Gift for a friend

brushing up on my brushing up eh eh eh

Ref: http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2013/11/getting-shot.html

Soto Treehouse Finals!

Final paintings for my 117a class and with that I'm done with the semester! Time to begin research for my nest project.

Soto Treehouse Isometrics

Oops forgot to upload these.

Gary Soto tree house Pt. 2: Layouts and Value

roman/celtic girl

 little warm up sketch before work

little update

Portfolio Update!

I updated my portfolio! Check it out here:

http://jonathanchuportfolio.blogspot.com/

Gary Soto tree house Pt. 1: exploration sketches

Ideas for my next project

Gary Soto Kitchen pt.5

These are the final two paintings for this assignment which was to paint 2 of the same scene with different lighting scenarios.

 I learned so much going through the whole illustration process; something that I've neglected in my personal work. And it was a lot of fun. From initial loose exploration sketches, orthographic views, to final layout and color. I'm excited to take what I've learned and move on to the next assignment.

Gary Soto Kitchen Pt.4

Refined kitchen layouts

Figure Drawing 10/16/13

 First figure drawings I liked so far this semester.

Gary Soto Kitchen Pt2

Some layouts in black and white trying to describe light and mood

Gary Soto Kitchen Pt. 1

Here are the beginning stages of the first Vis Dev project of the semester; designing a kitchen! I first sketched and designed the isometric view on the left, then I modeled the kitchen using Google sketchup and used that model to created about 25 thumbnails. I included my favorite 5

And also some reference/inspiration

#308

Trying to apply painting techniques we're learning in class to a random portrait sketch.

117a Rockefeller Building

This is the final "Learning Photoshop" painting for my Visual Development class. And I'm excited to finally move on to the more conceptual side of the class.

Waltz..ers?

Could not sleep so I drew some waltzing

drawing it is much less of a challenge than doing it. XD

Weathered kitchen object

Our next assignment was to take that kitchen object and age it by 50 years

Tea Pot still life

First assignment for my visual development class. Familiarizing ourselves with photoshop

#306

#305

Sometimes you gotta draw exactly what you want no matter how cliche

Palo Alto figure painting

Tried out digital this time. 

#304

Feeling inspired by Richard Schmid's technique, Bret 2d Bean's shape language, and Junya Watanabe's fashion... This is what happens.

#303

Getting used to my laptop since school is starting soon. Also playing around with Shaddy's brushes as well as the mixer brush tool in PS. trying to give it a more painterly feel

A piece I did for a student project!

Palo Alto Figure painting again

Went figure painting again. I like how today's came out! Also, a great model.

#302

My friend Kristin loves lizards and stuff :D

Palo Alto Figure Painting

Tried my hand at some more oils in Palo Alto today with A-Train and T-Dog as it were. 

Vasona Lake Park Pt 2

Went painting in Los Gatos again with some school buddies. This is a much smaller painting then usual (~2x4") I think I prefer painting in this size. It allows me to paint faster without worrying to much about details while still learning about light and color.

#301 Self Portrait

I wanted to do a life drawing session today but that didn't happen so I painted myself!
Not sure how much it looks like me though ><

299 + 300

2 portraits from imagination for the purpose of anatomy for the most part. not much attention to color or light.

#298

Based this painting off this song. not specifically about any of the lyrics. Just the mood.

Palo Alto Art Center Portrait Painting

Went to another figure painting session in Palo Alto. 3 hours was not quite enough time to get everything I wanted done but I had fun playing with colors and meeting all sorts of artists from everywhere.