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april_art

Art: IMC--My Painting

Jun 25, 2012 03:45

For the IMC (Illustration Master Class), there are always cool choices for the assignment. This year there was the High Fantasy: "Tristan and Isolde", the SF: "Old Man's War by Scalzi, movie tie-ins: "Tarzan" and "The Hunger Games", and a YA short story about a boy and a ghost ( Read more... )

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april_art June 26 2012, 08:21:12 UTC

This was my fourth time. It's been going for 5 years and there were a number of people who had gone to all of them.

Sometimes I think I'm not getting as much as I should out of them... Mostly it's because I've been in the business and around for a while, so I'm not like those right out of school who are all ambitious to get working and network and all that.

But I'm definitely improving... so that's all good!

lordgloria June 25 2012, 10:01:41 UTC

That is really coming out nice! I hope you'll post a photo when it's finished -- lovely!

april_art June 26 2012, 08:23:18 UTC

Thanks. I have to admit that I haven't finished ANY of my paintings--- because I haven't yet set up a space in my house for oil painting. But I'm close to finishing on all of them... I'll try to get around to to some day. I really could use the images for prints to sell...

lordgloria June 26 2012, 08:29:00 UTC

I hear that! You should set a room aside for a studio. And don't let it get as cluttered as mine!

dhstein June 25 2012, 14:54:24 UTC

I'm sure Rebecca was pleased you got them kissing!
I love the way the hands are almost coming together - just like they are almost kissing. It really fits the theme.
Great water and rocky beach - More birds? Or was that just the sketch stage? Great tones.
The part about the wet semi-gloss was scary - especially at the start of the work. I'm glad you managed to push through it. Also, how inventive about your palette instead of just running off to buy something else.
You got a great amount of feed-back from the gang.
sweet.

april_art June 26 2012, 08:31:50 UTC

Rebecca was busy, as usual, so after the first crit, I really didn't see her in the studio... She was around, but... busy ( ... )

winter_elf June 25 2012, 18:28:51 UTC

lovely! I found all the changes interesting - and the comments and how it changed as you went.

april_art June 26 2012, 08:34:24 UTC

Showing in-progress painting is kinda cool. I was trying to remember all the comments from the instructors because I still need to keep them in mind for finishing. And really--they are the best in the business, so unless they said something that I really couldn't see doing, I'll follow their advice!

mikespixie June 25 2012, 20:51:03 UTC

I love watching the progress, very cool.

april_art June 26 2012, 08:36:14 UTC

Thanks. It's fun to shoot the different stages. I wish I'd been a bit more diligent at it, but I'd forget to take a photo for a while, so sometimes there were huge gaps or too little gaps...