Some recent plein air paintings

Here are some recent paintings I've done over the last month or so. I'm still struggling with the watercolor paint. I don't think I'm quite familiar enough with using these colors. 

Side note: the scanner picks the color up a bit differently than what the actual color is.

At the Lake

Here's a fun little digital painting I did tonight.


I just wanted to practice some painting skills real quick.

Renderings

I haven't posted anything in a while, but here are three rendering assignments I did for my illustration class.

Watercolor sketch

Here's another one.

Painting en plein air sketches

Here are some paintings I did today. Just practicing with gouache. They each took about an hour to do.

I was just painting around the neighborhood today. The funny thing that happened was a guy came up to see what I was doing. He liked my painting and wondered what it would cost if I could paint his house for him. It was a good thing I had my business card with me...

Some Projects from this Semester

Here are some projects that I made from this semester. The first two are rendering practices and the last is my final illustration. Sorry about the lines in the pictures. Something weird happened during the uploading.

Crayola Fun

Get a pen, a pad of paper, and some Crayola markers! For instant fun, just add WATER!
Here are some sketches I've been doing to experiment with elementary school supplies. It is quite wonderful to discover that you can make cool art with cheapo supplies. I just used a ball point pen and Crayola washable makers. No Faber-Castell or Prismacolor here.







The markers work kind of like watercolors, only they are slightly more permanent. They are not as workable, but it's better than watercolor pencils in my opinion. It's also super simple if you want to do any sketching on location.