Owl Painting

So i did this a couple of days ago on a 20x20 cm canvass. just a simple painting in acrylics. It took maybe 30 minutes, with one of the smallest paintbrushes ever. I exaggerated the eyes to seem more anime and made the head the size of the body to make it more cute. 

Off the scale pt3

today i took the initiative to sit down and paint. it didn't have to be anything in particular, just something. Ive spent 3 days creating a rig in photoshop and cel action, i just needed some time away from a screen... 

I started with a 10cmx10cm canvass. and i sat like that. with it just in front of me for around 20 minutes with my head in my hands wondering where to start. I wasn't going to give up. i had to do something. I started painting my nails and when i put the pot down it ended up on the canvass... well at least thats a start. i drew a round it and i had my starting point. a circle -.- 

 It took me a while to think of anything to do with a circle. i thought about a poke ball, and then drawing jigglypuff from above, or something anime related... but i didn't want to do animation stuff, I missed fine art. you can see how my idea progressed...

so i ended up with some sort of planet, sun thing? not sure what really.. but i like it. its small and somewhat detailed. good enough for a 'just sit down and do something productive' piece. :)

Painting with leaves

so after a couple of days pressing leaves, flowers, moss, bark... foliage. i took a couple samples and painted with them. printing with the leaves and onto canvas (below right) with thick acrylic paint

nice and fun, messy, creating some different patterns and even fingerpainting backgrounds.