Michael Nikola's Sketch Book

[Kuraudo]

nice mood and color on your landscapes! Your figure work is getting there, some proportion issue here and there, keep painting!

[michaeljared]

More nudes sketches, i feel bad for not painting, sketches will help...

[michaeljared]

two days in a row, i'm getting the hang of this

[michaeljared]

used old reference i took in Florida some years ago on vacation... but i'm going to the great salt lake to do some on site sketches.

[Ethically Challenged]

Thank you for your visit, glad you liked it. Your work is outstanding, a real feast for the eyes. Keep it up!

[Trashy]

Very good work Michael! Your handling of those sketches and also the paintings on the last page are great. Keep pushing forward!

[michaeljared]

Its been a while since i used these guys, it felt good, used reference photo. tried not to be nitpicky...

[michaeljared]

another sketch with the nupastel... uhm.. i need to start painting.

[michaeljared]

30 second quick gesture sketches from pose maniacs. The first 50 were ball busters... but it sort of became fun in a sick way. Here are only a few.

[michaeljared]

i downloaded a 30 day trail of painter 11 or 12 not sure, lets go with 11. thought i would play around, its addictive.

[Idiot Apathy]

Yo dude!
How's life and stuff? Still at SLCC? *kidney punch*

[michaeljared]

Fixed horizon line, re painted figure, added bucket, glazed with red, played with some colors mostly in sky and water and bird,

[michaeljared]

I'm might be doing a show in some hair salon, so i've been doing some landscapes incase i do that. 3 down so far, they are going fast. all 8 by 10

[Helltroll]

This keeps getting better and better. I'm loving the oils, and I'm really drawn to your charcoal portraits on the first page.

Keep it up, and don't stop!

[michaeljared]

these are old but i put some glaze over them.

[michaeljared]

http://www.paintingsilove.com/artist/michaelnikola
I joined this thing, its for traditional art only, but i've gotten a lot of feed back. AND ITS FREE!!!!!

[michaeljared]

http://www.paintingsilove.com/artist/michaelnikola

I got a lot of feed, but after i saw them comment generously only crap work, it sort of lost credit for me, so i don't know where i stand.

[arttorney]

I think the figure drawings at the top of this page are much improved and the gestures look pretty confident. Keep rockin' the life drawing. I wish I had time for it.

[michaeljared]

i might go over this, haven't had the time to paint, its summer I got to enjoy myself!!!!

[a la bapsi]

your toned paper figure drawings are beautiful. keep it up. :]

[Zorcron]

really love your oils you defniatly have a confident brush stroke

[michaeljared]

added a few things to this one, tried to make the houses not look like mountains and to give more depth in the clouds.

[michaeljared]

the pie and fruit bowl are on the first page, but poor quality, here they are again a little bit better looking, with an old still life, used thick strokes, but i think i a lost the painting, maybe painted over it.

[michaeljared]

some more stuff on first page, with bad quality.

[michaeljared]

quick studies i did around 4 a day for a few months, helped a lot, i need to start up again....

[michaeljared]

pen and ink... funstuff

[michaeljared]

ink sketches there is a lot of these, more to come

[The Pariano]

Your paintings are very nice. Your still lifes are more successful than your figures imo but in both you are doing a fine job of capturing the shapes of light on the forms I believe.
Your drawings have some nice touches to them :]

[michaeljared]

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[michaeljared]

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