RaWIII sketchbook updated 8.13.12

[ALEXANDRE da Vinci]

William Bouguereau Master Copy was incredible, congratulations!

[RaWIII]

[the_allejo05]

great eye,nice touch,strong imagination...excellent brush strokes, try to learn perspective more!!!,and what concerns working with elevations...(i study architecture and i use to do what you do...but once i learn to think in all the aspects of an object...topview,side views,front,back ,below...your persception of 3dimentions gets better and shows up in your work...what loomis says...go back to basic geometric forms...pure line,not shapes...INSPIRING...GOTTA GO Back to painting and drawing...excellent!!!

[nooSens]

Really incredible ! I hope to see other works of imagination !

[surus]

Great artwork! Thanks for sharing your pencil pages! Keep them coming!

[RaWIII]

Rare Dormouse 7/27/10.

More to come

[Lang Oulk]

All I can say is wow, stunning, beautiful work. I love it all. Keep up the wonderful work!

[RaWIII]

Current Master Copy.

Thanks for looking!

[thinairart]

I'm excited to see your latest master copy unfold.. one of my favorite paintings by Sargent.

[RaWIII]

Thinairart & Lang Oulk- I appreciate you stopping by. I'm still working at that master copy. I want to take more intermediate photos before the final (so I can find holes in my process).

I thnk I have some other stuff to post... but later for that

[viki oh]

oh wow, your really good at portraits, and loose paintings and drawings. I kind of want to eat your work. Never not make loose gestural things, your stuff has an exciting energy to it. If I could crit, it would just be try different ages and more ethnicity and different anatomical body types, I'd also love to see more work from your imagination. Can't wait to see more!

[papervampire]

wow... your work is simply beautiful. it might sound a little odd, but I absolutely adore your work.

[RaWIII]

The Veiled Nun
Pastel on Sidewalk 2010.

viki oh- Thanks for visiting and viewing I'll work on increasing the diversity of my subject matter. Thanks for the push.

Paper Vampire- No flattering is what it sounds like. I really appreciate it. your comment did wonders for a bad day. I really like what you are doing in your studies in your sketchbook as well.

[Joce]

those cement ones are siiiiiiic

[cgaddict]

I concur.

[crown]

Amazing sidewalk art, and I love your sketchwork too!

[Nocebo]

Love the sidewalk drawing. It have some realy nice depth that make it look 3d. Almost as you can just pick it up from down there. and now i want to work on my draping so i can do it as well as you

[MarcoBucci]

Really great stuff. Love the Sargent studies!

[LovanRoyen]

Thanks for the inspiration, great work and your amount of studying makes me jealous!

Have a nice day!

[~KJK~]

stunning traditionals and brilliant digitals! everything id expect an awesome sketchbook like this to contain!

[RaWIII]

Joce, CG Addict, Crown, and Nocebo- Thank you. When I was approached by the Cororan Gallery to do these drawings I had no prior experience with the medium. It has definitely been a very intense learning curve, but there definely days where i feel i truly learned something valuable. This was one of those days. Thanks for the encouragement.

Marco Bucci- To me, Sargent is unbeatable in a lot of respects. He had a deep understanding of pictorial elements, and very skilled brush handing. His greatest assets were probably his indefatigability and his fine taste. These are traits that come from a well honed vision, and ceaseless study.

Lovan Royen- I don't feel like i study nearly enough these days. I'd like to expand my taste. Any Suggestions? Who are you studying these days?

Parsakoira- Thank you!

[RaWIII]

Here are some bits and pieces from a project I've been working on.

Mood/color concepts mainly

[CrazedIvan]

Gah so much win in this sb my friend. If I had half the skill you did...

Keep it up man, love the character studies and that guy with the lions head. I dig it all.

[HydroFoiL]

Loving your style, great shading. I admire your lines, so fluid, and gentle, not taking it too far, just perfect.

[Puffynose]

wow... you inspire me ~ please keep posting... forever.

[RaWIII]

Here are some more images I"ve been kicking around.


Thanks for all of the comments everyone, I really mean it!

[CRYPT]

nice sb keepup

[Samantha]

really nice work man!

[RaWIII]

Here is a piece done for an online contest, got some progress shots if anyone is interested.

as well as a portrait of a friend and a mullins study

[RaWIII]

set from my end of 2010 sketchbook.

Out with the old in with the new, be as harsh as possible!!!!!