Fine Art (Huge UPDATE 03-17-04)

[LLEWELLYN]

Manley told me that if I didn't start posting more work here that he would curse my favorite mechanical pencil.

I am not about to let that happen!


http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/4.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/8.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/sara-rau-a.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/SARA-final.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/16.jpg



Two weeks until Amsterdam!http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/121.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/128.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/13.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/131.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/133.jpg



http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/137.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/145.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/146.jpg

http://www.conceptart.org/amsterdam/llewellyn-amsterdam/153.jpg

[Jason Manley]

Originally posted by LLEWELLYN
Manley told me that if I didn't start posting more work here that he would curse my favorite mechanical pencil.

I am not about to let that happen!

Two weeks until Amsterdam!

That is right Kev.

I love that top drawing. soooo good.

;)

j

[amphex]

new nick?

wow this is really great stuff, very inspirational!
thanks for posting, keep it up :)

[geoffd]

what can i say that hasn't already been said before? i'm with jason that top drawing is beautiful.

:thumbsup:

[Main Loop]

i like em all but im really impressed by the third one.. are these sketchbook pages?

[I.was.ink]

These are great. The fourth one is my favorite because of its sketchy quality in some places.
Great lighting on the 3rd one.
The 2nd one is creepy!

Did you draw from actual models for these or did you take pics? How long did it take to draw these bad boys? One last question: What was your weapon of choice? Mechanical pencil?

-iwasink

[God-Of-Zilla]

oh yea I like that skull and all the other stuff too, good work. :)
btw the skull, oil?

Matthew

[Matt Dixon]

I love these. The sketchbook stuff on kevart.com is similarly wonderful. They have a great luminescent quality that's horribly difficult to achieve with graphite.

Mechanical pencil, eh? I've always thought those things were the devil's tools - kind of suitable, I guess... :)

[jrr]

these are very nice sir,
matthew-s, i belive those are finger paints. :bash:

[JoshuaTheJames]

wow Bro...Thanks for posting!

-Joshua

[Ant4d]

dear god
thank you for posting

[mtw]

I like the first one. I can really feel her bre--err--that doesn't sound right. What I mean to say is, the drawing is palpable. Good work on creating tangibleness.

[nardfrog]

props prawps, prah props props. props props prawps.


post more now.

[davi]

always a pleasure seeing your works. thanks for posting.

[grinn]

What the hell... Stop hogging all the talent.

Always impressive. These will go into the folder I already have with many of your other works to study. I really think I am going to learn a lot from these.

I love these forums.

[imglue]

i always like girls who are that limber. great stuff man, keep posting your new work. also, good update on your site.

[killing.people]

beautiful work puddn.

[metalwinds]

great stuff as usual. any idea of how long these took you?

[MindCandyMan]

awesome awesome awesome

[ThunderForceX]

I really really like the last drawing XD soo cool to see the sketchy stuff.

[endregan]

I was wondering when you would start posting around here.

It has been a while :)

Love your dedication...
These are fantastic, filled with energy.

everything on your site is amazing!

These are done from life except for the last one right? great lines... mmm.

[liquidwerx]

Hey cool, love em all. Great pencil work.


~Malachi

[FlipMcgee]

Oh, yeah....nice CLEFT there, bud :dance:

[LEN]

great stuff, I need to get back into figure drawing

[Renzsu]

Interesting hatching techniques, especially on the girl lying on the chair.. as if the hatches follow the section lines of the volumes and the contours..
See you in Amsterdam indeed, very much looking forward to that.

[yelahttam]

Zowie! Very well done... my life drawings never seem to have that kind of life to them. - mh

[LLEWELLYN]

Thank you all for such kind praise.

I will put some more drawings together to show.

:)

[EVIL]

AMAZING.. your skillz are superb.. Cya @ Amsterdam

[LLEWELLYN]

Everything is drawn and painted from life, including the bird wings. There are portions of the body in the piece with the winged figure that were drawn from statues in museums and then pieced together with the hired model. That piece was a commissioned drawing for Madonna and measures 18 x 23".
Everything is drawn with a mechanical pencil, 0.5, HB lead. Sometimes 2B to punch the darks and the occasional 4H for lights, but that happens about once every other month--so very rarely. The only one on this page that is 2B is the 3rd drawing. The skull drawing is black ballpoint pen and the skull painting is oil.

Everything is from life because I can see more that way. It also feels like more of an accomplishment. The drawings take between one hour to five hours, but the Madonna piece took about 5 days after all the studies were complete--ans that took about 1-2 weeks with revisions every day.

Will post more and thanks for the wonderful comments. Sorry to post so rarely, but I'm EXTREMELY busy.

Thanks,

Kevin

[Matt Dixon]

Delicious. Especially at a nice, juicy resolution like this. Having my retinas melt in the white hot glare of this much talent is likely to be an inconvenience, however...

Thanks, Kevin!

[Bomba]

K,

Wonderful images. It really makes me want to drop everything and pursue a live of figure drawing. Beautiful and well crafted!
-J-

[-W.-]

Manley told me that if I didn't start posting more work here that he would curse my favorite mechanical pencil
well mr manley knows what's good for us. FEED THE CROWD !!
Anyway i really like your work too !

[cotron]

:rock:

[bwkeough]

wow. I'm not certain if you've inspired me to new heights or completely deflated my ego. I do know that I need to get myself back into figure drawing classes.

my hat is off to you-- the girl in multiple poses is my favorite.

[nick reynolds]

wow, i really need to get out of this huge milestone at work and get into your workshop at the academy of figurative art next weekend.

[AnarchyAo2]

Woah, I don't think I could ever get bored of looking at these.

btw, your homepage link in our profile is messed up. You missed spelled .com I believe. Just thought I'd tell ya.

[CENOBITE]

ehh... ive seen better...














...in my dreams.

[mcotie]

speechless

[lauri]

amazing.

[madphill]

sooper

[Lono]

yep.

-Lono

[behemot5]

waow your work is really great... how many time do you spend on your studies???

[DJK]

What's left to say....
truly beautiful..

[deviousg]

i had an art teacher that said the spanish have a word to describe the third element in art; form, content and 'it.' If anyone knows what this word is in Spanish I would love to know again. Whatever the case, you have got 'it!'

Cheers - thx for sharing.

[DragonGX]

:cool:

[cucaracha]

Originally posted by deviousg
i had an art teacher that said the spanish have a word to describe the third element in art; form, content and 'it.' If anyone knows what this word is in Spanish I would love to know again. Whatever the case, you have got 'it!'

Cheers - thx for sharing.

maybe "loco llewellyn"?

I just want to be in this thread...

cu

[Erzengel]

holy shit :eek:

awesome technique, keep up the good work, and yes - your mechanical pencil will be cursed if u dont scan&post your art ;)
:chug: :chug:

[xia]

WOW:eek:

[davi]

i need new underwear

[EVIL]

in didnt wanted to know that ;)

[AndreasM]

:fruit: :flower:

Are you updating your site soon?

[makotierra]

Nice stuff! I especially like the 2nd study with the dramatic lighting. If you don't mind me asking, why do you use a mechanical pencil?

if i had to fill an 18"x23" piece of paper with a mechanical pencil, my wrists would breakdown!:D

again, nice stuff...and it's nice to see them at hi-res.

[Rimshot]

The artwork is awsome....but most impressive is how you get oodles of hot women to pose nude for you :chug:

[Jason Manley]

Originally posted by Rimshot
The artwork is awsome....but most impressive is how you get oodles of hot women to pose nude for you :chug:

its not hard when your drawings look like that!

hell, even madonna wanted him to draw her.

[Kress]

These are dripping with feeling. I love the hatchy sketchies, I could look at them all day.

Are you mainly a fine artist? Do you create work for commission/galleries? In other words, what do you do all day?

Great confident lines, give us more!!

[black_lotus]

wow, this is just fantastic

so unbelievable realistic

[hoopa]

geez, thats unbelivable

[Mort]

well..the women are very ugly?..where did u find those models?

[OMS]

very nice.....dont you think a 56k warning would be good??

[Big-Dave]

Protect the pencil!

Seriously though, these are incredible. The thing thats got me impressed most is the 3rd one (like everyone else :p) where you've managed to include tan lines and have them fit rather than seem out of place.

If you don't mind me asking, why do you use a mechanical pencil?

Probably so he doesn't need to stop sketching and sharpen a pencil. Same with the pen I'd guess. (if you're drawing in a lecture/class this is especially importnat,no shavings mean less chance getting caught :p)

Course, it might just be he likes mech pencils >.>

[2kre8]

puddenhead your artwork is awesome, post more :beer:

[koroko]

LLewellyn,

Very inspirational drawings, yaknow, lucian freud is one of my favorite painters, and you have, in my opinion, something related in your drawings, maybe is the way to create volume thru line work, or the subjects...or the feeling...

love all these!

someone asked for that third word, form, content and ...., i´m spanish and have no clue what you talking about, maybe if you try to describe it i can get it...


pls kev keep posting more...

[Oblio]

spanish eh? You still have time to join the Amsterdame Workshop - he is already there!! :chug:

Oblio

[jfrancis]

I like your work a lot. You are very talented. I still have a critique. Dare I venture it?

You tend to draw the faces too large. The eyes should be in the middle of the head.

I'm going to get my ass kicked for mentioning that here about your work, but I think it bears mentioning.

[Supercolor]

love it...Inspirational keep it up

[Denart]

wtf are you doing Supercolor-man?!

you brought back at least 4 super old threads!

dumass

[AgAtA]

Beautiful drawings, some whiles captured, without concession.

Thx for sharing.

[bizarre]

Wait! what's going on in amsterdam in 2 weeks? an exhibition? OMG coincidence, i'm gonna be in amsterdam in 2 weeks!!!!!

what's going on?! I GOTTA KNOW!!!

[endercoskun]

Wait! what's going on in amsterdam in 2 weeks? an exhibition?


i guess that is the amsterdam workshop :D
anyway, i'm glad supercolor bumped the thread :teeth: i didn't see these by then.... great stuff, whether 2 years old or not :)

[bizarre]

oh what the hell... it's a zombie post. this is from years ago!!!

fucking got my hopes up.

oh well, i'm still gonna be in amsterdam! woot!

[vigostar]

wow, this is probably the oldest thread I have ever seen anyone bring to life...

[katsgod]

Amazing work!

[Egets]

oh wow these are really marvellous, for some reason I liked the one with two men, maybe because of the darkness or the action....

[Pixeldragoon]

SUPERCOLOR, please STOP bringing threads back to life.

[wangyuling]

wonderful work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!1

[se7en_]

Fucking amazing even if its old school : )

[bhanu]

I have this pervertish liking for the bizzare ,and now I am your latest fan.

[Form]

rofl@resurrect. heres a snap i snapped when kevin and i visited a medical museum about an hour outside of amsterdam a day or two after the Amsterdam 04 workshop...


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a67/thebohemian/DSC00052.jpg





He is doing a prelim. sketch for the 'deformed baby' painting he posted around here recently. Watching the guy sketch one on one was awesome... hes so focused, so intent, so fascinated by his subject.

That day has inspired me for the last 2 years... truly a master i aspire to. Thanks for the great time kevin (and the pizza).

Cheers

[Carnifex]

aww how cute.
his hair is all raised because of the initial shock.:tihi:

[Egoartist]

I love all those pencil renders, but my favorite is the fallen angel. Gorgeous work. You say 'two weeks to Amsterdam'..whats happening in Amsterdam in two weeks?
EDIT: lol, old thread. I should have read till the last page :)

[Jnurp]

the angel is amazing, great mood and feelings are overwhelming

[Carnifex]

queensoul-perhaps you'd look at the date of the first post?
(that was before the amsterdam workshop...)

[arealous]

The first lady is beautiful, both the drawing and whoever was referenced, if the person exists at all. Great expression.

[saulone]

heh - I see why the fav mechanical pencil was held ransom :)

My favourites are 4, 7 and the last piece - number 7 being my fav. Really nice work. I love the loose gestural stuff where you can see stages of the work from it's loosest beginings to the refined areas - and your line work is quite elegant. Can't wait to see more from you!

[Killer Napkins]

figures are top notch and the skulls .. very awesome..

[cashin]

just great
professional work:teeth:

[endercoskun]

rofl@resurrect.

stickyfy this thread...:nohope:

[Lohan]

"Ahhh how am I so good!??!"
*hair raises in shock*

thats my impression of you ^_^

[SprayNation]

Whoaaa, beautiful drawings. Dead sexy.

[fineliner]

wow, thanks for sharing kevin those studies are breathtaking.

[undergroundsean]

good stuff !!

[SIMON LOPEZ]

good!!!

[Denart]

wtf simon...LOPEZ!

[the_allejo05]

nice drawings...a bit too weird hehe..but nice

[AndreySimeonov]

my favorite artist
i can watch his drawings again and again... just awesome

[prince kong]

which picture is madonna ? someone tell me？ thanks