Peter's Sketchbook

[Peter]

Back from the workshop. It was a load of fun and a really good experience! My paintings didn't turn out very well, think I got too bogged down trying to emulate his approach and way of thinking which in turn affected my paintings. Weird how the slightest change in mindset/approach can mess with you so much, felt like I was starting again from sqaure 1 with how bad my block-ins where but my main goal was to work on my colour mixing which I felt really did improve as the days went on so for that alone the course was worth it.

Day 1




Day 2




Day 3




Day 4




Day 5




Made a whole bunch of notes aswell, not sure if I can attach them here as pdf's to download? There are alot of pages overall so don't want to clog my sketchbook with them.

Illustration

Made some headway with an illustration idea I started before I left I've been reading alot of short stories with the goal of illustrating 1 during the breaks from my live streaming classes. First one is based off "Byond the Door" by Phillip K Dick.

Rough Comps




Rough Value Comps






Final Rough




There's abit in the story where the main character starts going abit crazy and talking to a cukoo clock which is the scene I ended up going with above. As far as colours are concerned I've been looking at some duotone illustrations which I think will work well here, just can't decide if my third colour should be ultramarine blue or viridian. Next step is to take some reference photos and complete are more finished colour comp in oils.