Recent Projects and New Works, specializing website design, traditional fine arts, oil paintings, portrait drawings, and digital illustration. http://www.cbastudio.com/ yes http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 29 May 2010 17:53:44 -0400 cblair7@gmail.com Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:04:46 -0400 PG cblair7@gmail.com FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.cbastudio.com/feedimg/FTinside.jpg http://www.cbastudio.com/AIselfpromo.htm paper Fortune Teller design 144 144

This time I tackle an oil portrait for older people, showing how to handle multiple light sources, wrinkles, lines and skin texture.

Our model is Gandalf, who probably has more facial hair and a longer mane than most of us artists will ever encounter!

Happy Birthday to Sir Ian McKellan 5/25/2010, who made Gandalf so well beloved in the movies.

Step by step photos show my painting process from start to finish, including my color palette, brushes, correcting mistakes, and some tips on shooting your artwork using a digital camera. This is a downloadable .pdf file

You can also see the finished painting here:  Lord of the Rings
and ask me any questions you like]]> http://www.cynthiablair.com/ 96AC464E-4D4F-4074-94E5-EA008FB24F1B Sat, 29 May 2010 17:50:17 -0400

Finally, after a bunch of requests, I finally did a tut covering the basics of portrait drawing- it's in charcoal, which I use, but really the ideas can be applied to any medium of your choice. It also applies to regular people, not just drawing hobbits, hehe.

I included a list of materials, as well as some close-up tips on eyes and lips, step by step images, start to finish.

You can view the portrait drawing tutorial here, in downloadable pdf format.]]> http://www.cbastudio.com cblair7@gmail.com 7986B6D4-61A8-4968-86AD-50B9637D5F3B Sun, 16 May 2010 01:32:28 -0400

This is an oil painting portrait tutorial, including mixing skin tones, open canvas method, covering my painting process start to finish. Next up will be Gandalf, so I can cover beards and wrinkles, etc...all this is applicable whether or not you're painting hobbits, wizards, or just normal people...

is there such a thing as a normal person?

Tutorial on oil portraits here, as a downloadable pdf]]> http://www.cbastudio.com cblair7@gmail.com A8330133-2A25-4118-8FEA-3AD1D8B3ACE4 Sun, 16 May 2010 01:30:09 -0400 Remember those paper Fortune Tellers as a kid? We used to make them in grade school, and they were a hoot! <br /> I designed one in Illustrator for a RISD class project a couple of years ago...My paper fortune teller design was chosen as a iPhone app, among several other designs. Most were aimed more towards children, my "skin" was aimed more for the adult crowd.<br /> How cool is that?<br /> That design has been on my Flickr account for 2 years, so you never know who sees your work or where it will lead... http://www.cbastudio.com/AIselfpromo.htm cblair7@gmail.com 3D87ACC7-9290-490D-AE50-5C79DF162724 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 01:22:47 -0400