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Monday, August 6, 2012 9:56:57 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Water Nymphs: process work:
Andy said, "My latest illustration is done (I think) so I thought I might share the steps that got me to the finish line. You can click on any of the images below for a larger version.Step 1: Thumbnails, references and sketchesTrying to trace back to the origin..." more
Monday, August 6, 2012 9:56:57 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Water Nymphs: final art:
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:12:50 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Inside Information - Final Art:
Andy said, "Brushes down! Happy with the way this has turned out. Time to move on to the next idea - this one containing some finned friends... :)(click for a slightly larger view)"
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 6:02:52 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Inside Information - Process Work:
Andy said, "This is a rather large file but it does show the significant milestones in the development of this illustration. Below are a few notes for each of the milestones for those process junkies (like me):(click for a larger image)1. The inked line work...." more
Friday, June 29, 2012 6:09:02 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Update on Inside Information:
Andy said, "I must remember to post something about the journey that the composition has taken for this illustration. While the previous sketch had some charm I couldn't shake the fact that Smaug looked so small, even though I had put in some hints to emphasise..." more
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 4:43:21 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Good Morning - Final Art:
Andy said, "I certainly won't win any prizes for speed on this one - 18 months in the making in the end... nice to have some time to finish it off finally. This is a colour-corrected photo of the artwork (until I can get it drum scanned). One drawback of..." more
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 4:43:21 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled More progress on Galadriel:
Andy said, "Tonal work almost done. Coming to the crunch time where I need to decide whether to leave it in grayscale, or ink it or colour it or both... I'm even thinking of inking it with some gold pen highlights... just a thought :)"
Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:09:18 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Good Morning Update:
Andy said, "It's been a long time between drinks as they say for this illustration. Finally I have some time (and motivation) to progress this. This illustration differs from Bamfurlong in that I have put down the tonal work in grey lead first... as a result I..." more
Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:09:18 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled More Galadriel:
Andy said, "Progress on my Galadriel reboot that has jumped the queue ahead of Bilbo and Smaug (they are not far behind, promise). Having fun working on the tones for this one but undecided whether to go beyond pencil and add colour down the line. It will all..." more
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 5:54:04 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Galadriel Revisited:
Andy said, "Ever had an itch that, not long after it has been scratched, becomes itchy again? My effort at depicting Galadriel is that itch for me at the moment. I was never really happy with the final outcome and while watching the Fellowship of the Ring again..." more
Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:02:19 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Inside Information:
Andy said, "I think Bilbo meeting Smaug for the first time will be the next illustration out of the blocks.Following are some thumbs and a rough sketch that led to the slightly more detailed sketch where I am chiefly concerned with layout... feedback very..." more
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:59:23 PM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled On the drawing board...:
Andy said, "Some ideas for my next illustration... Bilbo meets Smaug, Gandalf and Balin visit Bilbo at Bag End (at the end of the Hobbit) and an updated version of my 'Reminiscing' illustration.And, yes, I haven't forgotten - I already have a couple of Hobbit..." more
Monday, June 11, 2012 11:28:47 PM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled On the drawing board:
Andy said, "I just wanted to prove I am working on other things besides life drawing at the moment. I am planning on a couple of larger format pieces and here are some of the ideas. The first is the seminal first encounter between Bilbo and Smaug. The second is..." more
Saturday, June 9, 2012 1:26:14 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Life drawing - series 3:
Andy said, "From our most recent life drawing series. This was a longer pose. The top image shows the progress at the end of the first 2 hr block. Vine charcoal for the most part. The bottom image is the "finished" piece using compressed charcoal and white..." more
Saturday, June 9, 2012 1:26:14 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Life Drawing - Series 3 - a selection:
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Friday, April 13, 2012 9:08:30 PM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Life Drawing 2012 - Series1:
Andy said, "Inspired by the recent post of my good friend Tere, I thought I might share some of my efforts from Life Drawing this year. Since going back to study at the start of the year and being totally consumed by my accelerated course, life drawing has been..." more
Friday, April 13, 2012 9:08:30 PM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Life Drawing 2012 - Series 2:
Andy said, "... and a selection from Series 2. Typically we start with 1-2 min gesture drawing followed by 5-10 min poses and then a couple of 20 minute poses to fill out our 2hr class. Sometimes, if we are lucky the 20 min poses are marked off and extended to..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:37:09 PM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Jury is out on Mr Parrish:
Andy said, " I have to admit, I was very much just going through the motions adding the yellow layer today. I only mixed up three or four different value ranges and slapped them down pretty quickly just to see if an magic happened.I wasn't expecting a lot...." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:37:09 PM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Good Morning - First Wash:
Andy said, "Re-reading Charles Vess' walkthru of his gorgeous illustration: Fairy Procession (which happens to be in his excellent book - Drawing Down the Moon... gorgeous, gorgeous illustrations!) I was happy to read he suffers from the same fears I do of..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:37:09 PM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled Coffee table book using Blurb:
Andy said, "Front cover I can't remember where I first came across Blurb.com (I know it was in one of the thousands of blog posts I read about all things creative) and it is not the first site to try to tap into the growing market of people sinking in seas..." more
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:36:23 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled More on Maxfield experiment:
Andy said, "ok... sealing my watercolour layers is not working. I probably should have expected problems given the matte medium I am using is water-based. Sure enough, my magenta layer is just running and smudging when I try to seal it. Where to from here? I am..." more
Monday, March 10, 2014 4:06:52 AM
Andy Smith wrote a blog post titled 2014 Life Drawing (selection)