sketchbook saturday

The Ranger

Most of the forests in the area were patrolled by a single ranger. The kobolds knew this but still dared to try to sneak there way through in search of easy pickings in the village on the other side. The trouble with rangers is they can use the simplest of camouflage elements to blend in with there surroundings until just the right moment.

Watercolor Week

Having recently rediscovered my love of watercolor here are a few samples from the past. Watercolor is a very tricky medium especially for someone like me who lacks patience at times. Unlike oil painting the key is to minimize the building up of layers and to make every mark count. You can destroy a good watercolor by overworking it and unlike oils you really can't just paint over mistakes. It has been said that the most succesful watercolors are those that are accomplished with the fewest strokes. Look at the watercolors of John Singer Sargent and you will see what this means
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I recently picked up my pans again and look forward to having some new watercolors to post soon.

From the archives, The Tower

Here's a bit of the progression of an oil on masonite painting from last year.  Being an Air Traffic controller is said to be among the worlds most stressful professions. I wonder why that might be.

More digital doodles

Just a few digital doodles this week.

The march

When the decision to go to war was made the horde assembled and moved quickly over the mountains and through the gnarled woodlands. They could smell the enemy and dawn would bring the first strikes that would mark the beginning of the conflict.

Creature double feature

For this months creature feature it seemed important to include a bit of environment for these. The aquatic one was inspired by seeing a video of a fisherman catching a 12 ft white sturgeon in a river in canada. It made me wonder what else might be gliding along in the dark river waters of the world.