Promotional

Most of the pieces I have been working on lately are not able to be shown until they are published... so for now, enjoy this promotional I made using Prezi.

Finished Illustration

"Reading"  ©2013  Joshua S. Brunet

Here is the finished illustration. Thanks for watching the process.

Getting Closer

I've been surprised at how much color pencil I've used to develop this piece. Mostly, I guess, because I've done so much while my students were working during my classes at Union University. I'm really happy with the results and have been surprised at how much color and value I've been able to achieve with the pencils. 

Playing Around in the Snow

Almost finished with my mouse painting... I just wanted to try creating an animated gif. Here is the original illustration - and here is the gif. I'm hoping it will bring in some cold weather. :)

The Window

On Monday I cranked up the Christmas music and started painting the windows. It's so great to be an illustrator. I'm still adding my oils in washes (thinned down paint) - however, the washes are becoming more controlled. I've also begun to add thicker paint to the woodwork on the window where the light is hitting. It's not impasto by any means - but you can't see through it. The paint remains thin enough for color pencil work.

More Detail

I've gone back over my pencil work on the trees with oil to help pop out the highlights. I've also started to work on the interior (window pane and mouse) with pencils. Believe it or not, the sky is a very pretty pale blue - it must be "non-photo blue" because the camera just won't pick it up.

Leaves and Trees

I've started to layout some detail outside of the window with oils. It's still very loose, but this gives me a broad base to work with later. I love birch trees, and I know they are plentiful up north, so I am preparing the ground work for their beautiful yellow leaves.

When the oils were dry, I went back in with Prismacolor pencils and started to "chisel out" the detail in the leaves. You can see where I "cut out" the areas where the sky is shining through. I also started to give some distinction between the changing colors (green to yellow) as well as the cool shadows and warm highlights. 

I have really come to love working with pencils in between layers of oil. They are so much fun and act very similar to oils as far as blending goes - yet they retain their own textural quality.