Lyraina's sketchbook

[Lyraina]

aks9, thank you. I actually had to take last week off for different reasons anyway, so at least the timing was good. No jerking so far fortunately, I'll have to see and monitor if the problem returns.

Jaik: Yeah.. application.. need to do that more. I always stick with 'moar studies' because it's easier than thinking by myself >_> I have one of those gyrotwisters lying around here from my brother, I wonder if I should use that to train my arm. Just not sure if the additional strain might be a bad idea.

view from my balcony (but done from photo)



cathedral cove from photo, but tried to change the light and colors from rainy to .. not rainy



failing at creature design (but also run out of time a bit)



More failing, this time with oils. Next time I'll use references...

This one was supposed to be done in one sitting, but looked so horrible that I took 2 or 3 in the end.


This was what I was aiming for (this is so embarassing)



Here I started with a grisaille (?) underpainting and worked in layers.



This turned out much more colorful than I intended, as I didn't really get nice greys (tried to avoid using too much black and white).



Trying out Jonas de Ro's technique, but over-did it a bit with the textures. It was fun though.