Speed Painting Resolution

There's something exciting about starting a new year.  I have been collecting lots of art books over the past year and I have been dying to try using Painter to create some concept art.  My art goal for the year is to sketch or learn for 30 minutes a day.  I think alternating between figure drawing and speed painting is going to be my policy.  I picked up a cool book called Secrets of Corel Painter Experts.  While painting these pictures, I followed along with Andreas Rocha's tutorial.  He's really got some talent.  I'm really looking forward to following the Ryan Church (a masterful concept artist of the Star Wars galaxy) Intro to Painter DVD.
Most likely, I'm not going to be posting something every day, but hopefully I'll be more comfortable with Painter by the end of the year.  Up until now, Photoshop has been my favorite program to use for art.  Together, the paintings above took 85 minutes, including learning time.

Waiting for Winter

I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, and I find it absolutely incredible how many resources are available to artists here...  My friends had a pass to the zoo and they were able to get me in as a free tag-a-long guest and I was able to fill my camera memory card with lots of original pictures of a bald eagle.  Back in the day, it would have been very challenging to find reference material for a painting like this.  10" x 8" acrylic. 4.5 hours.

Alex

This is my nephew.  8 hours.  11" x 17" charcoal.

Steve

This is one of my good friends Steve Tanner.  He grew his beard out for a New Testament movie.  I just HAD to get some shots of him before he shaved it off.  I hope to do inspirational pieces with the references some day.  75 minutes 11 x 17 charcoal.

Dracula As a Young Single Adult

For those of you not from Utah, I thought I might need to give a couple definitions to explain part of this comic... Definition:  Stake- a group of congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Personal Definition:  Multi-Stake Dance-  a social event which strikes absolute horror into the hearts of young single nerds trying to find a date. The timid young men may, on occasion, work up enough guts to ask a girl to dance, but more often than not, they are found in a corner sipping a cup of punch wishing they stayed home to play video games.  10.5 hours Photoshop

Dave

This is another warm-up for a portrait I'm about to do.

I'm finally feeling ready to attack the piece:)  

8" x 10" charcoal. 65 minutes.

The Butlers

3 hours. Photoshop.

Hannah Montana

I was excited to get Painter 12 last week.  Up until now, I've done almost all my digital painting in Photoshop.  This was my first stab at the new software.  3 hours.