May 21, 2013

Bellez Rat

Here’s a digital painting I did today of Bellez. I promised her a painting months ago of her rats. It’s not the most dominating image of her Rat, it’s something.
It’s been a long time since I’ve create a video for my digital painting – 3months! I used my old tablet, so looking forward to getting my new one back. I’ve returned it to MightyApe so it shouldn’t be too far away.
Until then, I’ll keep painting, because it makes me happy.

Reference photo of Bellez and Rat

Line layer drawn in GIMP

Grayscale tonal layer. Three different brushes used.

Color layer. Normally don’t use blue on figure, had to use a new blue for the sky, could of gone with yellow/reds. One brush type used.

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May 10, 2013

Dune Painting

Will draw book, dun, illustation, pen, pencil 0 Comment

Here are several drawings I did well reading the Frank Hebert book – DUNE.
Rather than working from reference these works are from imagination. I do this in real time – read a passage from the book and draw what it’s saying (often DESCRIBING a character or environment).
I’ve been using bio pen for my work. It’s quick, bold and allows me to WRITE more. Drawings are photographed at various stages – line and tone. Convert to black and white, just to get rid of that color temp problem. Make everything the same.

The Witch.

Scene at McDonalds with DUNE title (from book) scatted

Illustration was copied from Dune book cover

Starbucks

May 3, 2013

Auckland Pencil Drawings

Will draw auckland, pencil, sketchbook

It’s been sometime since I’ve uploaded some artwork. I’ve mostly been drawing, street scenes and such.

Albert Park fountain. 2H pencil

Queen Street

Top page of that Queen Street drawing

This is Hamilton. I’ll include it here anyway. Bus stop in Hamilton East. Chilled here well waiting for my brother to wake

Imagination. It’s great to just doodle sometimes

Queen Street. Sitting on a seat, drawing the corner. Attempted to add some figures. Rubbish

Character was referenced from a magazine. Background was imaganation

Apr 23, 2013

Dzhokar RedditGetsDrawn Portraits

Will draw dzhokar, portrait

The following images were drawn this morning. Reference used was photographs on RedditGetsdrawn. Minimal line, but enough to fill in the area. No tone was used. For tone HB pencil is easier to work with. Bonus Dzhokar portrait.

Apr 22, 2013

2H Pencil Works

Will draw pencil, portrait, redditgetsdrawn, sketchbook

The following images were drawn recently in an a5 sketchbook. Paper quality is high. Slightly textured. Page is easily marked. 2H pencil was used. This is preferred over HB for line. HB handles shading well.

Reference is RedditGetsDrawn/listener magazine/ imagination.

Enjoy.

Apr 20, 2013

Oil Paint Portrait Tree

Will paint board, oil, portrait, wood

Oil paint hasn’t been used since 2011. Blank wooden boards were lying around the room. Not being used is a waste. The follow images were painted. Relaxing, and something different.

Apr 20, 2013

Three Angry Figures

Will Digital Painting figure, GIMP

I’ve been doing other things rather than updating this blog. It’s a shame really. I do art. I do photography. I don’t get it uploaded. My laptop is a mess and I’ll really like to just start over with my file system. It needs a clean up.

Anyway, this post is a start of many to come. Created in GIMP, my old tablet small square tablet was used. Three figures drawn. It’s nice to just doddle away in GIMP. It needs a color layer!

Apr 7, 2013

March concept title

Will draw

Currently my drawing tablet is broken. Usb won’t recognise the device. I’m working on getting it fixed. In the meantime, pen and paper plus digital painting on the android tablet

Here are some digital paintings I did with my fingers in the app sketchbook

Mar 28, 2013

Well boat painting

Will Digital Painting boat, GIMP, grayscale, line, pencil development

It’s a rare moment when William takes his pencil drawings digital. He has been focused on working from photo and imagination. That’s something that needs to change – a balanced approach.
On Tuesday he imported two photos of pencil sketches that he had drawn during his time in Wellington. This is the result.

The line layer. He believes the pencil line looks more professional and there is more control. But he’s use to producing the digital line. It may serve some use in the future.

The tone layer. As usual William has used a range of brushes in order to show texture and variety in the work.

Mar 24, 2013

Drawing around Wellington

Will draw pencil. line, waterfront, wellington

I have a new sketchbook. It’s likely the most expensive paper I’ve used. Slight texture, but nothing too major.

Here’s drawings from around Wellington:

The waterfront. In the distance on the left is containers being loaded onto the dock. Traveling across to the right is land. Lines above represent clouds. This was drawn in the morning.

The right side of the page. I decided to mix up the scene by drawing the majority of this side in a different area than the previous drawing This allows me to work on more detail and not get frustrated with lack or detail and information – especially on the second page when I often get tired.

Sat on Coutrney Place for this drawing. Looking up at the lights , buildings, and vegetation surrounds.

Reading Cinemas sign. Another view from Coutrney Place.

Bucket fountain on Cuba Strett. The figure was drawn earier and I worked around the figure with the drawing of the water fountain. This included the grass on the ground. Focusing on a small area and getting it right is aften better than looking at a large area and getting it wrong.
View looking out to the water.

Lights, sky, flag.

A scanner Darkly. Book by Phillip Dick that I recently read. It’s great I’m reading more – I want to illustrate novels.

Another quick city drawing.

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Artwork of William Mckee