a something

Heres a lil' something personal.




got another thing in the works thats kinda the same feel.
doing that other piece in oils, though. I'm updating as I go along through the process it on instagram
so, follow me there if ya wanna see more on that.


Thanks for looking!
Marjorie

Stuff from the stream

things done on the livestream...
pretty much just warm ups and studies that descend into madness. yup.

I'm on my  Livestream from time to time so stop by and hangout.
I tweet when I go live @marjoriedavis91 so follow me there if ya wanna keep up-to-date ^_^








Thanks for lookin'

Self Portrait

Hi guys!

I totally forgot to post this.
I did it back on self portrait day (nov. 1st)
I livestream(ed) a bit of the process and posted a sped up version on Youtube.... But somehow I did post it here? lol. yeahhh

Thanks for looking!
Marjorie <3

and a gif because why not?

still life

Self Portrait

Hey guys!

so... I decided this year to partake in national self portrait day... it was a challenge, in a good way.

I used a mirror and spent like 3 hours on it.

 For most of the painting I did not have my glasses on, so I think it came out way more blurry looking oops :x 

    

all in all, it was a good learning experience and I hope each of you guys try doing one.

Here a link to the timelapse video.

Valiant Goddess Process

Hey guys! :D

I made a GIF of what my process is, and yes, its messy.  

I had some, or a few(?) people asking for the psd to this file, but I really don't think it'd of much help anyone who looked at it. Because, I really only paint on one to three layers, tops.

So I'll just do my best to explain a little of what goes into things of this nature. 

I start off with a low res sketch, then once i'm happy with the composition I up the size of the file, to around 300 dpi.

next I paint in all up in grayscale, and then add a soft light layer on top to add a light wash of the colors I plan on using, but that can always change, so thats why I put it on its own layer.

Once I'm happy with the overall colors I flatten that all down to start painting in details....

 open a new layer paint details, flatten, etc, etc... then do another detail pass 'til I feel I am happy with it. then i call it done and merge any remaining layers (if any?)  

really I treat it like if I was painting in a acrylics or oils. 

so not many fancy photoshop tricks other than overlay and soft light layer settings, for this painting anyways haha ^^      

but yeah, hope you guys are well.

until next time you guys, happy painting! :)

new(ish) painting

Hey guys! haven't posted in awhile so... I will share this.

eh I've been in a snowy cold weather type of mood... too damn bad its hot as heck over here :( 

I just want it to be cold already ><;

anywoo until next time you guys! 

selling this bad boy here > link

Traditional Speed Painting

Hello, guys!
Lately, I've been doing some quick traditional paintings to exercise my visual memory.
I have to say it's a pretty good way to do studies and to relieve some stress.
For these types of paintings I only allow myself an hour or two per painting without using references.
Satisfied or not, I can't touch or rework them after that.
This sort of process helps me by allowing me to make my mind up faster, focusing on the over all read of the piece, and not to get caught up in unimportant details. And, also, most importantly, to use my imagination~!

Oh, yes, and for painting this way I much prefer acrylics 'cause they dry super fast.

If you or anyone you know are interested in purchasing this piece I have it for sell here Link!

Selling/ parting ways with Sketches and Paintings

Hey you guys, how's it going?
I've been sorting through old stacks of art (sketches and paintings) and to be honest I don't have space for all of it, so I'm posting up quite a bit on my Ebay so I can clean out and organize things all nice (and a little extra money is always much needed haha).
So if you guys want original sketches and paintings for pretty cheap nows the time! :)
heres my >> Ebay!

Join the Speed Painting Crowd (finally)

So how is everybody lately?! I hope y'all had a happy 4th of july, and hopefully didn't start any fires. lol
despite me being super duper shy I'm jumping into speed painting and drawing videos along with live painting chats on google hangouts. so slowly but surely I'm jumping out of my comfort zone.... and also I want to be more involved in the art community. ^^;

so I recently did a speed painting/time lapse video. last year I went to hamilton pool in austin, and took a lot of photos, I put them all into a folder (and they collected digital dust, I guess you could say) and recently I was organizing my files and came across it again, So I thought I'm gonna try and do a speed painting of this... and so I did and you guys can watch it Here! yay!! **please note I did more of a suggestive loose sorta painting style just wanted to keep it fun and full of energy. 

Next up on the video list is gonna mostly likely be a video on hands. I've had a few people asking for a video on that specifically, and I totally understand why. Hands can be quite hard if you don't fully understart how to brake them down, but I have a few tips that might come in handy ;) eh heh bad puns are bad. 

Anyways if you guys have any ideas, comments or video request please dont be shy to shoot me an email at xmarjoriex.md@gmail.com

Ocean Inspired Illustration

Hi guys! hows everyone?

So a few days a go I decided to do a bit of a test live stream VIA google+ and uploading it to my youtube account 

And I gotta say it was pretty fun! I got good feed back and I shall be doing more! but next time shall be talking next time! So please post your questions and I'll try my best to answer all of them. :D

I'll be streaming every other week 

heres my youtube channel  every live stream will be taking place there and if you miss it it'll be uploaded so you can watch it when ever its most convenient to you :)  also follow me on twitter if you want to be more up to date @marjoriedavis91

^ this is a photo i took last weekend returning from the beach, and consequently used as my color pallet for the paintings (that i'm going to show you below) lol  

the not pretty, extremely rough idea in my sketchbook. the idea behind it is pretty much a blackmoor goldfish, water and the ocean in general. 

so i chose to do two versons one a little cooler and one a bit warmer.

I'll be doing 18x24 prints of these so comment here or shoot me an email xmarjoriex.md@gmail.com if you'd like to have one :)

anyways I hope y'all have a awesome weekend!  

live streaming painting demo

land ho!

arr I haven't paintaard landscapes in a long while ;3

so i did some quick paintings for yeh land lovers out there. lol

these be ye thumbnails 

:) lol these two could possibly be the same planet xD anyhoo i had fun painting these. all those times watching joy of painting didn't go to waste. ;b

I hope y'all guys have a good weekend. 

update

                  so this is one variation of a friend character I've been drawing out... so this is  fully fleshed out costume and of course colors ;b

and the humble beginnings 

a random tutorial has appeared

i've been asked a lot about how I draw the lips I draw so yeah made a little walk thru

posted up on my not so serious deviantart account here 

things I miss + update

Hello you guys~! hows it going?

So today was meh and yeah, started think about things I used to really enjoy and miss doing.

Like I miss painting in acrylics; I miss the feel of a brush roughly dragging on the uneven canvas surface and having to wait for the paint to dry to see how much the color changes (for some reason acrylics seem to dry a lot darker than when its first applied :x ) and also ruining my favorite clothes looking like an artsy douche with paint all on my clothes lol.

and I miss playing guitar and piano its been ages I think I forgot everything I used to know how to play. lol I dunno why I have done those things in a long time and I kinnda miss it :/ I think I'm gonna take some time to finish the paintings that are gathering dust in my closet. I would like to show you guys some of my traditional stuff anyways, I think it'd be nice.

heres some of my realllllly really old paintings. I'd thought i'd share 'cause sharing is caring ;) lol 

     and i also miss karaoke T_____T