Trenchcoat Speed Paint
Posted by Aaron Panagos on July 24, 2008
I’m very, very happy that I started this blog, it’s helped my analyse my work from a fresh viewpoint. I noticed that for a sketchbook almost everything posted is pretty tight and constrained. And looking at what I’m posting has made me realize that the rough and raw energy, the controlled chaos of other artists is something that I need to unleash in my own work. I need to move beyond just designing things that look good and into executing images that feel good. I want to incorporate movement and energy into my sketches. Perfect detail is great, but I need to know where to sacrifice it for the sake of the designs overall vitality.
I know how to put tons of detail into an image and refine everything to a slick and shiny finish. pretty, painfully tight detail is easy – artfully using bold brushstrokes and quick splashes of color is a challenge. So one of my current goals is to loosen up my execution and imply detail with a few choice strokes and let the viewer fill in the rest. I’m comfortable with where I am in terms of producing a finished product, but I think my quick sketching and speed painting skills need to be brought up a couple levels.
So here is my first speed painting in… a long time. It took about 15 minutes. It’s not perfect, it’s not a brilliant design, and it doesn’t yet have the dynamism that I’m looking for, but it’s a start.
