Noah's little sketchbook (03.29)

**dmoreno** · February 27th, 2010, 10:19 PM

Whoa!! that Moleskine artworks are amazing!!

**Noah Bradley** · February 28th, 2010, 09:35 PM

dmoreno: Thanks.

I'm actually getting a new sketchbook tomorrow, since I finished that one up. Hopefully gonna do more paintings in that one.

Couple more quick landscapes. I should have some more traditional sketchbook pages to show here soon.

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**Blondebeard** · February 28th, 2010, 11:39 PM

Great stuff! I love your crisp brushing and colors. The sense of scale is amazing in the scene paints.

Looking forward to more post =).

**Noah Bradley** · March 1st, 2010, 04:46 PM

Blondebeard: Thanks!

Some traditional sketchbook pages:

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**Noah Bradley** · March 3rd, 2010, 03:40 PM

Another in-class figure painting. 24x24", as usual, and we wiped it out, yet again.

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**Noah Bradley** · March 4th, 2010, 02:51 PM

Few homework paintings.

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**Noah Bradley** · March 8th, 2010, 05:58 PM

More figure painting from class.

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Still soaking in some of the crits from my portfolio review with Kemp Remillard. He had some amazing advice for me, and I can't wait to see where it takes me.

**Noah Bradley** · March 10th, 2010, 08:04 PM

Another portrait from class. Love doing these things.

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**d-woo** · March 15th, 2010, 08:20 PM

Great sketchbook! Keep up with the figure paintings. I noticed that your from VCU. I recently got accepted into VCU, do you mind if I ask you some questions about the school?

**Noah Bradley** · March 22nd, 2010, 03:58 PM

d-woo: Congrats! If you've got any questions, I'd be happy to answer them to the best of my ability.

Another figure painting from class. Next class we'll be starting with longer, multiple-session paintings.

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**Noah Bradley** · March 24th, 2010, 09:23 PM

Yet another figure painting.

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**Noah Bradley** · March 29th, 2010, 11:16 AM

Some traditional sketchbook stuff.

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**Noah Bradley** · April 2nd, 2010, 01:01 AM

Few new paintings for class.

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**Wilko** · April 2nd, 2010, 01:04 AM

Great stuff, love your paintings. Not much else to say other than keep doing what you're doing!

**Noah Bradley** · April 3rd, 2010, 01:18 PM

Wilko: Thanks! Maybe if I keep doing this stuff, I'll finally get good at it.

A short study, and our first longer painting in class.

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**Noah Bradley** · April 5th, 2010, 10:26 AM

Some more enviro work.

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**Noah Bradley** · April 8th, 2010, 10:25 PM

In-class assignment, and then another enviro.

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**Ted E.** · April 9th, 2010, 03:29 AM

Nice studies! Enjoyed your portfolio

Keep up the great work!

**Icecold** · April 9th, 2010, 05:36 AM

Whoa great deal of accuracy in drawings and strong pallettes in the paintngs, i can only wish you good luck, as you are on the right path to become a pro.

So, good luck!

**Noah Bradley** · April 12th, 2010, 09:04 PM

Ted E.: Thanks! I appreciate the encouragement.

Icecold: Thanks. Here's to hoping I end up becoming a pro someday.

Another enviro for class. Feels a tad disjointed. Bleh.

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**Noah Bradley** · April 17th, 2010, 11:45 PM

Hiked down to the river today and did some painting. I'll be putting this piece into a group show in a few weeks. Here's to hoping I make a little money off of it.

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**Noah Bradley** · April 25th, 2010, 11:53 PM

Storyboard for class. The panels are probably carried a bit too far for a practical storyboard, but I had a fun time with it.

The scene, for those who have read the story, is near the end where they actually finally meet Cthulhu.

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I'll try to get some more traditional sketchbook work scanned to post up here soon. Semester's coming to a close, so life is relatively busy.

**Noah Bradley** · April 26th, 2010, 04:44 PM

Some traditional sketchbook stuff. Gouache and acrylics.

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**Noah Bradley** · May 3rd, 2010, 11:29 PM

School is wrapping up so I'm starting to have some free time for personal work. I really wanted to try a more linear approach to enviros for a change of pace. Lots of fun.

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**Noah Bradley** · May 11th, 2010, 10:35 PM

Well, all done with school. Just one year left! Eek! Gotta get good enough to get a job, and mighty fast at that.

Here's a long pose painting from my figure painting class. Probably... 15 hours? Learned a lot by slowing down and spending considerable time on a piece.

Oil on canvas, 24x32"

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**Noah Bradley** · May 12th, 2010, 11:22 AM

My final painting series for one of my classes.

All around 16x24", oil on canvas.

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**Noah Bradley** · May 13th, 2010, 10:23 PM

Just a little elf-portrait for fun.

And a character (re)design I did for Interwave Studios.

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**Krato** · May 13th, 2010, 10:42 PM

wow your talented, perhaps we could see some cool pencil renderings with your cool watercolors, photoshop, paint?

keep going!

**Noah Bradley** · May 15th, 2010, 04:12 PM

Krato: Thanks, man! Good idea. I could use to do some more pencil work.

Another little imagined portrait for practice. This past semester of figure painting has really bolstered my confidence painting heads.

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A WIP for an enviro piece. Need to do some more portfolio work if I'm going to have a hope of getting a job in just a year.

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