Crack the Sky

New painting! I had this idea floating around in my head for a while. Originally it was in landscape but felt like it was more dynamic this orientation.  A lot of things changed from the sketch, to the first few drafts and the final. The entire color scheme and mood was changed and I would not have thought to do so unless I took this to final.

Photoshop CS4

Liberation of Speed Painting.

I've signed up for Noah Bradley's Art Camp. Its the second week in and I've already been learning a lot and developing a habit of working everyday despite having a 9-5 desk job.

The focus of this week is on painting from imagination. I've always been the type to obsess over small details and render the shit out of elements where I should have been concentrating on the entire composition as a whole.

Here is my first piece from imagination. Not that original but I am happy with it considering I spent about 1 hour on it. It seems like all the mental blocks I had before are now gone. I need to make a lot of work to make great work. Creating a lot of shit work is better than no work.