Akaroa Lighthouse

Just past the scribble stage so far, the far hills' tones aren't working for me but I'm going to come back to them...

Calvin and Hobbes, Watercolour

Painted this a while back but never uploaded the photo...

Piha, sunset

Makin' waves

Tried to keep things loose and expressive as I've been floored by what this dude can do with a handful of well considered brush strokes...got a lot of learning to do to even get close to that sort of economy, but it's fun to give it a go.

First digi landscape of 2013 finished

Well as finished as it's gonna get for now - it's still kinda loose but I'm ready to move on, might come back to this when I've done some more learning...

more minor progress

I'm out of practice so a bit slow, getting back into the swing of things though.

minor progress

First digital sketch...

...of what I hope will be a productive 2013.  Lots to do yet, this is just trying to get the composition and tones right before getting down to the detail.