Don't Blink

Best Doctor Who episode EVER. Well, definitely up there ; D Taps into my love of both the Doctor and Twilight Zone.

This is also my first piece of Dr Who fan art. I feel like I've crossed a line towards something I had never feared to tread before.

Studies from Loggia dei Lanzi

Sorry for the lapse in posting- internet access has been spotty, and I've been busy teaching and traveling around!  These are some studies from the Loggia dei Lanzi of some statues (you'll recognize Rape of the Sabine Women again)... These are from Sun the 13th...

Watercolor studies, Friday Sept 4th

Broke out my watercolors today and started playing around with them.

Here is a view from our kitchen of the Duomo

pencil study

watercolor

And another visit to Il Porcellino...

Il Porcellino Thursday Sept 3

The Mercato Nuovo has been around since the 11th century, and used to be a silk and straw market.

Just outside the market to the south is a statue of a boar that is known as il Porcellino. Legend is that if you rub his snout and put a coin in his mouth, you’ll return to Florence. (source- virtualtourist.com )

Somebody showed us that you can alternatively launch the coin from the top slope of his snout into the small "wishing well" grate below him. All the coins are given to different city charities...

He is also some sort of fountain- he constantly has this tiny trickle of water coming out of his mouth, making him look like he's drooling. Ha ha!

Underwater buddha, take 3

Early post today! Had some extra time after work to play around with this some more. Took some more time and I've been figuring stuff out with new brushes and textures, and finally used some underwater reference for close up texture work... Finally got it to a point that I'm happy with- enjoy!

More underwater color studies

Some more variations on the buddha head under water- still just a rough color study, but I think this one better defines lights/darks and doesn't compromise color saturation in the statuary.