Kim Taylors sketches and random thoughts

NEW WEBSITE!

2011-10-06T17:09:00.000-07:00

Finally, after far far too long, I have a website. I have enjoyed blogspot, but my new gallery is here:

SKETCHLING.COM

and the attatched new blog is here:

SKETCHLING.COM

IMC 2011

2011-06-28T18:19:00.000-07:00

I took part in this years Illustration Masterclass and had a ball... what an incredible meeting of creative heads! It was so much fun and I really got into painting in oils... I have only really ever done plein air before this, so it was a very interesting experience. Here are all the steps the painting went through...

Plein Air

2011-06-28T18:14:00.001-07:00

This one was done from the beach a few minutes walk from my house in Brighton Le Sands. Oil on canvas.

And this one was done in the pouring rain from up the coast on the same shoreline... the same huge refinery is kind of visible, but it was raining so hard that my pallette box was actually half a centimetre underwater by the end... the painting was streaming with water all the way through.

Lifedrawing and Sketches

2011-06-28T18:00:00.001-07:00

lifedrawing at the Society of Illustraitors in New York.

This one is a drawing I did for Ian McCaig's workshop in sydney... This was an idea for a super intelligent rat from the Pied Piper of Hamlyn... SciFi style.

Brushes Painting

2011-06-01T17:55:00.001-07:00

colour storm

2011-03-01T23:02:00.000-08:00

Been a bit inspired by Min Yum's latest artworks... :) Did something that was a bit more fun with brushes and colours than usual... loosening up a bit.

And More...

2011-02-10T21:48:00.000-08:00

Something I did in a bit of a rush for the Gorilla Artfare book. Im sad I had to rush it, but thats life!

A quick sketch I did cause I like storm clouds...

and more sketchbook stuff, some cool, some cruddy:

Sketchbook

2011-02-10T21:43:00.000-08:00

random speedy

2010-12-15T22:48:00.000-08:00

Just playing with random marks and seeing what came from them...

fun with type

2010-10-28T15:30:00.000-07:00

Iv been a bit inspired to play with type again so I thought I would bring some into a painting inspired by some shoot photos I found of Angalina Jolie in 1920's getup. :)

DS Paintings

2010-10-11T14:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some Paintings I did on my nintendo DS in the new and old versions of colors...

A forest stream nearby where I am staying.

A plant in a window of the cafe I had brakfast in yesterday

Another part of that same forest walk

A DS painting I did from memory of the lake... the oil is further down in a previous post.

and finally, a study from a photo I took in the galapagos.

Sketch doodle

2010-10-05T16:28:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to work on big simple shape compositions... here is something that came out of explaining an idea I had.

Plein Air

2010-09-30T16:08:00.001-07:00

Here is a plein air oil painting I did on a recent holiday... It was fun! I think I paint a bit thin though, but time will improve it all. Such a peaceful place.

Some studies

2010-09-14T19:01:00.000-07:00

I have been painting like a nutter at work, so here are some of my morning warmups to get into the good-painting-zone. I have found these studies really reduce the amount of 'erase, start again' that always happen when you try paint without being in the right mindset.

This is a study of a Zhaoming Wu Painting... so inspiring!
www.zhaomingwu.com

A quick still life... honing those painting skillz. I am amazed by how much you can learn by trying to paint a tissue.

And whilst showin a workmate some painting techniques... and being asked to put eyes on it, this happened....

Bad Hotel...

2010-09-02T16:05:00.000-07:00

This is the by-product of a study I did for something at work. I imagined arriving at this place bag in hand expecting a nice hotel... lets hope it never happens!

2010-06-03T01:32:00.000-07:00

A new one... somewhat different direction... more character based. Bit clishe, but fun none the less! Im drawing lots still, just not scanning much. This one all PS.

Quickie

2010-05-14T01:31:00.000-07:00

Something evil this time...
a quick speedy

dance study

2010-05-04T16:32:00.001-07:00

I liked the dynamic dancing pose... form some dance off show. Thought I would do a quick study.

2010-04-30T15:19:00.000-07:00

My Gnomon 2d competition entry for the theme 'esgeroth'

orc romance

2010-04-23T01:58:00.000-07:00

This image of an orc trying to seduce someone came into my head... I had to get it out of there quick... here is the result!

portrait

2010-04-21T01:42:00.001-07:00

This is a portrait of a boy I saw in someones holiday photos... I think from morocco someplace. I liked his expression :)

monster...

2010-04-21T01:07:00.000-07:00

I made this out of a frame of an advert I am working on.... just a bit of silly fun.

tai chi forest

2010-04-20T19:14:00.000-07:00

Where id love to be... :)

Got to work on my composition.... quite lacking. :P

jack sparrow study

2010-04-19T02:13:00.001-07:00

Another portrait study from a photo... Think im going to start studying from life more... feels like im not thinking in faces/planes enough.

Another forest...

2010-04-18T21:36:00.000-07:00

Injured in a forest, sheltering by some rocks...

more studies...

2010-04-16T01:22:00.001-07:00

I have another few paintings but I havent quite finished them so I will wait till I have.

Speedy

2010-04-09T01:17:00.001-07:00

A quick speedy trying to bring together some of the value key and texture brush learning iv been doing...

Value Keys

2010-04-09T00:15:00.001-07:00

I have been trying to get my head around High/mid/low key value ranges and how a photo/reference can be interpreted and simplified into one of these three ranges... its so powerful as without them its hard to contrll all the incredible range of values in a landscape. Too many values can be messy if they dont live in the right heirarchy and this really helps set that up at the start of a painting!

BW Landscape

2010-04-08T00:43:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to get textures into my painting for a very long time, but I always ended up just painting with a simple brush. That has allowed me to get better at just painting, but now, after being very much inspired by this guy: http://maciejkuciara.blogspot.com/I am starting to get back into textures... I even re-made a large portion of my brushes.

Anyway, here is my first BW painting using this more textural approach... I feel like its a bit of a turning point/breakthrough towards where I want to be.

Anders Zorn Study

2010-04-01T00:46:00.000-07:00

Here is a study I did of an Anders Zorn Painting... I love his brushstrokes... so good.

Phillipe Faraut Study

2010-03-31T15:28:00.000-07:00

This is a study from a web image of a Phillipe Faraut Sculpture. Its not as good practice as a cast study its true, as I am not measuring proportions in 3 dimensions, but its alright for a work practice.... still feel like I learned a lot from it. I will aim to get proportions better in the forst drawing next time... its amazing how far out you can be and not notice. Neck is still out, but im sick of it now :P

character

2010-03-30T22:45:00.000-07:00

A quick character idea I did... a bit odd, but its something I can show at least, unlike a lot of the work iv done recently!

Competition entry-City on water

2010-03-26T00:39:00.001-07:00

Speedies! 16mins each(ish)

2010-03-26T00:36:00.000-07:00

Dante's Inferno

2010-02-25T23:26:00.000-08:00

For a Gnomon Competition again... Theme was dantes inferno... I had a clever concept but has so much fun on the landscape that took over :)

Zhaoming Wu Study

2010-01-22T00:08:00.000-08:00

A Quick study inspired by seeing a workmate looking at Zhaoming Wus work : http://www.zhaomingwu.com/

Life Drawing

2009-11-23T20:50:00.000-08:00

Here are some life drawings I have done recently.

Some ladies

2009-11-12T22:30:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of paintings I have played around with... trying to paint women from imagination in different styles. I have lots of studies but these were meant to just be ideas for fun. One went mullins style as I started monochrome, the other plain digital roundbrush.

Kitty

2009-10-12T23:39:00.000-07:00

Speedpaint topic was Cute Kitty... Kinda worked out Cute, kinda... 'you lookin at me?'

Light Study Turned Painting

2009-09-07T01:55:00.000-07:00

This started as a light study for that sunset through trees feel... and became more after a while. I might stuill work on this... but here it is so far. Not to sure about the mixed focuses on the composition... guess thats the risk when ya work from photos.

animation fun

2009-09-02T02:13:00.001-07:00

These are some flour sack exercises for animation... I am getting into drawing animation and really think its the key to good character drawing. Its fun when you start to draw verbs instead of nouns. I have a long way to go... Have a look at this guy!
http://www.comlock.net/KAU/escape-sack.mov

Watercolour, gouashe and pastel

2009-08-16T16:26:00.000-07:00

I had a go with watercolour, Gouashe and finally fix-it pastel yesterday. This is from my inca trail experience and was one of my favorite memories of the place. I might carry this on in digital, as I dont like how much black I ended up using... Im getting used to the traditional way of things...slowly.

Sargent Study

2009-08-14T02:48:00.000-07:00

I am planning to do more master studies... I learned loads from this one. Sargent...of course.

Plein Air scan

2009-08-13T22:20:00.000-07:00

Here is a scan of the actual painting. I am going to get more paints soon as watercolour pans just dont give enough pigment when you are in a hurry!

Plein Air

2009-08-12T01:32:00.000-07:00

I went Plein air painting on sunday, which is to say I sat on a rock like a lump and argued with my watercolours for an hour... without much luck. BUT, it seems to have gone into my head, because I just tried to paint the same scene from memory and it worked relatively well... such is the power of digital.

I will post my actual watercolour/guashe attempt asap. it will be funny to compare!

Baines Kloof

2009-07-31T07:21:00.000-07:00

This was based on a photo I took in Baines Kloof in South Africa. I loved the peace in this little glen. It was such balm for the soul after London crowds!

Another iPhone painting

2009-07-30T05:13:00.001-07:00

Been really inspired by the painters of old lately. Since I'm still iPhone crazed I'm combining the two!

misty moors

2009-07-23T02:01:00.001-07:00

Here's another one. Started as a study.

My first mobile post!

2009-07-22T19:21:00.001-07:00

Here is something I painted in brushes a little app for my iPhone. I thought I would try send it direct.

Http://pencilsandjam.blogspot.com

Life Painting

2009-07-20T01:33:00.001-07:00

I took part in the recent likeminds collective here in Sydney and these were the digital-paintings I did of the model:

A 1 hour pose:
and a 10 minute pose:

It was a fantiastic evening...I am definitely looking forward to the next one.

A Nice Hot Bath

2009-07-09T02:01:00.000-07:00

This started life as a pitch concept for work and became...something. Think my brain's a bit addled, but its ... yeah, fun anyway!

Awesomeness of nature

2009-07-07T17:49:00.000-07:00

This Picture blew my mind!
http://everyoneforever.com/images_fullsize/328-1018.jpg

Gothic Beauty... Ode to the Clishe

2009-06-18T23:54:00.000-07:00

I am entering this months 'gnomon competition and this is my entry for the theme "Gothic Beauty"
I managed to avoid crows and angel wings, tears and emo looks!

Gestures and a T-face

2009-06-15T16:46:00.000-07:00

I have been inspired to get my figures improved... so I have been doing some gestures on a pre-printed proportion grid based on Loomis. I wanted to be forced to put things in the right place to get in the habit of it.

The face was for a competition at work to make a self portrait as a terminator to win stuff. I got a poster in the end, but was aiming for the artbook. This is the first self portrait I have done in many years. Bit messed up though...

the breech

2009-05-28T00:24:00.001-07:00

I was listening to 'sharpe's tiger' by Bernard Cornwall and I wanted to paint the attack on the breech of Seringe Baitan.

study

2009-05-27T18:06:00.001-07:00

Todays study:

Caricature

2009-05-26T21:17:00.001-07:00

This one was a lot of fun. You so know he has a stiletto knife on him somewhere...

All work and no play...

2009-05-25T21:14:00.000-07:00

Another in my famous person studies... The embodiment of psycho. Damn he looks evil.

3 versions. The initial drawing, a painted interpretation and then a mix to see what it was like.

sketchbook studies

2009-05-15T01:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some Sketchbook studies from life, photos and imagination. I have been trying to draw the same face from different angles and in different expressions.
K

Clint study

2009-05-05T18:02:00.000-07:00

The latest in my drive to do a study or more a day. I am going for famous people as you cant be lazy with them... people WILL notice.

New Environ and some head doodles

2009-05-04T16:33:00.001-07:00

Speedy's and studies

2009-04-30T22:23:00.001-07:00

Some random speed paints. Start with blobs and see what they become...

I have been listening to a history of the USA so this guy seemed a good one to study. Frederick Douglas, abolitionist during the American civil war.

Some sketches

2009-04-29T01:48:00.000-07:00

These are some sketches for a story I have been working on for years... on and often off that is. I am beginning to explore the characters now, instead of just the world itself.

Bits and bobs

2009-04-21T05:36:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more bits and pieces I have been busy with in the last while. Som old, some new.

This is a composite of a ton of paintings done on my Nintendo DS in 'colors' (collectingsmiles.com)
Its a great learning tool as there is no undo... and its just simple brushes and thumbnail size.

This was a study of a picture I took of my sisters man. I just loved the thoughtful look.

I figured it was about time I painted a guy in armour. Just one of those things that has to happen in digital art...

First time for everything

2009-04-16T17:31:00.000-07:00

Wow... after a long time thinking about blogging and whether I should give it a try, I have finally decided to actually get off my butt and post something. I will try use this blog as a way of expressing some random thoughts on art, painting, drawing and I guess life too, though where the boundary lies between these i have yet to figure out.

Anyway, I am just going to post some studies and recent sketches to start with.