Clouds

Here are some progress photos and finished photos of a painting I did last year. The reference I used is below, but I haven't been able to find the photographer yet. Sorry that I've been really bad about posting things!

Golden Chandelier

I did this one last summer-ish for a good friend of mine.
  This really helped me grow as an artist too, I think, even if it is pretty simplistic. There was a lot that went into it. I guess it would qualify as a painting, but really, I did a lot of the coloring and solid work with colored pencils and markers. I just really liked the look it gave everything, I remember. I spent a lot of time on this thing, because I remember it being the first big painting on paper I ever did and had some idea of what I wanted the end product to be. A lot of the artists that I talk to and associate with, sit down and draw something that they already have planned to the detail in their heads, but honestly, I really don't draw that way most of the time. If I draw that way, it's usually for somebody else. I don't mind doing it though! It's actually kind of a challenge and I like that.
  I usually just throw on some colors--in the most literal sense possible--and then just sort of let things take shape. If an image pops up in my mind, sure, I will put that thing down, if I like what it has to offer, but I usually only have a rough idea of what I'm drawing until near the very end. Usually it ends up being surprisingly meaningful to me that way anyway.
I love all of the different techniques that people use to express their thoughts through art. It's pretty amazing if you think about it. Transferring dreamlike images from a person's mind onto paper, canvas and even cement so that every person outside can try to understand your view on things is fascinating to me. Anyway, hope you are having a nice Sunday. Try scribbling something cool today!

Washed Out

This was the first time I decided to just do a big painting. It's on a random scrap of drywall that I found in my closet and it's done in acrylics, watercolor and pens and marker. The base colors are mostly acrylics and mixed watercolors. I then laid down the brighter, more vivid colors and those are watercolor paints. Most of the red and purple colors on the flower petals are done in watercolors, and the blue and yellow on the eye.  I  then outlined things in different types of pen and highlighted things in marker, which really just blends in with the watercolor and acrylic paints.
This painting was a lot of fun to do and it definitely opened my eyes to all of the other things I'm capable of as a painter. The bottom few photos are of the finished product.

Daisy

I did this back when my I was reading The Great Gatsby with my little sister and the movie had just come out. I remember listening to the soundtrack a lot, because I thought--and still think--it's wonderful.

It's on a 9"12" paper done in both watercolors, watercolor pencils, and just colored pencils.