The Book of Paintings

[Main Loop]

A while back i bought a little toned sketchbook that i started doing life paintings in.. this is some of what ive done in it.. will update as i do more.. i plan to do a lot of painting this summer..

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/108.jpg

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/109.jpg

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/110.jpg

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/111.jpg

oh, and the cover, heh.. self portrait from photo
http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/107.jpg

im cheating a bit, im posting an oil on canvas paper ptg i did last week.. i know, the eyes are too far apart, but i still think its good for 2.5 hrs, at least for me..
http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/112.jpg

[Darkstrider]

Hey, these are really good!

I esp like the cover... dig that backpainting technique!

what are you using for these... oils?

[Victor B]

Main Loop- I'm a huge fan of your daily sketchbook, thought you'd probably never no it cause I almost never post, anyway I had to finally respond to this thread it just put it over the top for me great really great stuff you have here, I plan on starting my on dsb because of you, you're a huge inspiration to an aspiring artist. So are what are you using? gouche or maybe acrylics I imagine since it's in a sketchbook I can't really see you using oils. Like I said great stuff if I had to Critique I'd say only thing bothering me is the face peeking over the shoulder on the second one it seems to be a higher key and even different color scheme than the rest of the painting.
well please keep this and your daily sketchbook updated! I hope to see you around there and the life painting thread:chug:

[Main Loop]

darkstrider: No way, cant use oils in a sketchbook! how would you ever close it? not to mention the oils eating through the paper.. The cover was a ballpoint pen, watercolor, and i think the white bg was bleed-proof white.. its like gouache but even thicker and more opaque.. pen& ink artists use it to cover mistakes..

vctr: wow, thanks, thats the highest compliment anyone's given me here.. the male studies are in acrylics, and the women are watercolor & white ink, no actually the last one was watercolor and colored pencil.. stay tuned, ill try updating this a lot

[Main Loop]

so much for updating this a lot..

some various gouache studies i did after reading fredflickstone's tutorial:

http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/119.jpg
did this from multiple refs:
http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/120.jpg
a copy of a portion of one of Giambattista Tiepolo's paintings..
http://www.remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/121.jpg

[Main Loop]

studies in acrylic:
http://remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/153.JPG
http://remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/156.jpg
gouache, this oen was from a magazine, but i liked the lighting in the photo, which is rare
http://remtek.net/0/mainloop/default/images/05/152.jpg