Forest Whitaker painting caricature

My drawing of Forest whitaker. I always seem to personalize my drawing/painting time. as if i am having a nice cup of tea with them. Learning about their lives as I look at their faces. First I do my sketch, now i'm doing the painting part, which is going to take me a lot of time. I will post updates later tonight or tomorrow depending how late i work on this

Monster Painting

Initial sketch on painting

First layer of painting going in

I am currently working on a series of paintings. This is the first one, its entitled Fall. Its a little girl with a monster , walking hand in hand in the park. the monster might change a bit more, but he is a bird monster. Maybe she is showing him the way to fly south for the winter, or maybe they are on their way to the nearest shop for a cup of warm coco!
Work is done in Acrylic on a 12X16 Canvas.

Lupe

Lupe and I had a wonderful Saturday Evening. He didnt buy me dinner. He didnt take me to a movie. Nope but we connected. My wacom tablet with his beautiful face. Actually this is for an assignment, but I got to say this dude has lips! big juicy ones that were so fun to draw.
My hands hurt now, so i'm going to go and dance.

Ciao

The Four Agreements

This is a book i have come back to over the last couple of years. I would say that it has some of the best guidance for everyone. A toltec wisdom book. I seriously did not know anything about toltec until i picked up this book a few years back.
Its really something people should pick up. It seems as I mature and grow I seem to find new and different wisdom from this book depending on what is going on in my life.
First agreement Be Impeccable with your Word. I think that speaks for itself. Essentially its honour your word. Its so simple but its something most people do not keep. 
Second Agreement - Don't take anything personally.

Third Agreement- Don't Make Assumptions
I have done this before. I assume something is happening because of something that is not in my control. Either because someone did not like what i did or said, but in the end, because I know I am very professional when i work, i know that its just my mind making assumptions. People will always have other motives for doing things that in most cases have nothing to do with me. In the end I have learnt to have confidence in myself and not take these things seriously. Thus going back to the second agreement. not to take it personally.


Fourth Agreement - Always do your best
This one is very important. Not less important than the others but just to remember to always try your best. yes somethings might not work out but if you tried, and put 100 percent of yourself into whatever you are doing, then you will never regret your actions. Do your best -No more no less, if you overdo it, then this is a waste of energy. At the moment I truly feel a period of transformation and i am going with it!

Take the time -read the book, its so little, it takes no time, either on your  commute, or a plane ride or waiting for friend, then you can pass it to them afterwards eh!  Ok upward and onward.

Below is the work i am doing tonight for a caricature for the course I am taking. I can never stay still, so I am learning to paint in photoshop. ANd hopefully I can do freelance illustrations soon and work independently.

Happy Weekend Everyone

Sea Horse Wip

I have been watching a lot of Life from BBC. And I saw these amazing Weedy Dragons. Since I am still drawing dragons I wanted to get into the anatomy of sea creatures.

I will be starting to post more of my sketchbooks soon as well. Here is a Wip. I will be doing more updates over the next few days

Eagle Study Wip