.:FraserMcT -22nd June - Follow me through this crazy journey

[FraserMcT]

Black Spot -Thanks once again for your comment. I have been trying to pay more attention to brush strokes and pencil lines recently. More confidence is needed!
I might do that to the SP, if I continue with it. Thanks again.


Fallenangel - Thanks broski. too late, haha. I am gonna give it my all though. There is no other way!

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[FraserMcT]

Quick environment painting. The reference had a lot of atmospheric perspective, I hope I managed to capture it.

[hunchback]

that apple study makes me tingly. hrhrhrhrg

NICE!

[FraserMcT]

Thanks Hunchback.
I took the last one a bit further. Totally threw away my ref, and tried some new things out. Some of which worked, some of which didn't.

I had trouble depicting trees with this more euphoric colour scheme. They just look pants.

[Jamie Romoser]

great progression man
keep up the hard work looking forward to seeing more
have a good one
-Jamie

[FraserMcT]

Thanks man. Don't worry. There are LOADS to come haha.

I did a bunch of environment thumbs. I found this really difficult. So I'm gonna push myself with them. I found thinking more before I start them helps a LOT.
The other is just a form/value/edges study. Process for fun.

[FraserMcT]

Being a little bit lazy. Too distracted.

[FraserMcT]

Today I was learning about the Ribcage. Bits from Loomis, Mentler and Robert Beverly Hales.
First two were mainly ref, some imagination.. The rest was from head, referring to ref a few times. Please correct any mistakes that you see. Thanks.

[Luckers]

Hm, i like your sketchbook pages alot. Great to see you're intrested in... uh, let's call it poetry. I really like the short statements. :)
The latest studies look very helpful, maybe I should try that sometimes myself
The still lifes are looking good as well! :D
Keep up the good work!

[Black Spot]

That couch looks uncomfortable, but the figure is nice. I like the environments as well.

[xbert]

hey man thanks for your kind words in my sketchbook

good sketchbook youve got there, great to see someone work that hard this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1080768&stc=1&d=1286897559) is outstanding, you should do more stuff like that! would be great to see some more fantasy-stuff aswell ;)

[FraserMcT]

xbert - Thanks a lot for the comment. Made me smile :) I'm not huge into fantasy work, but there will definately be more once I understand anatomy more.

Black Spot - Cheers! The couch was a quick paint in, but you are definitely right!

Luckers - Thanks. I do enjoy the short quotes!

Anatomy, Anatomy, Sketchbook, Landscape photostudy and oil paint from life.

[Fallenangel]

Great studies and sketches, keep it up!

[AndreRuben]

like the simplicity of your oils. nice progress since the beginning of the thread.

great sketchbook pages also. keep showing us your work

[FraserMcT]

Fallen Angel - Thanks, will do!
Andre - thank you very much! It is self satisfying to see how far I have come in a few years!

I have been working on a more finished oil painting. Definately the longest I have spent on an oil painting. I'm REALLY enjoying it. The canvas is a bit too rough for my liking. I'm finding it difficult to make precise marks. I will upload the process and final when I'm done.
For now, just a study. 100% opacity brushes only. No pressure sensitivity etc. Was a fun exercise!
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[Frost-Vixen]

wow, you've improved like crazy over the past years! Great stuff, especially your environments and your anatomy studies. I wanna try that thing where you outline skeletons on photos... I don't know what it's called if it has a name, but :P Keep going!

[andres333]

loving ur drawings
may i know where you got those photo references for the ribcage studies?

[Jamie Romoser]

lookin sick man keep up the hard work
-Jamie

[Marian Rowling]

Hey Fraser I've really enjoyed looking through your SB. It is very cool and you are making great progress. You've got loads of interesting stuff going on and I look forward to seeing what you do next.

[qlotzan]

nice stuff bro i enjoyed your thread really fun and interesting

keep it up

good luck

Qlotzan;)

[HighRisk]

I absolutely can not believe how much you have improved in the last year and a half. You've been doing an AMAZING job and I can definitely see your style starting to come through in your latest works. How often do you draw and for how long?

I'm so freaking impressed with your artistic progression. Looking back at the first page and seeing your newer works, I'd think there were at least 4 or 5 years in between. Simply amazing.

[FraserMcT]

Frost-Vixen - Thanks!! I'm not sure what they're called either. Skeletal overlays? Sounds good to me, hahaha

Andres333 - Hey. Thanks for stopping by. I can't remember. But try http://www.pbase.com/ for study refs.

Omerta - Cheers bro! And of course.

Marian Rowling - Thanks Marian! I'm not sure what I'll do next, so it will be a surprise for both of us.

Qlotzan - Thanks a lot. Cheers!

HighRisk - Probably the comment that had me smiling the hardest. I don't draw and paint enough! Thats for sure. I think about it for most of my waking day though. Read and think. :D :D :D


Here's the oil painting I was talking about. I can't get a good photo of the finished thing to save my life... GLARE. The photo has especially ruined the bottle. I'll try again when it has cured a bit.
Next oil painting will be on a SMOOTH surface. I like the rough canvas for quick paintings or studies, but damn if I'm doing that again hahaha.
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[andres333]

hey thanks for the link
really nice painting :D btw

[FraserMcT]

Thanks man!
Felt like a failure today. I didn't like anything I did. Learn from mistakes!

First is a self portrait. No likeness.
Oil Sketch
Better photo of the still life. Colour is better on previous photo.

[Marian Rowling]

Hey Fraser sorry to hear you had a bad day, as you say it is all about learning and part of that is making mistakes. I hope it might make you feel better to know I also really like the oil painting of the wine bottle and grapes. I really like the composition and lighting.

[qlotzan]

nice oil painting study

keep it up mate

Qlotzan;)

[FraserMcT]

Thanks to both of you, Marian and qlotzan.
Marian - Yes, mistakes can often be a good thing. I am trying to get out of the habit of just getting annoyed instead of learning from them! Thanks :)
Qlotzan - Cheers. Will do!

Sketchbook pages, and a photoshop still life. WIP.

[FraserMcT]

For some reason the still life didn't work. Try again.
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[FraserMcT]

Oil painting from life of my mate. No likeness, and the eyes were giving me trouble in the end. I am please with how most of it turned out, especially the mouth.
White, Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue. I touched yellow ochre for a little bit.
A bit over an hour.

[Nettle_Mountain]

hi there, i really love those still life's, maybe some life drawing also :) and longer digital picture at some point...

[surus]

I like your moleskine pages! Keep on posting this kind of sketches, please. (maybe in higher resolution?)

[ThomasM]

I like your pencils and the paintings are really coming along - you have improved a huge amount so you must be proud of that. More moleskine pages please (i'm a sucker for pencil)!

Looking forward to more

[Black Spot]

While the composition on the second still life is not as good as the earlier one, the renting of the objects is very good; the bottle and scissors especially.

[umbinc]

Great studies)

[FraserMcT]

Replies later! Thanks everyone.
Trying some unusual lighting. It is still a bit dark though.

[FraserMcT]

umbinc- Thanks
Black Spot - Thanks. Yeah, it was more of a colour and value exercise than picture making. I should have paid more attention though. Thanks for the comment.

ThomasM - Thanks a lot Thomas. More pencils are coming. Unfortunately, my flatmate has taken my sdcard reader, and I don't want to go rummaging for it, so that will have to wait till he returns.

surus - Thanks. Will do more, and will post them bigger. Closeups of some I like maybe :)

Nettle_Mountain - I'm about to start some life drawing classes, so I'm gonna be posting them. Cheers for the comment.


I have done some oilpainting and some sketchbook pages, but can't get photos of them. Read above for details.

A colour study from a photo

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[knut-]

Great amount of studies. I like the lighting on the still life . Some of them are a bit blurry but you are so close. Keep up man and take care.

[scottrik03]

wow I love the one with the dark face. very strange .almost like an opstical illusion. very nice

[FraserMcT]

Thanks you two.
Knut - I'll watch out for that. Thanks!
Scottrik03 - Thanks. I don't think many people liked that one, but it was my first try at a self portrait from a mirror in ages.

Flatmate came back. Pencils and Oils (WIP). This was day 1. Gonna take this one as far as I can, hopefully.

[Fallenangel]

Great face studies, gotta do some more of those my self.
Keep up the great work!

Alex.

[Metal Fingers]

Very nice studies in here man! The still life's are especially nice, the liquid within the bottle looks great. on the photography side, are you placing lights to either side of the canvas? One to the left, one to the right? It can help reduce glare by a lot and cuts most of the shadows out of the photo as well. Keep it up man! Watch the eyeballs on your faces though, some get a bit wonky when compared to the other eyeball such as the big face in the first picture (our right) in post 289.

[Black Spot]

"Renting"? I meant rendering - one of these days I'll actually read what I post before posting.

Nice sketches. Time to work on a big picture with all your skills. Think awesome.

[FraserMcT]

Fallenangel - Thanks. Will do! :) :)
Metal Fingers - Thanks for the crit. I need to be more aware of little errors like these. I think I need to use a mirror for trad pieces, because my brain is dumb. I only have one light haha, but I try to wait for daylight, but with work it isn't possible all of the time. Thanks!
Black Spot - Thanks Black Spot. I really need to do some finished stuff. I've started doing some thumbs for some finished illustrations (photoshop, or oils? Not sure yet)

Here is some charcoal drawings (photos, very quick, warming up), a pencil drawing (from life 1 hour), and a little sketch.
Started a life drawing class. Was really fun getting back into it. Refreshing to get a male model, the sharper shapes were fun. I'm gonna do some oil painting from life soon. Excited! Doing a 3hour session tomorrow morning, so I should be able to post them at night.
Rambling over.

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[Marian Rowling]

Hey Fraser I really like the updates. These life drawings have some very nice expressive marks and feel to them. I also loved your self portrait for self portrait day. I kinda read it as a bit of fun, you painting the emerging artist within!

[LastGen]

Oh wow, your last sketchbook entries with the face studies and body drawings are great! I´m also suprised about the amazing colors of your still life with the wine and grapes. Very nice, I´ll look through this when I have more time =)

[wasabi89]

I've been seeing your thread and i need to say that you are such a talent. great to see your progress man. Keep it up this really nice job !

Cheers

[redrobot]

oh man..waiting to see what will on page 100 at this amazing pace u are improving !

[cgaddict]

Nice updates, your shading is improving from what I can see. Really digging those charcoal drawings as well. Keep it up!

[FraserMcT]

cgaddict - Thanks a lot. I am getting more comfortable with shading. Been doing a lot of experimenting recently. I enjoy charcoal, but I wish my hand didn't smudge is so much. I lose all of my marks! :(

redrobot - I can't wait either! Haha. Thanks for stopping by.

wasabi89 - Thanks! Wouldn't say talent yet. Hopefully in a couple of years though ;)

LastGen - Thanks. I think I'm ruuuubbbbiiiissshhhh with colours, so that is very humbling. Please do!

Marian Rowling - I never thought of it that way. I like it! I might redo the same idea in oil paints. I feel like it would be able to portray the image I have in my head better. Thanks for the nice words, and for stopping by!


Life drawings. The fully rendered ones are about an hour and a half each. A long time for such little work. But I enjoyed every second. I have learned loads about spacial perception and picture making from these. And from subtle tones and restraint.
The crappier ones are 5 mins each. I need to get more flow in these. I prefer charcoal for short drawings. I will switch next time!
I have an oil painting from today to show, but will wait for daylight tomorrow to get a decent pic.
Thanks!

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[FraserMcT]

Very quick. 30 minutes tops.

[Jamie Romoser]

diggin your life studies man :yum:
keep burning those wacom nibs and pencils
have a good one and looking forward to seeing more
-Jamie

[Fallenangel]

Really cool updates man!
Love those life studies.

Edit: after going through your SB pages, i definitely would want to see more fully rendered/finished pictures from you,
besides those sketches and still life studies.


Alex.

[oma]

stunning!!!

and amazing progress..

[FraserMcT]

Thanks everyone. Replies later when I upload everything.
Just a mind fart to keep this thing alive.
Colours! :S I like his face.

[ArtbyWard]

McTaggart! I have to say you've improved tremendously since we met at Made :). Those studies are looking really good in particular, makes me want to do more studies as well. Keep 'm coming!!

[hücumkedi]

nice pencils nice still lifes...and i love the oils...so all of them :P

[ladyknowles]

I love your style :) So crisp and lovely!

[FraserMcT]

ladyknowles - Thank you. I don't feel like I have a style yet. I suppose we are all a bit unique. Thanks!

hücumkedi - Thank you. :) I enjoy those three things the most, so I guess it shows through my scribbles!

IceMoon- Ward!! Thanks a lot. Made feels like YEARS ago. Can't believe it has only been a couple months. Are you going to amsterdam? Cheers mate!


oma - Thanks for your kind words :)

Fallenangel - Thanks! You are right 100%. My new years resolutions are on my blog. One of which is to complete a portfolio of finished works this coming year. :)

OmertA - Thanks. My wacom pen needs a new nib. This one is acting up! I suppose it is a good sign haha. Mucho thanks for your comment.

I hope everyone has a brilliant Christmas in a few days. :vodka1:
For some reason it won't let me upload everything now. brb
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[FraserMcT]

Blah blah. All figures are from life or imagination. This includes the last update.

[ryan mcshane]

shit son. thats good
your getting real nice O_O
them oils are hot
ill be back to check you out again later
merry christmas! :D

[Fallenangel]

Those are really cool pencil studies, one thing about the paintings, i dunno if it's because of the photo or or not but the colors seem way too muddy and grayish.

Anyways really great update, merry christmas!

Alex.

[Black Spot]

I think a good exercise for you would be to paint with a palette knife where you only have one chance to get the colour right as I'm seeing the pictures getting a bit muddy at the moment.

[FraserMcT]

Ryanoir - Thanks for the kind words!
FallenAngel - I think it is a bit of both. They look a bit more saturated in person, but I'm sure I could work on it still. Thanks!
Blackspot - I'll definitely give it a bash soon. Sounds fun. :)

Life drawing. Half an hour each. Graphite and White pencil in my new sketchbook.

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[FraserMcT]

The attachment manager is being annoooyyyyiiiinnnngggg

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[in2eternity]

Nice works here and great improvement from the first posts! Keep updating )

[CrookedHorn]

why have i not seen this work before??? love your stuff man. maybe using a thicker pencil to out line some of the major line work(where the is a curve or joint is a nice spot) but yeah keep practicing. this is my favorite
http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1128071&stc=1&d=1293143461

[Exon-Ion]

yummy oils, moar of them!

[Catish]

great paintings and life drawings. keep it going.

[Black Spot]

No more oils? Nice life drawings, especially the first one.

[Fallenangel]

Cool life studies!
Let us see more updates!

Alex.

[Naidy]

Some bloody good stuff you have here, particularly like the traditional stuff, but its great to see someone who can shift between digital and traditional so well.

No crits, just keep up the good work! :D

[FraserMcT]

Thanks all.
Replies later. Just dropping a page
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[FraserMcT]

In2eternity- Thanks. It is quite satisfying looking at how much I have improved. :)
CrookedHorn - Thanks. I have tried to make some interesting lines. I think I will focus on that tomorrow evening at my life drawing class!
Exon-Ion - Cheers. I have done some, but they are embarrasingly bad. It seems like the more I learn, the harder it gets :/
Catish - Thank you!!
Black Spot - There will be more coming. I promise <3
FallenAngel - Thanks for stopping in again. And thanks again for your compliments :)
Naidy - Thanks!!!! :) :) :)

Another life drawing:
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[FraserMcT]

Life drawing dump.
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[ryan mcshane]

i love alot of these, you handled the lighting so well! especially this last one man! great work :D :D :D
keep at it! also more applying!

[weashell]

awesom model studies pal whats that paper ur using me want :D

[FraserMcT]

Replies and more art later. Just a quick dump of a study I did this morning.

[raminafshari]

good poses , you are working hard and that is so important .

[Marian Rowling]

Hey Fraser I love the glossiness you've captured with the reflection. Looks good.

[FraserMcT]

Raminafshari - Thanks, but no where near hard enough. I'm such a lazy turd in my free time.
Marian - Thanks!!

Here's a life drawing dump.
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[Black Spot]

Those life drawings are sweet.

[RBeek]

those life drawings are rly cool :O i love those toned paper stuff :P
looks great! ;) oh and smoking shortens ur life :O .. sex extends.. u'll figure it out

[FraserMcT]

Blackspot - Thank you my friend.
Rbeek - Thanks, I did this page for you:
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[FraserMcT]

A couple more SB pages.

[prsnsweeney]

really nice life studies esspecially with the white highlights thrown in keep it up

[thesimplylife]

thanks for stopping by my sketchbook!
i like your portrait sketches...
and i absolutly adore your life drawings! seriously :p

[Fallenangel]

A couple more SB pages.

Totally agree with you!!!
Haven't seen your works in a while, my bad... you're works look great as always, keep it up!

Alex.

[Black Spot]

Wish you'd post the building the right way round so I don't get a crick in my neck looking at them as they're wonderfully mixed up.

[FraserMcT]

prsnsweeney - Thanks. I love using the white, however I feel like i'm cheating sometimes...
thesimplylife - No problem. Thanks!!
Fallenangel - Thanks bro, will do.
Black Spot - Haha. I love doing the face mixing, but buildings are a good way to mix up the mixing. Say whut.

Here's some crap.

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[Henrique Ventura]

Thank you for the comment on my sketchbook, such a honor to have you there.
I really liked your drawings, the faces you draw look amazing, with all that shading on pencils, just beautiful.

You said i need to practise faces, and your sketchbook will be a huge lesson ;)

C-ya!

[FraserMcT]

Thanks Henrique Ventura. Really nice of you. Cheers!

Here is a digital painting I have done in spare minutes over the past week. I should really scan stuff in....
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[prsnsweeney]

really nice texture you got in that digital painting nice job

[Crane]

I'm really digging the last piece man :D makes me wanna go draw portraits!
The colour in the eye is really effective for me personally.

[FraserMcT]

Crane - Thats awesome. I had a look at your work, and it is fantastic. Totally brilliant idea, I must freak some people out by having these all over my flat.

prsnsweeny- Thanks! I think the texture was just luck tbh. But oh well haha.

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[Crane]

Hey man, thanks for the post. New stuff looking cool, especially like the tricked out face XD

Btw if you are serious about the jar thing, I'd be more than happy to give you links to stuff I use and advice if you need it :)

[Fallenangel]

Those pencils are looking cool as always, though i think that you need to put some more effort in pure face studies, it will definitely help to improve your imaginary stuff too.

Keep working and posting, you're doing great.

[Ariel9]

Uhhh, love that tree.
Eheee, "he's got a gun" - you made me giggle.
I love your figure drawings, I would like to see you apply that knowledge to your imagination stuff like the bison doodle.

[Black Spot]

Love the life drawing, but the girl on the couch - I thought she had a snail's head at first glance.