Bojee's Monkey Brain (More paint less talk) Sept. 8th

[eliWolff]

I'm glad you started a sketchbook! For some reason I just see the little on some of the posts.. I really like those oil paintings alot (that girl with the big hat is cool). Was the model really wearing stilts for the last painting you just posted? I've never seen a model do that!

[Bojee]

Eli- thanks for stopping by, which posts are you having trouble seeing, only the first one and the kong stuff are posted differently. Anyone else getting red X's

yeah the model was really wearing stilts, it was a lot of fun. You missed a good one today, the model was a ballet dancer, started off a little slow but ended really strong. I'll post some of the stuff later.

[eliWolff]

The portraits from sep 9th, and the small gouache studies from yesterday are not showing up for me.

[Bojee]

Hmm, I got comments on those so I'm not sure what's going on.

[Bojee]

Me messing around with different stuff on gesture day, thes are 1s & 2mins













Older stuff





















Man I love gestures.

[eljay]

man, the gestures are great, aswell as the gouache studies! I never seen anyone draw on newspaper before, cool stuff

how ya doin over on the speed painting thread?? I don't check it as often.

I still blast out a few here and there Not much from ref lateley, although I learned alot form the ones I did do. Basicly, I need to paint more/work harder, I feel Im makeing progress though.
Great work your doing, keep it up

[Bojee]

Eljay- thanks man, just playing, trying to keep it interesting and learn new stuff. Glad you feel your making progress, Just barely starting feel that way myself. Take care man, I'll look for your posts.

[Bojee]

Something I was playing around with last night.

[Bojee]

Some quick ones from today.


Some more recent ones




Recent oil stuff

[Bojee]

Crappy stuff but this is supposed to be daily, good with the bad.

[xia]

Woohoo! Bojee has a sketchBook, finally...it's about time. Thanks for the inspiration and help from you and Master Aaron after all these damn long years....
ever since I start picked up pencil about four or five years ago. Without you guys, I would probably be a bumb homeless kid somewhere on the street of Seattle. Woo hoo!

You go Guy!

[eliWolff]

That worm thing is really creepy to me for some reason.. It's like what if her "jack in the box" got possessed and grew really big and attacked her.. I like seeing the different versions like that -- B&W and various color studies..

[Bojee]

Xia- thanks for stopping by dude, it's nice to get a visit by one of the stars of CA. I'll be looking for inspiration on your thread so keep them coming.

Eli- It's creepy? Cool that's what i'm going for, I've got a long way to go on the composition but it's good practice for me to work on other stuff besides life stuff. Thanks for the comments.

[jester]

Bojee, great gestures! I especially like the ones on the newspapers. Great idea: it's cheap and looks very interesting. Very nice gouache and oils, too!

Jester

[liam.c]

dman all of thease are really nice and nice change form the usual! the tiny ones on the verry fist post i like alot .. the ones on the paper/magizeen are great some of them remid me of scheel and couple remind me of alice neil <name?lol hpe thats right havent thought about her paintings in long time lol >

[Bojee]

Jester, thanks, the ink on the newspaper makes it a little tricky sometimes and it's more stuff that's done in the moment, the longevity of them are pretty low but it's fun to mix it up and try something new. Thanks for stopping by.

[Bojee]

liam c.- Thanks, Were you talking about Egon Scheile? If so thank you( big influence of mine), If not I don't know a Scheel, I haven't looked at Alice Neel's work in a long time, Now I'm going to have to. Thanks for stopping by.

[liam.c]

7yah soory about my internt readablity lol
i dont read waht i type most of the time and my spelliing is awfull
yah i really love shile too i think him and alice neil boath ahve the same palet or simmilar palet witch might by why i mentino boath of them lol either wya i really like your stuff paintings nice but sketches and minis are my favoirt

[Bojee]

Liam- Thanks man, heh, sometimes it's a little tricky to figure out a word but you get the gist of it. Thanks again dude.

[prostate sunrise]

good shiet buddy. 'nother rough night at painting for me. awesome shiet tonight too.

peace.

[Bojee]

good shiet buddy. 'nother rough night at painting for me. awesome shiet tonight too.

peace.

Thanks kekai, Painting felt pretty good last night,need to do it way more, can't wait to see what you come up with once you figure things out. You'll be riping that shit up and we'll be coming to you for advice.Keep at man , i know it's going to pay off for you.

[Bojee]

Mike- wow, thanks man, I appreciate it.

[Bojee]

I was playing around with painting some clouds today ( they move really fast by the way) and I thought they needed something else so I threw in Superman, it's pretty weak but I'm having fun.





Here's a few digital things I kinda dig, not use to working this way so it's still kinda new.











All of these are done from ref except this last one and the superman one. Hard to get use to drawing with a mouse, gonna get a tablet someday.

[Bojee]

First comp



new comp

More superman stuff.

[redehlert]

Hey Bojee,

I think I like the first comp idea more than the new 'side view'. What I'd love to get an impression of moreso in the first comp is the sense of the beasty coming in from above since that is our viewing perspective.
I'm wondering if this wormy guy should come in from the lower left and bend (much as a snake does in a tree) over and above the sleeping girl. It may create a more dynamic composition that creates a circle of tension. You have the girl's head pointing to the body mass in the lower left and then the body curls around the lower margin of the canvas to come back into sight right where you have the head right now, completing the circle.
As it stands right now, the face of the beasty doesn't cross over the strong diagonal of the bed, so I have to determine where the beasty resides in space (is it on the floor or in the air?). Does that make sense?
And lastly....that ajar door could have some awesome 'hallway night light' (orange-green, perhaps) spilling in across the room and onto the bed thereby creating a disturbing shadow across the little girl.
Food for thought?
Cheers!
D

[Groover McNab]

Man you're starting your sketch thread off with a bang! Not like mine that started with a whimper...

I really really like your traditional stuff, especially the stylized figure quickies. And great idea drawing over magazines and newspapers! That's awesome, it has a very nice graphic look to it.

[Bojee]

Redehlert- Dave, thanks for the critique, I'll work on it. I like the drawing in the second one better but the first one still seems more lecherous/creepy almost pedophile ish. 8) 8)

Groover McNab- Thanks man, I appreciate it, just putting it out there and seeing what people think. The traditional stuff is more what I do all the time but I'm trying to stretch myself. Thanks for checking it out.

[Sok N. Wett]

Dammit you update more than me.....Nicholas Cage as SUPERMAN...LOL, Love your sketches they are getting better, pretty soon you'll be the masters of paint and pencil, and all shall bow before your undeniable talent, cept for me cause I'll probably fall on my face, cause I'm clumsy.

[Bojee]

Sok- LOL,You crack me up man.

[Bojee]

Quick color study, still wip.