I've started trying to get back on track with my painting again; I did a quick one a while ago that was horrid, and it made me lose all motivation (easy to do when you've got a massive backlog of other cool stuff to get started on!). But I finally made myself pick up the brushes and try and get back into it. Here are a couple of pics, both done from photo reference.
This first one is just a warmup/practice done over a couple of days:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh3sfKfSz-HghPBkLkwdPaKiVKVAR1eKgbC34NdNVZlt8tGtLs0HqDRy25yTDeqDi0wk8XYuUDZOwhDT3MzRHzBXpRbjWc-wGIVGcVQfjlezKuB_kCjDvtUiAOW9w_qq9rASMAEcEnh_g/s400/sketch_oil_04.jpg)
This one is a still unfinished attempt to get more realistic colours going on rather than the monotone approach I'd been doing previously. I'll post up the finished version when it's done.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaixlljN0atyNkFww3-3aY2MR0pTYU3bc977R5qqbJ7pmZDqxX9UykDlDCUcfvgZj1c178Q6t2DUgx_yuTx7y1AJtRp_d8bMT65yu5sR3LRZvojTiMztLsVLcuVm14EUMwqmtwBsga9-zT/s400/sketch_oil_05_process.jpg)
Hope you like!