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Finally got round to finishing this study after Franz von Stuck's 1915 oil painting Hercules and the Hydra. I painted this with gouache on watercolour paper. I have done a few gouache paintings now and this is the first time I have felt a modicum of command…
Only just realised that I can scan bigger paintings in sections and stitch them together on photoshop...genius. Anyway, here's a properly scanned version of my watercolour study of Hercules and the Hydra after Franz von Stuck painted last year.
Bunch of A6 sketchbook pages. Usually how all my illustration projects start. Rough, quick, scribbly ideas from imagination to play around with compositions and designs in a very uninhibited way.
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Started a new sketchbook for observational drawing practice. Limiting myself to around 1 hour per page to keep things intuitive and energetic in contrast with my more considered and slow decorative work. These are Pages 7 and 8 of an eventual 90.
Studies after the great Frazetta. A5 sketchbook - 1.5 hours per page. Oak gall ink with sable brush. Pages 17 & 18 of 90.