study's and doodles // 03-09-08

**MeTaL-Mike** · December 6th, 2007, 08:11 AM

You have some really awesome studies in here. really like the Nicholson painting in progress, looking forward to seeing it further developed. I really love the Cave concept in Post #20, have to try some environments myself.
No crits to give, your stuff rocks!!!

**JellevdVegt** · December 6th, 2007, 01:38 PM

hey man, thanks for posting my sb. damn, nice sb here, the conan is badass. nice knowledge of muscles of the back. your hand studies look good 2. they are from bridgeman i think. im looking for that book, but its to old

i think its the best hand book out there. book of hundred hands.

where in holland do you live?

keep posting

**enthombed** · December 6th, 2007, 02:04 PM

wow, great pencils you have here bro, keep killing i will be back in the next update.

cheers

**Frank Gressie** · December 6th, 2007, 06:26 PM

AmontilladoAg: gonna draw more horses soon!
MeTaL-Mike: thanks man! going to work on the nicholson soon.,.
Teh Gosu: yes that is bridgman, and it's very good! You can get almost every book of bridgman (inc. book of hundred hands) at bol.com, just search for bridgman

enthombed: thanks man!

just a oil painting study page for posting, this week some more:

**Vulgar`** · December 6th, 2007, 08:31 PM

Your work with animals is vibrant and alive with color and life. I'm looking forward to viewing the entire kingdom, in time.

Keep doing you

**joaKimArt** · December 7th, 2007, 03:34 AM

Great studies here. Looking good man. Keep on posting man!

cya

**Frank Gressie** · December 7th, 2007, 10:31 AM

Vulgar: thanks for the kind words!
joaKimArt: thanks! I sure will

Last night i had a couple beers and all of a sudden i was listening to nirvana records and my hand couldn't stop moving, fast sketches of rockstars, from memory, is what is left. really addicting to sketch fast with a fineliner..

**ghoulio** · December 8th, 2007, 11:37 AM

hey dutchy, thanks for dropping by in my SB, yopu´ve got great studies in here very accurate stuff, I´ll be back.

Good luck, cya...

**Landish** · December 8th, 2007, 11:57 AM

Whoa! Super! I like your staff!

**Frank Gressie** · December 12th, 2007, 04:54 PM

something from today:

**Frank Gressie** · December 13th, 2007, 05:08 PM

some junk from today:
naked woman
2 Sketches for the chow thread (medusa)
some albert dorne studies (his hand drawings are the best)
and underpainting oil i started today

**ghoulio** · December 14th, 2007, 02:11 AM

Again nice studies mate. realy cool die struis, they´ve got suchs goofy faces haha...

Cya.

**Frank Gressie** · January 4th, 2008, 03:20 PM

hi you all
here is a new page of a new sketchbook (got it for christmas). i have a bunch of other stuff to scan but i dont feel like it haha, want to go back to the drawing table now. but soon!
happy new year to everbody here! some quick rembrandt studies and my girlfriends

**Frank Gressie** · January 4th, 2008, 05:12 PM

forgot a medusa sketch for the 100 chow:

**Frank Gressie** · January 17th, 2008, 05:41 PM

blegh,, lack of motivation to work hard on the drawing skills...i hate it

**Cold** · January 17th, 2008, 06:29 PM

You have very good art in here, I like your style and your refreshing approach to draw faces, lovin it.

**thedestroyer** · January 17th, 2008, 06:37 PM

Cool studies, you did. That keeps me on practiceing

**Frank Gressie** · January 18th, 2008, 04:49 PM

Cold: coming from you is a great compliment!
thedestroyer: thanks man, i appreciate it

some more, a oil paint study and some rembrandt:

**Coen** · January 19th, 2008, 01:09 PM

Great stuff Frank, especially love that lion painting, damn that was one nice surprise!

**Coen** · January 19th, 2008, 01:09 PM

Hmm somehow that turned into a double post.

**Frank Gressie** · January 29th, 2008, 03:02 PM

coen: thanks man!

**Complexx** · January 29th, 2008, 03:10 PM

Amazing work , you have a great talent. I really enjoy your hand studies and first couple of pieces. Very nice! keep it up

**Lalilulelo** · January 29th, 2008, 11:02 PM

Very excellent. Keep it coming my friend. Do you ever post finished stuff in your sketchbook?

**Jakers** · January 29th, 2008, 11:54 PM

Cool is that portman on the right? beautiful...pastel and pen or something? I like that your using oils as frequent as you are along with your penciling. You've got a variety of in depth topics going so keep plugging away...maybe hit on some landscapes or architecture if you feel like a change of pace?

**Slechtvalk** · January 30th, 2008, 12:01 AM

Your sketchbook is most impressive and inspiring.
(and I really like those film references)

Great work!

**The Legendary Left** · January 30th, 2008, 01:26 AM

Really cool stuff... Love the Edward Scissor hands and the Natalie Portman images.

Keep the pencil to the paper

Critique me

**zephyri** · January 31st, 2008, 12:14 PM

Thanks for dropping by my thread.. the sketches and studies on this page alone are fab! I have a real soft spot for the anial studies in oil, as I used to do big cats in oil a lot when I was younger, I really love the life you seem to capture in those studies. And the natalie portman image is just gorgeous, though the left eye as we see it looks close to the nose compared to the other, but that could well be the way her features sit. My favourite has to the be the study of the naked woman asleep on the cushions though, there's something really lovely about the feel of her skin.

**Frank Gressie** · January 31st, 2008, 05:14 PM

Complexx: thanks!
Lalilulelo: thanks man! and i don't really have finished stuff to show, but that is (ofcourse) going to change in the future
Jakers: thanks for the tips! landscapes was allready on the menu, so keep checking this thread soon

Slechtvalk: thanks!
The Legendary Left: thanks, I'll take a proper look at your sb this week, when i have some more time!
zephyri: thanks man! i love to do animals in oil, and i really like wilflife art! Artist's like carl brenders, robert bateman and rien poortvliet really inspire me. I made a sketch from a big cat today before i read you comment, so i scanned it:

**B-Man** · February 4th, 2008, 06:22 PM

Woah! Im sorry if this is just one more ass-pat, but right now... I just got to pat! This last sketch is awsome the life you put into the gras by just making a nice mess with your pencill is daring and awsome!!!!

Mahalo!