4/14 update oils.......

[Rich Pellegrino]

whats up everybody? I've been lurking around this web site for a while now and have been so inspired day in and day out. Now I'm finally posting some of my work. Just want to say thanks for all the constant inspiration and making me push my artistic limits every day. Crits are very much welcomed! Heres some old ass sketches from last year. Peace and thanks for looking
Voodoochile
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/benson-sketch.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hot-chick.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/mick-jagger.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/collage.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/benson-line-study.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/breakfast-is-served.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hendrix-2-am.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/drapery.jpg

[cburt]

hey, this is a great start you've got, i especially like the value shapes that are going on this last image of the cloth...your anatomy all looks pretty good, i really like how clean all the contours are on the arms also. they maintain form rather than flattening out. keep em coming
-cburt

[Main Loop]

these are looking pretty nice.. id say just to keep working on objects and facial proportions.. more time spent on composition couldnt hurt..

[-sideshowbob-]

welc000meeeee :D

first.. wheres rhode island ?

woa.. ur faces are very nice.. and so simple O_o seems u have a good controle for ur lines :perv:

breakfast served ?! c00l .. gimme gimme gimme :D :dur:


yaaa vod00child hendrix .. yay yay .. :bow:



post more pls ..
<3

[PHATandy]

Good stuff man, your line work is cool looks nice. Looking forward to more, maybe some finished pieces?

Welcome to the sketchbooks

[Rich Pellegrino]

Cburt: thanks alot! I've been trying to learn how value breaks into large shapes. still not there yet but thats what this sketchbook is all about for me...well, and other stuff too! thanks for looking

Mainloop: I completely agree with what your saying with my proportions. It seems that sometimes i get caught up in details early on rather than the overall. I love your stuff by the way I've been very inspired to pick up a paitbrush on a few occasions!

sideshowbob: nice name, adn your a hendrix fan! i had to post that sketch of him on my first post. Thanks about the line comment I try to see if im able to pull off bare lines with no value and see how it holds up. sometimes it works and sometimes it don't.

PHATandy: thanks i ghope to get some finished pieces up soon Crits always welcome!

Thanks again peace to the middle east and chicken grease
"flush twice its a long way to jamaica!" - harv nutz
some more old shit.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/kim-smith-bad-hand.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/heather-kozar-sketch.jpg

[HEROIC]

hey voodoochile,

wow, the last Update is amazing.
As PHATandy said, you've got really cool line works. I'd wish to do sketches like u do,, AAAAaA, Specialy the last one!! <3

Great,
Post more,

ALi,

[Abra]

Cool stuff man, Love the one of hendrix... keep it up

-Abra

[Rich Pellegrino]

thanks guys heres some more

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/studys.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/ladscapes.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hotie.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/dixie.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/deady.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/ashlee.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/studys.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/steve-mixed.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

just figured how to show the pic without linking it! thanks for looking! crits welcome
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/studys1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/ladscapes.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hotie.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/dixie.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/deady.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/ashlee.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/steve-mixed.jpg

[HEROIC]

Hey voodoochile,

wow, nice gestures dude. The last 2 pics are really nice. the panitings nice, and i love the girl's gestures.
Lookig forward to see more from u.
Keep it up,

ALi,

[Warhead82]

Really good work here, nice portraits

[purb36]

HOLLAAAAAAAAAAA! good stuff man, keep it up. whats next?

[Xaya]

Great drawings,
very accurate in form and shading...

the only thing i could mention is that you
don´t use the whole ability of your pencil
- means that you don´t get too dark just around dark gray -
and... perhabs don´t go with a solid outline of your characters...

just some thoughts


More please!

[Rich Pellegrino]

Cheers all! heres a new update. Thanks for looking. almost rid of my old shit. By the way how do i change the title to my thread?

HEROIC- thanks man i try to keep the gesture drawings part of the finished piece. With some parts fully rendered and others not as developed, it gives a certian kind of texture to the paintings....

Warhead82- thanks man

purb36- HOLLAAAAAAAA! lol

Xaya-- thanks, i was looking at what you said and i think your completely right. I dotn fully use the value range of the pencil. The solid outline comes from always drawign comic books....but i'm tryign to break out of that and learn to use my edges to my advantage. Until then I'll have to keep udating.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/face.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/donna.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/doodles-2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/pencil-and-wite-china-marke.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

some more stuff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/steve.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/study.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hands.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/doodles-3.jpg

[Tigermilk]

Great man, your lines are really steady. Would be cool with sum more renderd pics, dude.

Awsome skills, keep it up.

[corky13]

uh oh...you draw some very good faces :)
nothing more to say...

[Rich Pellegrino]

Thanks everybody! Here's some sorta finished pieces. Thanks for looking c & c welcome!
crayola crayons
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/ff72db15.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/28c83c23.jpg

and a fresco i did last week. Didn't think the working time in fresco was so short!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/85add205.jpg

[cburt]

hey dude, these updates are lookin good.. i especially like the one of the hands and the one of the guy with the truck and umbrella...those look great..those crayon portraits are pretty funny, good idea, how was it working with them, havent used em in AGES so i'm curious how they handle...keep em coming

-cburt

[Rich Pellegrino]

thanks cburt! I was in a crayon drawign class actually last semester. The first one with me in bed is with crappy ole crayola, the 2nd one is with caran d'ache crayons. Theyre kind of expensive but once you start laying down color they build up so nice! try it out with your rendering skills you should be an expert in no time!

Heres some in class stuff. C+C welcome

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/266b70dc.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/42f713f9.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

In class drawing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/model.jpg

[Alexandertheduk]

That's some great line of work you got there especially the rendering which really brings it to life. I also like the last one you did where its all crazy and sh*t. I'm no where near you so no criticism but please keep posting.

[cburt]

thats a really nicce figure, i like how you handled the tattoo on her upper thigh, its very natural looking but i think it could still use a couple tiny dark spots just to ground it because its looking a little bit floaty as it stands now. the anatomy looks pretty accurate and the rendering is super nice...i just think a few more dark shapes could really pop this piece out...i also wanted to say that i really like that landscapes page from the 2/11 post, the shapes you used for the rocks and clouds are awesome
keep em up
-cburt

[Rich Pellegrino]

Alexandertheduk: thanks man which one are you talking about when it gets crazy and sh*t? thats funny as hell.

cburt: thanks for the crit i agree on the dark spots. I seem to be having trouble with getting really dark. I always had a "heavy hand" so i had to stay light...cant win! Also i find drawing tatoos are difficult because they always seem likthere floating on the surface.

thanks for looking C+C welcome

"flush twice its a long way to jamaica!" - harv nutz

X-mas present for grandma

sketches...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/grams.jpg

final
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/DSCF0026.jpg

[dCepT]

You're off to an incredibly good start! Haven't got any crits now, so you just keep updating, and I'll be dropping by to check out your stuff! :)

peace

d-C

[TASart]

sweet jesus,,, Nice work! This is kinda the shading style i'm going for, except you pull it off WAYY better... Love your work, I'll check back more often.

[-sideshowbob-]

naiice <3

i really like ur splendid shading*hatch style .. unique <3


whats ur pencil strenght ?


keep up !

:dur:

[Imageproof]

That's one amazing improvement your got there!!
I love your figures!
Didn't know that crayons can have such a cool effect!!!!!!
Don't stop!

[Rich Pellegrino]

what up peoples! thanks for the stopping by. C+C welcome.

dCepT: Thanks bro! I'm trying to get to that "unattainable" level you know? what a bumpy ride tho!

TASart: Dude! i was just looking at your stuff! you have some tight work there and it is actually one of my inspirations on this site. Thanks for stopping by.

sideshowbob: thanks sideshow, your the man! I use whatever is laying around really...the earlier stuff was a 2h so i could make my lines become lighter. I always had a heavy hand that got too cark too fast. But the latter is all HB

Imageproof: Thanks!

Ok. I havent painted with oil in 3 years so here goes nothing. This is something i did last friday night in like 3 hours...very frustrating, but i feel all the practice with pencil drawing has carred over into seeing color and applying paint! who wouldve thought.. sorry the pic is way too blurry...damn camera shake!
Peace
Voodoochile
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/DSCF0009.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

study for fresco
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/Fresco-study.jpg
some hand compostitions i've been tryign to work out for future paintings
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hands2.jpg

C+C welcome
Voodoochile

[dCepT]

Lookin' good! Definately diggin' on the Jimi Hendrix portrait!
One crit though: His right eye (our left) looks a little off. His left eye follows the slope of the face, but his right seems to be on a different plane. Push it back a bit. Love the rendering though! Great job!

keep rockin'!

d-C

[Rich Pellegrino]

hey every body, heres some stuff i've been doing last week.

dCepT: thanks for the crit i didnt notice it, but i completely see it now. Thanks alot man! Got to get out the paints again.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/bridget-hall-is-hot.jpg

Study for a self portrait
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/self-portrait.jpg

one of my professors
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/daniel.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

mixed media

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/steve-charcoal-guoache-co.jpg

[teyekanik]

hey man, great stuff in here.. with the exception of the last one I think you might need to go darker with value.. but it might also be your scan? Keep it up man.

[Rich Pellegrino]

teyekanik: thanks for looking I was using a 2H and i couldnt get too dark. I've switched over to Hb lead now. Thanks for the crit

I posted this in the finally finished before. any crits are welcome! cheers!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/last-self-portrait.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

hey everybody thanks for looking comments or c+c please
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hand-1st.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hand-2.jpg

[-j-]

i'm nowhere near good enough to crit this stuff. i'm really diggin' your conveyence of form. tasty.

[Wertle]

Yay oil paintings! Great hands. I know it's just a study, but you might want to think a bit about your figure/ground relationship--your middle tones are running into the background. But the form is great (the subtleties of the veining on the top of the hand is really effective). I think the one on the top right is very nice, because the darker shadow areas make the rest of the form pop right out.

[Jokisalo]

i'm in love with your lines man!
very very good thread here, i enjoy everything i see!!
nothing else to say than more please!?

[Rich Pellegrino]

thanks everybody for all the comments

-j- : thanks man my HW was to capture the form of the hand. I feel some are ok and some arent so hot. I'm going to do some more hand studies soon.

Wertle: thanks alot man i appreciate the crit. thats one of the things i was struggling with was color relationships and subtlies. I wasn't really focusing on the figure/ground relationships too much but in the last one where i gave some sort of hint of a ground i felt the hand felt that much more real and tangible.

Jokisalo: thanks man i saw your stuff you got some nice stuff going on! stop back again.

Heres some mo' shizzle. Its a underpainting i did today for some glazing I be doing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/pears-underpainting-finish.jpg

heres an early stage

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/pears-1.jpg

[Odds]

whoa, cool stuff! I especially like that painting you took a picture of... the blue one with a black bg. I'd like to see some more full figure pieces/sketches from you, because from the full figure pieces I see, it looks great! Keep up the anatomy studies, and don't stop drawing! ;)

[Wertle]

That's a great underpainting. The tone is really well defined (especially that one cast shadow made by the one pear onto the other), it should make the rest of the painting go easily. It's nice to see the process shots, too (as my fatal flaw is never putting much effort into underpaintings, I would have stopped way before even having it as refined as you do in the early stage ^_^ Gah! Where can I get some patience?)

[Rich Pellegrino]

Odds: Yeah anatomy studies are always helpful, I've been really focusing on painting individual parts.

Wertle: haha when you find some patience let me know, cause i need some! thanks this glazing is kinda new to me. I've done it once before but i think i did it wrong... hope i dont ruin it!

thanks guys heres some more sketches and thumbnails all from this week.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/hand-study-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/gestures.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/thumb.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/skull.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

need crits, my paintings just aren't there....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/self-portrait-profile.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/muscle-man-profile.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

1 more oil painting i have alot left to photograph hopefully soon... C+C welcome!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/arm-adn-profile.jpg

[Kaoki]

Hey man some really great stuff here, but that last one just knocked me on my ass, i'd really love to see that pushed further. (damnit so many threads, i keep missing out on good stuff :) )

[Rich Pellegrino]

Kaoki: hahah thanks man! Yeah im not done with that paintign yet. heres another. its my best friend STEVE!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/cool-steve-oil.jpg

[Rich Pellegrino]

last month (1st HW)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/1st-self-portrait.jpg

3 weeks ago (in class 1 hour)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/in-class-1-hour.jpg

3 weeks ago (3rd HW)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/my-legs-mang.jpg

[Eew]

hehe , how cool is that , i gotta do a painting with hands compo for school next week !
you got cool studies here , keep up dude .

-Eew

[Rich Pellegrino]

Thanks Eew! Keep me posted about how your studies are coming. if you notice something wrong with mine just let me know! are you in a anatomy class? I am in a painting of the human figure. My professor thinks we have no HW in any other classes. ths week it has to be 3 finished pieces (more developed then any of my previous paintings due by next monday!?!? he is insane!

anyway heres a rembrandt studies I'm using him for inspiration for a new self portrait.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/rembrandt-studies.jpg

[Odds]

hayy! yeah, that really looks like his painting. :)
atleast the pen sketch at the top right does. it's hard to get the same effect as he does with only black and white, isn't it? these paintings are also looking very promising, seems like you've been studying color and how chroma instead of value can also depict form. keep it up, man! oh, and keep working on smooth, flowing lines. :)

[Rich Pellegrino]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/voodoochile969/underpaint-sp--smaller-file.jpg