small oil sketch 12/31/03

[foster]

oil sketch, this is a bit larger than the original. was quite fun to work small.

jon

[xia]

Awesome! Love the color balance and the way it comes together :chug:

[heiesuke]

great pain

[Skank]

very cool man
this looks like my finished paintings so far..hehe ive just begun down that road and im not quite sure how to "finish" my paintings yet...but its fun!!

thanks for posting this!

[el coro]

jon thats beautiful. i love your brushwork. it is fun to work small, isnt it? hope you had a merry christmas and have a happy new year.
xoxoxox
-c36

[behemot5]

i tried to paint a headbone yesterday to..... the result is not the same lol...... yours is great....:cry:

[I.was.ink]

This is SICK!

[Main Loop]

awesome... always good to see a "heavyweight" posting here... how big is the canvas?

[killing.people]

ew elcoro is nasty.

i have a box of oils, some cheap canvas and a bunch of brushes. i have no idea what they do, how do i start oil painting without waisting this stuff? (its intimidating me as i type .. ehkk!)

[boehmke]

Great to see a traditional piece come outa the Foster.

[quantas]

jon,

i have followed your stuff for some time. you are amazing and i have the utmost respect for you. thanks for posting

cheers

q

[AmishCommy]

Jon, is this gonna be entered into the spectrum competition?

[endregan]

saweett

something from foster!! its been a while man!

nice skull

[Robolus]

Looks great! How long did it take? Happy new year foster!!!

[Lung_bug]

yay you're back :)
is this the same skull you did drawings of a while ago? looks somewhat familiar, that's all

cheers and happy new year

[foster]

oi!

this one was pure fun, i hope to paint more of theses little still lives and give them out to friends. this one is for a good friend of mine, another artist and sculptor. he made a fantastic small sketch book (filled with his sketches) just for my wife and i. it was an incredible gift and i only hope to let him know how much i liked it with this gift for him.

killingpeople, i started this one with raw umber and pthalo blue. just knocked in the lights and darks, or rather the darks first and then when i thought i could recognize the skull out of my fumblings with the brush i started to add white. then when it started to take on volume i added venetian red, yellow ochre, naples yellow, a warmer blue, and probably something else but you get the point that i started adding color as i went. just arm yourself with some knowledge of warms and cools , edges, and a desire to paint and you will be more than halfway there.

to all else thanks for checking in. i did draw the same skull a while ago. i do not think it would fit in the spectrum book but neat idea. this piece is painted on gesso board, you can buy it from your art store. just gesso on masonite but the company does a fantastic job of doing it for you. the piece is something like 4 by 6 inches.

i have not been posting as either i can not show what i am working on or i am too embarrassed to show what i am working on.

jon

[el coro]

hey jon, just so you know, you're the reason i use pthalo blue and yellow ochre these days. i had removed yellow ochre from my pallette long ago, but looking at your stuff madem re-adopt it, and i use that shit all the time now. too embarrassed? please dude. you are acheving new heights, and you should post more of your still lifes. i wanna see!-c36

[GhostofMacbeth]

Very nice and thanks for the mini word tutorial :)

[R_M]

You are Back!

I really want to make some kind of interesting remark, but I have no clue, I just envy your skills Jon.

[Dan Milligan]

Here's the strange thing. When i was younger and had more free time I used to practice falconry. Anyhow, I had a Cooper hawk skull. Well just two days ago, no reason at all, I thought about this skull and how amazing it was. Then I hit this thread and I see this bird skull.

Ya know this sounded more interesting in my head. oh well.

Lovely study jon.

Peace
Dan

[Voron]

InSANE

Thats tight!