Painting gem stones and jewels – cabachon

Painting gem stones and jewels – cabachon

Posted by on Jun 5, 2011 in Blog, Tutorials | No Comments

A step by step guide on how to paint cabochon gems/ jewels including moonstones, emeralds, amethysts, star sapphire, tigers eye and opal. Although this is a digital tutorial, the principles are the same for oil or acrylic paintings.

Watercolour walkthrough – Crow woman’s daughter

Watercolour walkthrough – Crow woman’s daughter

Posted by on May 15, 2011 in Tutorials | No Comments

Walkthrough of the watercolour painting, “Crow Woman’s Daughter”, going from initial idea through sketches, colour concepts and to the final painting. Painted 2010.

Step by Step Scifi Character

Step by Step Scifi Character

Posted by on May 15, 2011 in Tutorials | No Comments

A quick step by step scifi character design done in Photoshop. Works from basic anatomy to fully rendered character. Done in 2010.

Stretching Watercolour paper

Posted by on May 15, 2011 in Tutorials | No Comments

A step by step description of stretching watercolour paper onto a wood board in preparation for painting watercolours.

Digital Walkthrough – Dragon Thrall

Digital Walkthrough – Dragon Thrall

Posted by on May 15, 2011 in Tutorials | No Comments

A digital painting walkthrough from 2007. It talks about painting hair, skin tones, playing with composition and allowing the muse to direct a painting. Using photoshop and painter, there are lots of images in this two character and dragon painting.

Watercolour walkthrough – Impressions

Watercolour walkthrough – Impressions

Posted by on May 9, 2011 in Tutorials | No Comments

A walkthrough of the watercolour painting “Impressions”. Talks about painting skin, hair, and an abstract method of painting backgrounds.