Hamster Original Art Drawing ACEO

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2.5" x 3.5" on bristol board

New Blog

I've started up a new, separate blog for my fantasy art and illustration projects. This will function as the news section of my website. I'll be posting new paintings and finished illustrations there, along with various sketches, drawings, and concepts.

So on this blog I will continue to post still life paintings, landscapes, animal sketches, and other related pieces. The Stungeon Studios blog will be where you can see new paintings and illustrations from the fantastical realm.

Groundhog Original Art Drawing ACEO

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2.5" x 3.5" on bristol board

Red Panda Original Art Drawing ACEO

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2.5" x 3.5" on bristol board

Panda Original Art Drawing ACEO

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2.5" x 3.5" on bristol board

Samhain Raven Sketch ACEO

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Samhain Bat Drawing ACEO

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2.5" x 3.5" on bristol board

Happy Halloween! Here is a Samhain bat in charcoal pencil. No, Samhain isn't a species of bat, but it is the name for the Celtic festival that celebrates the end of summer, the harvest season, and marks the start of the new year. It's the time of year when the boundary between the living and spiritual worlds are at their thinnest, allowing spirits to pass through to this world.

Halloween Sale

All artwork- paintings and limited edition prints- are 30% off through October 31st at my ebay store.

Sanctuary

This is an acrylic painting I did in 2005, and is part of a series of small paintings focusing on trees.

This was back when I was still painting with acrylics. I've pretty much gone back to oils now, but I will probably go back to acrylics every now and then. They do have a few advantages, the main one being they dry so quickly so that if needed, the turnaround time between starting the painting and shipping it off can be next to nothing.

Bald Eagle Sketch ACEO

2 1/2" x 3 1/2" (6.4cm x 8.9cm)
pencil on bristol board
$15 plus $2.00 shipping and handling in the US
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Brand new sketch hot off the drawing board. I'm offering this for sale as an ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals), which is a small piece of art sized 2.5" x 3.5", the standard trading card size. On acid free bristol board.

Woods Sketch

I sketched this one out in Painter. I've only worked with that software occasionally, but should probably do some more with it. I've mainly done the digital art in Photoshop.

Ruins Round Two

4 7/8" x 7 1/4" (12.4cm x 18.5cm)
Oil on panel
$100 plus $7.50 shipping and handling in the US
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This is the second in the ruins series, with more to be painted soon.

Abstract Concept in Grey

I was playing around with some photoshop texture brushes and came up with this. I'm not sure if it will ever become the basis for a painting or not, but I find it interesting to look at.

Standing Stones Sketch

Painted in Photoshop. This was a sketch for an acrylic painting from a couple of years ago.

Castle Keep

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And here is the final painting that I did from yesterday's posted sketch.

Castle Keep Sketch

This is a sketch I did the other day for the next castle painting that I'll be posting soon. I sketched it out actual size to the painting (roughly 4" x 7"), using a new pad of Utrecht drawing paper. I opted for the 14" x 17" spiral bound pad and am really pleased with the quality of the paper-- good stuff and it handles charcoal pencil wonderfully.

Ruins

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This painting is loosely based on the Mow Cop castle ruins in England. The design varies from it somewhat, but was my main point of reference for this.

Cherry Tomato

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This will probably be the last of the still life paintings for a bit. I'm planning on continuing a series of paintings focusing on standing stones that I started in 2005, and so will be posting some of those most likely. I also have a series of castle ruins in the works, so that is next up.

Kiwi Slices

Oil on panel
4"x4"

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Painting slices of citrus fruit of any kind is good practice, but kiwi slices seem to be especially good to paint. There is quite a difference in textures between the skin and the inside of the fruit, plus the variation in translucent green color and value to capture as well.

Orange Slice

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This was nice to paint in that it allowed for focusing on the translucent quality of the orange. Plus there is a different light source direction with this one as well.