Anyone who knows what love is...

Precious the pilot

Sometimes I wonder why I paint. Sometimes it seems like a rather futile and odd endeavor. Particularly when it makes me want to scream in frustration. And I wonder... why? Why the hell am I doing this... but the answer is really simple... I paint because I can't not. :-)
To put it in the words of Irma Thomas 'Anyone who knows what love is, will understand.'
And speaking of love... here's my first face of the 29 faces and the new year in fact. My pilot, Precious. :-)

Back to work

Precious

Little sketch of Precious the pilot on the last day of my holiday.
'They say that love is easy, but they must have forgot you.'

Trying to quit

Precious

... he really is, actually. Face number 16 of Precious the pilot, revisited and done. :-)

Like the ripples on a windy forehead

Precious

Sorted out face number 9 tonight. Precious the pilot, all done. :-)

Mr Blue Sky

Precious

Coming to you aaaaall the way back from Christmas.. because I totally forgot about it... I have now finished this one of Precious the pilot sporting his favourite cap - with eyes as blue as a cloudless sky and the attitude of an approaching thunderstorm.

Denim, denim, denim

Precious

Slowly, but steadily... Face number 17. Precious the pilot again :-)

Onwards...

Precious - wip

Wip of Precious the pilot for face number 16 :-)

Etcha sketch

Micky - wip

Precious - wip

Two rather rough wips for face number nine and ten. Precious in hues of blue, and a rosy little Micky.
My tinnitus is screaming like a banshee at the moment and I'm just exhausted, so as it stands I'll consider even a rough sketch a result. At least it's something :-)

The boys are back in town

Precious

Micky

Doing a spot of painting while on a little New Year break at my parents'. It's lovely... only trouble is... the computer here can barely handle Photoshop, the monitor has a resolution reminiscent of an 8-bit 80-ies game and I have no idea what the colours are like :-D But I can at least start some stuff and then finish them once I get home :-D
So for my first two paintings of 2017 have a wip of Precious and little Micky :-D

And speaking of 8-bit... here's an awesome rendition of the Monkey Island Theme :-)

Happy New Year everyone!

Middle distance, oh how I've missed thee...

Precious

Face number 15... Another one of Mr Stones.

Cracking up...

Precious

'Cracking up like a worn out shoe,

I ain't wet but the world leaking through,

I'd run but I'd find no pace,

I'd laugh but it's wrecking me'

Number 14 - Precious again.

A change of seasons

Precious Stones

Autumn is here! Aw yiiissss! Grab your coats and hats.... Precious has ;-) A wrapped up Mr Stones for face number 13. Somewhat out of season I had Nina Simone's version of Here Comes the Sun on repeat while I was painting this. Sorry inktober... I've got more faces to do ;-)

Son... just don't!

Precious

In a state of exhaustion I have fallen asleep in front of the monitor at night doing battle with big blue eyes, poofy lips and protruding collar bones. How dare you Mr. Weller! How very dare you!
The 29 faces is officially over with the end of September... this is face number 12 - another one of Precious the pilot. But I may just keep going.

Precious little progress

Precious Stones

This week I have been tired... really... really... tired. So no painting until now. Last time I attempted this precocious scarecrow I had the flu... so it seemed about time to try again. Cargo pilot Larimar Feldspar Stones - but everyone just calls him Precious. I saw Robocop for the first time not long after I came up with this fella, so his face just gravitated towards Peter Weller... but with Tom Petty kinda hair. It made sense at the time ;-)

One thread at a time

Precious - wip

WIP report. Progress is soo slow at the moment. But at least there is some. Still have to sort out his shirt though.

Searching for something Precious...

Precious in progress

Revisiting Precious. I'm trying to keep busy while suffering from 'artist's block'. I know I have painted a few things recently, but it has all been very slow and difficult. So today I decided to frustrate the crap out of myself by actually drawing the sketch for the painting directly in PS. Man, that hurt. But here is the result so far. Poor Precious, and he's had such a tough time already without me cursing at him wanting to stab someone with my wacom pen. I'm really looking forward to when I've managed to work myself out of this rot.

Precious little to say

Precious Stones

Precious Stones - close-up 01

Precious Stones - close-up 02

Precious gazed across the small dusty runway and the parked airplanes lining it, shimmering in the heat of the midday sun. He put on an appropriately sultry looking pout and considered donning his sunglasses to add to the effect, then sauntered along glancing casually at the planes with a vaguely interested expression on his face. Eventually he reached the final aircraft and turned around. With his brows furrowing ever deeper he wondered how on earth he had managed to misplace an entire airplane… again. He had checked every one of them none of them was his, it simply wasn’t there. He looked back at the glorified barn functioning as both hangar and airfield control tower. His eyes darted across the massive painted on sign on the side of the building announcing that this was ‘Billy Ray’s Private Airfield’. Precious sighed silently and made his way to the gate providing the exit off the runway. It was the wrong airfield.

The second outing of Precious Stones done. Special thanks to Tom Petty for having awesome hair and Peter Weller for having big, poofy lips... one of my favourite features of Robocop:-)
Once again painted in Photoshop from a hand drawn sketch. Enjoy:-)