Cookbook illustration

Here are a couple of the illustrations I did for a cookbook. All up I completed 13 illustrations. These are the rough designs before they are placed on blackboards in the cookbook. I will upload some approved images once I hear back from the company that hired me.

So here is my reproduction of Picasso's Head of a Woman sculpture. It's been really hard to paint ummmmmmm.....like a child.  A commissioned artwork. I'm waiting for a reply to see if it's what he is looking for.

Latest sketch

My latest sketch for my sister. She has always loved the moon and decorative gates. I was a bit too hesitant to do too fancy a gate. An old styles street light sits to the right with a single stemmed rose to give a sense of romanticism.

Unframed.

Sculpture Commission

Well, I've been asked to reproduce a sculpture from one of Picasso's works. I have been given the image and dimensions. I spent today mapping out the design onto marine plywood. As the reference images I had were  one dimensional I chose to make a 1-1 scale of the sculpture from polystyrene to make sure I understood how it all went together. Finally I had made some decisions that lessened the possibility of messing up. Like a jigsaw puzzle it all fitted together nicely. Tomorrow (weather permitting), I shall cut out the shapes with my jigsaw and apply a sealant/undercoat. The approximate height of the said sculpture will be 700-750mm. I will keep you updated as I progress.

GIMP brush play

Yesterday I began a stone sculpture of an oriental woman. Unfortunately, today I was unsuccessful and as with any stone carving, you can't replace he stone once it as been removed. I am disappointed, but life goes on. I think I'm going through a dry spell for new work at the moment.

Maybe this image can replace the disappointment.

An experiment with all the different brushes from GIMP editing software.

Deer antler progress

I don't know if anyone can see the difference from the previous images of this bone carving but I hope you can. Today I began carving Pounamu (greenstone) which will be incorporated into the carving. I'm also pretty sure this won't polish up as nice as I would like.

Carving progress

Well I have spent the last two days carving my deer antler. I have made some progress and am now at the last stages of cleaning up the line-work and other detailing. I still have two days left on the course so hope to at least begin on the cows horn.
I hope to have some photo's to place on here tomorrow night.