SkADaMo Day 23

And yesterday's sketch on the lanai just after sunrise at 6:30am, we overlook some beautiful gardens. I'm afraid until the end of the month a similar theme might creep into my sketchbook, we'll see...

SkADaMo Day 22

Okay I have fallen off the band wagon a bit with my daily sketching. It tricky when you are preparing to leave the cold north for Maui and making sure everything is organized for the sweet grandparents who I'll be looking after ones three little boys at home while you are away.  But now that I am here and settled and not cares in the world, no excuses!

Here are some sketches I managed to do on the plane...

SkADaMo Day 17

This morning I went on a beautiful run with my peeps around the Glenmore reservoir.  As we headed down into the Weaslehead we passed through a beautiful grove of Aspen trees.

and check out the other SkADaMoers here.

SkADaMo Day 16

Today I have been working on a responsibility chart/ 'Daily Contributions' chart for the boys. Since it's a visual chart, I'm going to include this for today's sketch.  Let's hope the boys embrace it!

SkADaMo Day 15

This is a sketch idea for PiBoIdMo...

SkADaMo Day 14

Day 15, and testing the technology, can I do this on an iPad?...  Yes!  After try #4 and after a Google+ download.  Not pretty but it will do.

...ahh, much better! Thank you Photoshop!

SkADaMo

So I am a late joiner to SkADaMo, but when I heard about this challenge I couldn't pass it up. So thank you Linda Silvestri (who is the brain child of this event) for bringing it back in 2012!

This as been a bit of a crazy few days, so I am going to post my very rough sketches for the past few days in this post and hopefully going forward I'm going to be able to post daily.

 Day 10

Day 11 - "Lest we forget"

 

Day 12

 

Day 13

More videos from Will Terry

I just finished watching Will's first Digital Painting in Photoshop series. It was really fantastic. And considering the price - $29.99, it was extraordinary. The only thing I would suggest would be to watch the Bonus video after the first or second video. These are the videos that go through the most detailed instruction on his process using Photoshop.  In the remaining videos Will paints an image working from the thumbnail sketches through to the final image. During the painting of the image he shares tons of great information on tone, color,  composition, etc... but less on what he's actually doing in Photoshop, but after watching videos 1,2 + the bonus video, you'll easily be able to follow what he is doing.

I would highly recommend this video series, and look forward to his new video coming out next month on creating ebooks with TaleSpring.

To the left is my first image after having watched Will's video.

Trunk or Treat

Here's a fun little sketch/invite I made this morning for our church trunk or treat this year...

Folio Academy 2.0

If you are familiar with Will Terry, you will be excited to hear that his Folio Academy website has been updated and is expanding their offering of instructional videos. This is good news for both accomplished artists and beginners alike.  There is currently a 'call for entries' for artist who wish to create instructional videos and beginners will soon have a variety of new videos to choose from.

Currently the site offers a variety of courses, all at a great price. There is a vast selection of courses includes drawing, painting and sculpture as well as creating images through digital media.

This is definitely a site worth checking out!!