Happy New Year!

Lots of new stuff to dump, and new sites for you to check out! I hope you are all well and enjoying 2012!

I've now got a portfolio site made, at www.ollylawson.co.uk.   I've also opened a facebook page so you can follow me there for things like livestream announcements www.facebook.com/ollyart.

Sketchgroup challenge "your dream home"

Environment Study

First attempt at a conceptart.org CHOW

Study in edges

Some livestreamed environments

A Long-expected update

Lots and lots has been happening and I've barely had time to keep this up to date. I've travelled to New York, begun powerlifting and started to learn Hindi! (नमस्ते!).

I finished the last of many studies I have been spending the past two years working on—to teach myself the art fundamentals an art school should offer—and am now spending my time on original illustrations and building a portfolio (which I shall post about soon!).

An environment paintover for a friend.

Cast room at Lara.

Some head sketches on the ep121.

Some still life value studies.

From New York! - Me and the reference

Self portrait.

Some more ep121 paintings from life

Plein Air a Guildford

6 hours from life and then touching up (Process)

Edit: And some sunsets, been trying each night for some interesting results, mostly failed attempts though.

digital plein air final

4 full days on location, moving on now.

More ep121 work

I've been super busy with office work so I've had to find time painting at night:

been doing lots of portraits:

  

and plein airs!

Painting outside digitally is incredible fun and I'm happy to be one of the first couple of people that do this with a tablet - the night paintings were about 6 hours of sitting in my garden each, spooking neighbours with my under-lit face. the forest painting is 3 days in, hopefully will finish with a fourth visit if the weather permits it.

ep121 and plein air

This blog is about to hit 100 followers!  Thank you all, I will be sure to give it more attention.

So I purchased an ASUS EP121, a new slate tablet that combines a high quality screen, powerful i5 computer with windows 7 and a wacomized screen to make some sort of portable Cintiq.  I think this thing is basically any digital painters dream device at the moment, and something I've been waiting a long time for.

Travelled to Sargent's grave in Brookwood Cemetery to pay our respects and found a beautiful and expansive burial ground to paint - will definitely be returning soon.

I stood beside the grave of him who blazed
The Comet of a season, and I saw
The humblest of all sepulchres, and gazed
With not the less of sorrow and of awe
On that neglected turf and quiet stone,
With name no clearer than the names unknown

Some portraits done from life for my web design company site.

Gotta update more often...

WIP Character designs, paintings, photostudies and masterstudies.