Finally reading week is here, but it's not much of a reprieve. 

Thanks for the advice yesterday all!

something

Paintings seem to be poorly done this week, thanks to messrs homework and everyday stress. Finally a decent something popped up, but can tell that I'm NOT looking forward to painting them organic things

moar colour fun

Tried subtle colour palette this week, and it was so subtle that the greens are not showing up properly on the photo. :3   Model is new I think- sat there non stop  O 3 O  Thanks for the crits everyone! Need to make better use of the space, but I can't compose properly.  It's a 15 x 20 board, so whatever you don't see is empty.

Mixed bag

Starting to paint things more regularly! Stuff from the past 2 weeks.

Ornithology assignment Parts A and B

Part A: Bird Topography  

My illustrator files seem to be getting absurdly huge. O_O

Part B:  Wing Feather arrangement

Le Hawks were so cool!  Too bad we didn't get an owl or something equally exotic this year.

Sketch dump

Sketches from hawk visits last week + ROM trip

sheathbill   

Used blue pencil but somehow it became a really light grey when scanned.. so some surgery was needed.

ruffed grouse

Harris hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

FACES! Which I haven't done in a long time.. I think I drew them too generic-ish. Yes I hate black conte.

Painting uses too much brain.  Shape + colour study. Failed composition + chopping of limbs , thanks for the crit~   I'm only pleased with the legs.  :C

couple of last week's LDs

 Me foot is off.  It looks like it needs to be bigger, but I can't show it turning.

Not so much observing as it is design? Or changing from observation to design.

short

Got recommended a bunch of bird documentaries to watch for homework.  :D   I love this class.

Just a quick update of a short enviro study

......   really need to use brighter colours - everything is so muddy! Plus I am totally clueless as to what to do with the background.  Failed thumbnail values 101 as well.   :C

first post of 2012

...2012.   I'm dreading this year. Not because of some Mayan prediction.  Some paint sketches I did to warm up after not painting for a long time.

Skyrim influence. It's now locked away where I can't touch it.

LDs

For the past few weeks been trying to get back into life drawing. Still can't achieve the values and contrast that I want. Definitely need wayyyy more practice controlling values whilst depicting form.

Weird legs methinks.

Dual colour fail.