Yosemite Gouache Sketches

I went to Yosemite with a few painter friends and did these gouache sketches.  We tried to give ourselves limited time frames to work within so that we'd be able to check out more spots.  Most of these are from the main valley area.  Still figuring out a couple of basic lessons the hard way, but the process is starting to feel more natural now.  I'm open to suggestions for awesome landscape artists to check out.

Glendale 6/10/12

I tried painting smaller this time... seems like the initial block-in goes faster, so I get to play around with the color a little more.  Anyway, I had fun!

Updates

This weekend we painted at City Hall in Pasadena.  This one was a struggle the whole way, but at least I had fun playing with all the different colors in the shadows.  Next time I will probably tackle a smaller area and really work it out.

And here are a few background designs I did for Motorcity early on.  These were all interiors for Kaia's hut in episode 4.  I'm really looking forward to posting stuff from the next two episodes, so stay tuned.

And finally, here's a Zone of the Enders print I've been working on for an upcoming convention.  If you're near Anaheim in mid-June, come check us out!  I'll be tabling with two other Motorcity artists selling fan art prints.  http://am2con.org/

Dear Diary

Today I painted something in Pasadena.

Pasadena Plein Air

Dappled light in the Pasadena area...  mostly just figuring out how much color I can jam in there.

I've been framed

Hey guys!  I just found out that I'll be in a gallery show at the Disney TVA building.  It's a little employee thing that they cooked up, but they invited artists from Titmouse working on Motorcity to participate as well!  Here's my finished noir painting that I submitted to the show as part of its self-portrait theme.  I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I can't wait to take Glen and Laurel's class again in the summer.

Anyway, we're all looking forward to Motorcity's premiere this Monday.  If you have a chance, check it out and let one of my fellow Titmice know what you think!

Back to El Matador

We started landscape painting again:

And if you haven't heard already, Motorcity comes out April 30th on Disney XD, but you can check out the first episode right now on iTunes for free.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/motorcity-vol.-1/id517052911?ls=1

I've been designing backgrounds on this show for about nine months now, and can honestly say that we're all really proud of how it's turned out.