Spider Study (2006)

Thought I would take a break from all the holiday cheer and do a quick blog post. Man, I think I've had too much turkey and Riesling. Anyway, this was another assignment I did back during first year of college. It's one of those layering studies again using a wide range of mediums including: ink, watercolour, pencil crayon and gauche.Subtle glazes of pencil crayon help add dimension and colour richness to any webslinger.

around back (2006)

This was one of my first attempts at painting a landscape in acrylics after getting into illustration/design school. I am a fairly inaccurate painter as I feel it keeps things from getting to tight and regimented.This alley scene from downtown Vancouver shows some of the little tilts and happy imperfections that this approach brings.Acrylics are arguably the best medium to learn with when you are first starting out due to their forgiving nature: you can always fix a mistake with acrylics(k, 99% of the time).They are also great for layering your paint to achieve full ranges of tone and colour.Some say that they fall short to oils in terms of blending ability, which is true, but nothing that a good gel or blending medium cannot remedy.