Beard Clippings

[Patrick Gaumond]

Hey Daggers, long time no post, and not for lack of wanting to paint..
Between having a bout of sickness (fever, nausea, fatigue etc) for about a day and a half, arm pains and study sickness, I haven't been particularly productive in terms of mileage. Since i couldn't work for extended periods of time, i took the opportunity to push a piece a bit further than I usually do, which usually takes longer and requires more shorter sessions for me to finish so as not to burn out on it. I'm slow painter when I'm not crippled so this (the last painting) took especially long to finish. I'm quite happy with the result!

I did squeeze in some studies when I needed a break from it though. Some still lives, more hands, a photo study, a piece for the Brainstorm challenge where I experimented with colouring techniques and its colour study, an update on the "shrimp/lobster" ship in a scene and of course the Penetrator Fan Art.

I also took some time to do other activities like some reading, watch some movies (including my favourite disney short Mickey and the Beanstalk, Guardians of the Galaxy which was fantastic and tried to watch Once upon a time in the west but the Blu Ray I ordered was defective so I had to return it.) Also managed to find a really inconsistent workaround to my PS3 not reading game discs, so I revisited dark souls and you can expect some fanart of that soon too!

Lastly I've started doing some yoga to help with bodily pains. Its helped me an awful lot more than doing more conventional exercises to alleviate back soreness, help with the arm pains and just gain energy to keep workin and such. In the future I'm going to have to incorporate more breaks and stretches while I work. Really NOT fun not being able to work as much as I want, although I appreciate being able to do other things

Still Lives



Hand Studies


Brainstorm


Squid Study


Update on the spaceship scene


Penetrator