A thread with artwork and words (Nov. 25th MASSIVE ART DUMPING)

**Jephyr X** · October 11th, 2011, 02:55 AM

REALLY superb work! And it's great to see someone still working in traditional mediums (not that there's anything wrong with digital of course)

Love your sometimes loose (free) approach with the oils!

That bust is cool too!

**Yor** · October 11th, 2011, 06:24 AM

such improvement! Youve become so good with oils! loving those last portraits on this page, keep it up!

**Adam Nowak** · October 19th, 2011, 12:39 PM

Jephyr X - Thank you dude! Someone came into class and broke the nose off my bust. Now I gotta take some time to fix it.

Yor - Thanks man, you've got a great sketchbook! Lovely drawings!

I did some landscapes! They suck! Alright, moving on, some recent portraits, the ones after school continuing to paint in the 12 x 12 format. Had another after school drawing session, I think I can bring it back like we used to have it last year with a different group. It'll be good. Still lifes, just finished one, and have started another one.

**Adam Nowak** · October 21st, 2011, 03:44 AM

A few more hours into this, basically done. I'll probably go back in and touch up a few areas, but an oil sketch based on simple complimentary color situations.

**sony** · October 21st, 2011, 04:30 AM

Lovely, others are also cool, just a quick glace at your Sb will surely come back

**Velocity Kendall** · October 21st, 2011, 04:38 AM

these are so beautiful. i am very inspired!

**kevinwueste** · October 21st, 2011, 05:19 PM

Wow, I haven't gotten through everything yet but:

1. The improvements are fantastic and
2. I love so much of what you are posting now.. A Schmidt feel (eArly figure Schmidt I mean!) to many of these.. Good good good!

Kevin

**Marian Rowling** · October 22nd, 2011, 09:11 AM

Wow Adam I've missed some great updates. I love your chimney sweep sculpture. I've been having a go myself at a self portrait in clay but I think I prefer yours.

Seems a shame you won't get to cast it. I thought the photos of it look good as well and that it would make a good painting.

Have to say your landscapes are not as bad as you think and I really like the reclining figure. Sorry to keep gushing but I do really like your work, always so inspiring.

**Teundeboer** · October 22nd, 2011, 11:25 AM

I really like the balance between the hardness and softness in this one: http://attachments.conceptart.org/fo...1&d=1319042047

**mburrell** · October 22nd, 2011, 12:26 PM

I'm enjoying your updates.

**Adam Nowak** · October 24th, 2011, 05:41 AM

Velocity Kendall - Thank you so much.

kevinwueste - Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting, I'm really glad you like my work, I've been looking at yours for years. Early Schmid! Ehhh, I don't know.

Marian - Thanks, I wish I could cast it, there still might be a possibility though. Otherwise I'm glad I have a photo of it.

Tuendeboer - Thank you, I'm kind of glad I was able to push it a little further than before, but it's still not enough.

mburell - Thank you sir.

So I just spent the past 12 hours painting this non stop. I had a reference for the face and animal skull though I mixed a deer with a sheep. I only tried to use the hard round brush on this like everything else digital I do just so I can figure out it's possibilities. Textures have been scanned in. I've always loved Jeff Simpsons work, I'm sure a few of you are going to notice this is influenced by him.

**f1x** · October 24th, 2011, 07:05 AM

amazing oils

and also this last digital piece, love the dreamy atmosphere

**Marian Rowling** · October 25th, 2011, 09:54 AM

Wow Adam I can see why you are influenced by Jeff Simpson's work it's great, thanks for introducing me to his work. I think your homage to him looks fab and it's great to see you are as talented with digital as you are in tradtional media.

**Joseph_Silverman** · October 25th, 2011, 11:33 AM

Really impressive, diverse works on the last few pages. Thanks for sharing!

**Adam Nowak** · October 30th, 2011, 08:30 PM

f1x - Thank you.

Marian - Thanks, it was a fun diversion.

Suprore - Thanks for looking!

First one is a 1.5 hour sketch from class. In the middle of it I had to leave so I couldn't push it further. The other two are part of a group of buddies staying after school to pose for each other so we can all draw, paint, and learn from each other.

**xinranliu** · October 30th, 2011, 10:14 PM

lovely portraits

**purplegoat** · October 31st, 2011, 08:30 PM

Great to see some inspiring traditional, you seem to jump right into each medium and make it work well for you. The variety of subject matter in here makes looking at your sketchbook refreshing.

**sone_one** · October 31st, 2011, 09:15 PM

absolutely fantastic! massive painting skills

**p sage** · October 31st, 2011, 09:22 PM

Don't know what to say other than "fantastic work"

**Adam Nowak** · November 1st, 2011, 03:38 PM

Thank you everyone!

So this was completely new. My next sculpture I was introduced to was a relief as opposed to a full bust or figure like normally. I had to go through a different mindset trying to figure out what to push back and what to bring forward in the relief. I know there are anatomical and whatnot, but it was a very interesting experience.

Also, dropped by the Palette and only had a charcoal pencil and kneaded eraser on me so got some more life drawing in. Please don't mind that gap on the left figure. It's not like I wasn't paying attention to proportions or anything.

**tehmeh** · November 1st, 2011, 03:45 PM

Really great updates man, the forms are reading really well in #374, and that still life is really succesful

**Bakker** · November 1st, 2011, 05:00 PM

Great work in here, really love to see someone who still uses oils instead of PS

Your portrait drawings are superb, really like 'm. They seem right on the money.

IMHO: your paintings could benefit from some contrast between your awesome painterly hand and some solid (less painterly) fields . So they compliment each
other.

Great to see the passion in this SB.

/Subbed

**Adam Nowak** · November 1st, 2011, 11:38 PM

So I had almost forgotten to make a self portrait today, I was reminded by tehmeh's selfie that it was November 1st. It's not much, just a real quickie. I didn't have much time to devote to it today. Maybe an hour or so.

**bhanu** · November 2nd, 2011, 08:26 AM

Great control of paints, edges and strokes.
Would love to see more of your work, so please keep posting.

**Adam Nowak** · November 3rd, 2011, 03:07 AM

bhanu - Thanks man, Great new work, I've been lurking your work for years.

Who doesn't love painting a guy with an epic beard! YES! 12 x 12! 3 hour session!

**Fernteixeira** · November 3rd, 2011, 03:29 AM

I really love your sb, man

**Lakka** · November 3rd, 2011, 07:12 AM

all I can say is fantastic and inspirational work, keep it up, pleasure to flip thorugh...

**The_Flying_Dutchman** · November 3rd, 2011, 11:03 AM

Great oil work!

**weashell** · November 9th, 2011, 06:48 AM

wow man seems like your getting really pro with oils

**p sage** · November 9th, 2011, 08:33 PM

Okay, a few more minutes to go through your thread properly.

Really a unique vision, and a fearlessness to try new things. I really like your impastos in oil and sculpts.

And even this got a giggle out of me.

The strokes in this one are impressive.

Loved the concept in the sketch on the right...

And all of those are in just the first couple of pages. Since then, you've really amped up.

Thought the little gold star in this one was funny (good choice, too).

Overall inspired and glad to have spent some time with your works.

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