterious shape shifting fire creature makes a rare appearance.

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[RobRey]

Pretty ladies from the coffee shop.

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Salsa Dancer, kind of reminds me of a vintage produce label. I like that.

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[RobRey]

Two more new illustrations for an upcoming table top rpg. The first is a siren of sorts who will sing your flesh away so that she may eat your bones, and the second is a proud tribe of great blue and gold predatory birds. Both are oil on board, about 14 x 18 inches.

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[RobRey]

I've been back at it with the gray paper lately. I've been trying out a white colored pencil for the lights instead of the white conte that I had been using. I like that I don't have to worry about it smearing and that I can sharpen it to a nice point more easily, even though it's not quite a bright as the conte.

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For anyone looking for gray paper sketchbooks, as far as I know no one is making them right now. Mine is a thick stack of gray cardstock from Staples that I got wire bound at the Staples print and copy center with mat board for covers.

[purb36]

looking good rob. i especially love the birds of prey. :)

do you have any advice on painting in regards to creating form? its something i'm really trying to work on, and any advice would be appreciated. take care, and keep up the good color. :yayca:

[RobRey]

I will be participating in a five person gallery show April 3rd - 18th, 2010, with the Bristol Art Museum (http://www.bristolartmuseum.org) in Bristol, Rhode Island, for which I will be painting mostly still lives. More news on that as it developes, here is the first painting.

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Grandfather's Brass Bowls, Oil, 16 x 20 inches
My grandfather was a shop teacher and he made these shallow hammered brass bowls with his students. In this painting you can see hints of the star chart that is etched into the largest one.

And here is another portrait...
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Crissy, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

In other news, I will be traveling to Altoona, Pennsylvania this week for Illuxcon (http://www.illuxcon.com) 2009! It's a great fantasy art convention on an intimate scale with many, many big names from the field attending. There may still be tickets if you hurry!


purb36 - Uh, well that's a pretty heavy question. Most everything about a painting contributes to form. I'm certainly not the last word on the subject, but I would say that edges (after value, of course) are perhaps the most important element in creating form, followed closely by temperature or saturation (depending on how you look at it), stroke direction, impasto, etc.
Did I forget anything?
Take a look at Andrew Loomis's book 'Creative Illustration'. I believe most of these concpets are covered in there. Good luck.

[RobRey]

Back from Illuxcon (http://www.illuxcon.com) and a very inspiring weekend! Thanks to everyone who made it great.

Now that I'm back I thought it might be a good time to announce that I've set up and Etsy store (http://robreyart.etsy.com) for prints! Take a look.
Here is a recent sketch and the digitally colored version that is available as a print in the store.

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[RobRey]

As usual, painted from a live sitting.

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Ryan, or Blond Streak
Oil, 16 x 20 inches

In other news, this weekend I will be taking a pilgrimage to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/index.html) to see the John William Waterhouse exhibit! (on display there until February 7th) Waterhouse is a major influence on me and I have yet to see any of his paintings in person, so I'm excited. Check out these videos (http://www.mbam.qc.ca/waterhouse/en/video-mariamne-leaving-the-judgement-seat-or-herold.html) of curator, Peter Trippi, speaking about some of the paintings on display.

[RobRey]

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[Pixie Trick]

Some lovely illustrations up the page! I think my faves are the snake/trees, the siren and the cat woman/ice breath. The still life is beautiful as well. :sungod:

[RobRey]

Wearing a damaged straw hat, he makes a surprisingly convincing rancher.

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Martin, Oil, 16 x 20 inches


-Thanks PixieTrick, nice to hear!

[RobRey]

Travel Sketches...
Here is entertainment industry sculptor, Jordu Schell (http://schellstudio.com), giving a monster sculpting demonstration at IlluXcon (http://www.illuxcon.com).
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And this is the guy that modeled for Donato Giancola (http://www.donatoart.com) during his portrait painting demonstration, also at IlluXcon (http://www.illuxcon.com) in Pennsylvania.
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Two weeks later, I delightfully happened to run into Donato again in Montreal while visiting the John William Waterhouse exhibit (http://www.mbam.qc.ca/waterhouse/en/) at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art (http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/index.html)! It was a really excellent display of one of my favorite artists.
Also while in Montreal, it was cold waiting for the museum to open, so I got a cup of tea and sketched the back side of this sculpture of Norman Bethune (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bethune) from inside a Tim Horton's there.
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I didn't know anything about him at the time, but Wikipedia tells me he was a medical innovator and Surgeon-in-Chief of Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital in the 1930's

[RobRey]

Figure Drawing Session:
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Oh, yeah, and I drew the model too...
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[Braintree]

Really beautiful drawings :) love the way you use your lines. i'll be saving these for future study.

[RobRey]

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-Thanks Braintree, glad you like 'em!

[RobRey]

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I forgot this girl's name after I left the painting session, so this one will have to go unnamed until I can figure it out.

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Recent sketches: two from life, one carved in stone from imagination.
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[bhanu]

aahhhhh reeallllly awesome thread my man, loving each of the updates.
PArdon me for not dropping by earlier . subscribed and starred.

[Wr00m]

Wow, these are beautiful!
Subscribing to this one. :)
5 Stars!

[RobRey]

More Cafe Sketches
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- Thanks bhanu and Wr00m for the comments and the stars!

[mariusz]

Hello!

Portraits in #183 and #184 are well painted. Nice brush strokes.
About your pencil sketches. I think that your line is too mechanical and you are missing the natural freedom of you hand. You are reapiting over and over the same lines.

Hope you undertand what I mean.
Peace and have fun ^^

[RobRey]

Another still life for my upcoming group show in Bristol, Rhode Island, April 2nd - 18th.

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House Mouse
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-Thanks for the crit, Mariusz

[Brushcommander]

Only 4 stars? What the hell.
I love your work, btw :)

[RobRey]

Another Monday night portrait session.

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Thanks Brushcommander! The stars are appreciated :)

[RobRey]

Coffee Shop Sketches
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[RobRey]

My own lovely girlfriend, Angela (http://www.angelawehrle.com), posed for the Monday night portrait group. If you need a new sketchbook, stop by her etsy store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/angelawehrle) for great hand bound books with vintage covers.

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Angela, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

[RobRey]

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Kevin, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

[RobRey]

I received some exciting news the other day when I was notified that my painting 'Grandfather's Brass Bowls' has been accepted to the Oil Painters of America (http://www.oilpaintersofamerica.com) 19th Annual National Juried Exhibition! It will take place at the Legacy Gallery (http://www.legacygallery.com) in Scottsdale, Arizona, from April 30th to may 31st, 2010. This means, of course, that the painting will not be able to take part in my upcoming group show (http://www.bristolartmuseum.org/html/calendar.html) in Bristol, Rhode Island, as originally planned, but don't worry I have plenty others for that show that you will be seeing here shortly.

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...And since I know you're all here to see new art and not just talk, here is another alla prima portrait, painted from life.

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Julia, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

[MatejaPetkovic]

great works man. Love them

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[RobRey]

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Jeanne, oil, 16 x 20 inches


Thanks MatejaPetkovic!

[2kre8]

Those are awsome paintings I'm curious what brushes do u use. Keep up the good work

[Traveler]

Interesting contouring technique on your pencils. I haven't seen one quite like it before. :rendered:

[RobRey]

I've got a lot of paint and varnish drying around here right now, so until they are dry here are some sketches. The first one is from a photo, next two from life.

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Thanks for the comments! 2kre8 - I use mostly Utrecht brand flat natural bristle brushes.

[RobRey]

Still Life Week!
I've got a group show in Rhode Island coming up in a little more than a week (postcard with info (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_amIqky7CpBc/S6jCKSSSB1I/AAAAAAAABnY/BBsFQ_du8D0/s1600-h)) so I'll be posting my paintings for the show between now and then.

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Nightcap Chickadee, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

more information about the show on my blog (http://robreyart.blogspot.com/2010/03/still-life-week.html)!

[purb36]

dude, these are tres beautiful! btw, congrats on being accepted into the Oil Painters' Exhibition! g'luck with that. :)

[LAL]

hey,Robrey,i really like that oil painting! it feels very good! the colors are very beautiful!

[RobRey]

Another still life for the show coming up (see my last post).

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Thanks for the comments!

[RobRey]

Show (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_amIqky7CpBc/S6jCKSSSB1I/AAAAAAAABnY/BBsFQ_du8D0/s1600-h) opens in one week!

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Elegant Enigma, Oil, 14 x 18 inches

[JesArt]

Dude, wow, wow, your brushwork and colors are so amazing. Iam still trying to figure out how you are able to control your strokes so well, its amazing how you are able to almost mimic photo shop, and I thought that it was impossible, sir you have a masterful approach to brush strokes. Its amazing how your palette is so limited, it seems as if your only using 3 hues when it comes to figure painting, do you mix your black or is it out of the tube. And dont get me started on your pencils, O.O. Well sir thank you for the great artwork, and congrats on your shows, I will be watching your thread alot.

[RobRey]

Still life week continues, show (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_amIqky7CpBc/S6jCKSSSB1I/AAAAAAAABnY/BBsFQ_du8D0/s1600-h) this Friday.

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Thanks JesArt for the comments! I use black, but almost always mix it with something.

[jeremygordon89]

Your colors and style are such a pleasure to look at, and I love the brushstrokes in your paintings; they really give it another dimension of life which is something I hope to be able to achieve one day. I really enjoy your work, keep it up

[noobbb]

awesome. I love how you can keep your lines so loose, yet retain that neat refined quality that makes your paintings/ sketches look like scribbles.

[RobRey]

Show (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_amIqky7CpBc/S6jCKSSSB1I/AAAAAAAABnY/BBsFQ_du8D0/s1600-h) opens Friday, with the light of reason.

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Seeing New Light, Oil, 9 x 12 inches


Thanks for the comments jeremyg0rd0n and noobbb!

[scholz]

Awesome work

[RobRey]

So it's not a still life, but it is going to be in the show (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_amIqky7CpBc/S6jCKSSSB1I/AAAAAAAABnY/BBsFQ_du8D0/s1600-h) opening this Friday in Rhode Island.

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Crater Lake, Oil, 9 x 12 inches


Thanks scholz!

[thetomahawk]

lovin those brushstrokes on the trees!

[DI888]

Yikes, I really admire your work in here, particularly those still lives! Out of interest, did you study art in College?

[Beelow]

I love the decisiveness of your brushstrokes and pencil strokes. I still love to come by and see what Rob Rey is doing always. Keep it up bro.

[RobRey]

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Illumintation, Oil, 12 x 9 inches


Thanks for the comments everyone and for checking in on me. DI888 - I studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design.

[cgaddict]

Cool work, you have a very clean style which I dig. Nice use of colors as well, keep it up!

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

Super nice!!!

[marika]

your oil paitings are amazing. I wish I could watch you mixing colours,
they are so bright and 'clean'. really great.

[Jon Sun]

Those still lives are gorgeous. I really like your edge handling. I especially like how you occasionally vary them up with a little smudge of paint. It keeps the paintings really fresh, and it's a joy to look at. Keep it up!

By the way, these are really small, what are you painting on? It looks like some sort of primed paper?

[PHATandy]

Its been said before and ill say it again, your brush strokes are so clean and beautiful, your colours are so fresh, and your edges are so well defined in all the right places.

Have u got any process shots around or tutorials? id love to see how you work it up, and how much paint u work with.
Really great stuff, glad i found this sketchbook, keep it up!

[RobRey]

Show (http://robreyart.blogspot.com/2010/03/still-life-week.html) opens Tomorrow!

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Madame Mollusk, Oil, 16 x 20 inches


Thanks everyone for all the comments! Very nice to hear.
bandaidboy12 - They're all painted on gessoed MDF board.
PHATandy - Sorry I don't have any tutorials to show, but my advice if you're ever wondering how much paint to use is to use more!

[Abrodos]

Amazing work man. The head in madame mollusk doesn't look completely symmetric but it might be me. Anyway, sweet use of colours. keep it up!

[RobRey]

If you haven't already seen this, there are some beautiful paintings in this online gallery (http://www.legacygallery.com/events/opa/?) of the upcoming Oil Painters of America 19th Annual Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, taking place in Scottsdale Arizona later this month. They're organized alphabetically so my piece (http://www.legacygallery.com/events/opa/signature-and-associate-members/grandfathers-brass-bowls) is most of the way down the page.

And here is another of the usual Monday night portraits I do...
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Oil, 16 x 20 inches

Thanks Abrodos!

[Jamie Romoser]

ello Rob! beautiful paintings man, sorry cant give you any good crits your just way better then me haha
thanks for the inspiration
have a good one
-Jamie

[derss]

haha agree with Omerta! great stuff, but cant say that much since your so good :) keep it up!

[Strela]

Mad props here. A lot of times this style of still life and portraiture doesn't grab me but this stuff is just gorgeous.

[RobRey]

Gerry Creates the Winds
I really didn't intend to deify Gerry as I seem to have ended up doing in this portrait. Suffice to say he visually fits the archetype of the wise old man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_old_man) as described by Carl Jung (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung), so the wispy brush stokes seem to place him directly in the realm of cloud-sitters.

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Gerry, Oil, 20 x 16 inches


Thanks for the comments OmertA, derss, and Strela!

[Jamie Romoser]

always so fresh envy your brush economy :yum:
have a good one
cheers
-Jamie

[RobRey]

I'm back from the Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition in Scottsdale Arizona and I had a great time. I met many wonderful painters and saw a lot of great paintings! Here is a blurry photo of me from the event and some recent sketches.

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[Starr]

hello,

Your work is so nice and clean, I love your still life paintings! great work, keep on it :D

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[Balooga]

The paintings are outstanding -- and I love the hatchwork in your sketches. Bravo!

[surus]

Awesome still lifes and colours! I like the lines in your drawings and how they describe hair and drapery! My fav. picture is the "turtle centaur" - saw many centaur ideas with scorpions, horses, lions - but no turtle before. I think you should take a closer look to the head forms during sketching in the coffee shop. Some heads look like they miss a part under the hair (flattened).

[Krato]

oh wow those still lifes are great! so much better then my stuff :P

[RobRey]

Busy month here, but while I've got a minute, here is another portrait from the weekly model session I attend. This is painist, Mark Taber, and he was a lot of fun to paint.
I found some videos of Mark playing with a few bands on youtube. I'm not sure what year this was filmed, but here is a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n28ZOEdBq6A) of Mark playing with the Ken Lyon & Tombstone Blues Band, Mark's solo begins at about the 1:35 minute mark.

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oil, 20 x 16 inches


Thanks everyone for the comments!

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

Just love this last one!

[Wr00m]

You have a beautiful style going on. I'll subscribe to this one so I don't moss anything.

[carriejo]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pie painting :) great color pallette :)

Awesome sketches as well man. :)

hope to see more updates. :D

[Naomi-Parkes]

Hi, you've really inspired me to go out and do some real life sketches of my own. Amazing work. I loved the story about the vain girl. "you're so vain, you probably think i'm sketching a picture of you."
This may seem like a silly question, but do you use a mechanical pencil, or just normal graphites when you are in the cafe?

[RobRey]

Here's two since I haven't had much time to post for a while

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Meg, oil, 16 x 20 inches

994485
Derrick, oil, 16 x 20 inches


Thanks everyone for the comments! Naomi-Parkes - Yes, I usually use a .5 mechanical pencil when I sketch.

[RobRey]

Another portrait night...

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Chris, Oil, 16 x 20 inches

[fionkell]

I follow your work on deviantART but thought I'd stop in here and say that your portrait paintings are wonderful as usual :)

[Gloominati]

superawesome work man! diggin all of it! especially love how clean all these paintings are. At first I wasn't even sure if they are digital or not :D
Thanks for sharing all that stuff, man :)

[RobRey]

Another portrait. I debated whether or not to fill in her arm in the bottom right corner. Now that I see it on screen, I think I probably should have.

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Osmary, Oil, 16 x 20 inches



fionkell - Thanks for watching!
Gloominati - Thanks!

[ahoj]

Your oil portraits amaze me! O:

[purplegoat]

Thanks for sharing, great work!

[Istmin52]

Holy shit Bob! This is Ian Topple from RISD. I had no idea you had a sketchbook on here! I started a sketchbook here since January. It's awesome to see someone I know on here. Great work and check out my sketchbook when you get a chance!

[goodoldayz]

i love how simple your sketches are yet still capture alot of facial emotions and details.

[RobRey]

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Saba, Oil, 20 x 16 inches


Thanks for the comments everyone! Good to see you on here Ian!