IMC 2010

Next up, Rebecca and Scott will be attending the Illustration Master Class in a couple weeks. So we will be focusing our next project here at Running with Paintbrushes around the IMC assignments. We will also be having a special guest joining us on the blog. Elisabeth Alba will be attending the IMC as well and partaking in the blog updates with her wonderful work. Stay tuned for thumbnails! 

Scott's Flight Final (at last!)

Well here it is! after a crazy week and a half of packing and moving and unpacking (or in the middle of) I am finished. I apologize for a poor quality photo since all i have are the lights on my drafting table. I think I left my photo floods at the old apartment. But I will surely update with a new color-corrected, unfuzzy, non-washed out on the left side and too dark on the bottom version (also some burning has made the left kids face a bit weird). but for now, enjoy! and throw any comments at me if you feel compelled. now off to find my mouse pad and some turpenoid....

The Magic Feather

This is my final for the "Flight" assignment.  My image is a little more children's book oriented, I liked the idea of a boy riding on a gold fish and that would really only work for a 4-5 yr old.  I am really happy with how this came out.  I really need to do more paintings like this, I think I get intimidated doing  children's book type stuff, but it's a lot of fun.  The seagulls make it for me in this piece.

The Magic Feather, 11" x 17", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2010.

Becca's "Flight" Final

Well, I managed to get it done, despite being in the midst of moving to a new apartment, and not spending a single weekend at home! I had to take a photo of this instead of my usual scan, and the background turned out a bit lighter in this image than in person (and I don't have photoshop...yet!). I'll put up a better version when I get a chance. In the meantime, if anyone has any thoughts about this, lay 'em on me! I had fun with this one!

Scott's Flight

Well here's my final sketch for "Flight". I had lots of fun doing this piece, and since I enjoyed doing my witch drawing in charcoal so much I decided to give it another go with this one. I'm pretty sure I'll be cursing myself in two weeks for choosing to do this one larger than my usual. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to improve this one before going to paint. Thanks!

Becca's "Flight" Drawing

A day late, but you've gotta hand it to me, I was in the process of moving to a new apartment this week, and finally got my art space in working order. Excuses, excuses you say? Well... poo on you. Here is my drawing for the Flight project. The owl will be snowy white, and it will be dusk, so there will be lots of nice blues and purples to play with, and probably some yellow. I cropped into the drawing so that the focus would be more on the girl character.

Thoughts?

Owen's The Magic Feather Sketch

So this is my sketch for the Flight assignment.  Boy on a fish.  I always like working in some magical items like the wish bone and the stone with a hole in it hanging from the tail fin.  Let me know if there is anything I should change or add, but I'm pretty happy how it is.

The Magic Feather Sketch, Pencil on Strathmore 2ply, 11" x 17", 2010.

Owen's Flying Thumbs

So these are my plans: to make a fish fly via a magic feather held by a young boy riding on said fish's back.  I think the bottom version is the best, the other versions weren't dynamic/ looked like the fish was falling.  Thats kinda all I have to say about that, if ya'll have any ideas/comments let me know.

Becca's "Flight" Sketch

So I'm torn. I have been wanting to paint an owl for a while now, but, as the girl who grew up totally obsessed with horses, a pegasus would be pretty sweet too. In all of the thumbnails, the main character is a girl of about 11 or 12, who is on some sort of adventure (in the last sketch I included a little sister type of character too). I am going to have a lot of fun designing her outfit/accessories...not sure yet if she should have an weapons (I gave her a bow and arrow in one sketch). I want this to be a fairly close-up shot, with the idea that it would be a book cover. Thoughts?

Scott's Flight Sketch

Here's a small sketch I had done when I first came up with this project. The image is of two adventuring children around the age of 12-14. One is a girl and the other is a boy...and they are flying on the back of a type of dragon-bird. They are with a guide of sorts, but I'm still not quite sure how i want to portray him/her. They are being taken to a rocky island that has a magnificent highly fortified village on it. The first one is a bit of a small abstract thumbnail that I scribbled out while at work. The second is a slightly more refined sketch. I think I like the more downward view of the first one. Gives a bit more forced perspective and feeling of height. Any thoughts and comments would be great! Can't wait to see the others!