Surfing in Hawaii

Sketch Surfing in Hawaii: (c) Luke Bennette

 It was one of those days I realized that I was drawing to many still shots of people in real life, so I decided to step it up a bit and be spontaneous. I started drawing lines around each other and suddenly I got this great idea that it was a big wave!

Pointillism Surfing in Hawaii: (c) Luke Bennette

 I don't have a yellow pen, shame I know, but I used water colored pencils to dot the pointillism effects of the sun shining on the water through the tunnel wave.

Colored Surfing in Hawaii: (c) Luke Bennette

 The only regret I have of this is that the sunlight looks entirely to much like a spotlight.

Digital Surfing in Hawaii: (c) Luke Bennette

This picture gives a sort of dimensional effect by creating a blending technique using color pencil paint effects and also highlights the warmth of the sun while increasing the cool effect of the waves.

Candy Swirls

Sketches Candy Swirls: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 You'd hardly know the name had any importance to this picture when you look at the sketch.

Pointillism Candy Swirls: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 Pointillism has a lot of bits and pieces

Colored Candy Swirls: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digital Candy Swirls: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Little Rascals

Sketch Little Rascals : June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 This version of the picture has reminded some people of a wood carving. The background is a web of ropes and swirls.

Pointillism Little Rascals : June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 Pointillism gives it some flare and Pinchas. 

Colored Little Rascals : June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 Colored fills the whole thing in and gives it a neat effect of depth for the background while the rest of it pops out.

Digital Little Rascals : June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digitally there is a blending of the two, background and foreground.

A Kid with Glasses

Sketch A Kid with Glasses: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 The Kid with glasses took a while. The background is an enjoyable collection of Celtic circles hidden in a mesh of connecting lines, while the lower portion employs a sort of structure like building of tangles and layers.

Pointillism A Kid with Glasses: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 Pointillism allowed me to test out a new pen! The jelly roll pens have a great effect, and this one, white, allowed me to make highlights all over the young girls shirt, making the effect one of depth.

Colored A Kid with Glasses: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 Color just makes me smile. She's got a sort of look on her face, as if she were ready for whatever you've got to throw at her. Her eyes say, bring it, I've seen worse.

Digital A Kid with Glasses: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

The digital effect gives a red hue to the whole picture, and a vignette around the child so as to focus us in on her determined and resolute, but strikingly calm, face. 

Suit and Tie

Sketch Suit and Tie: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 This was drawn for a friend. Now you will notice that the background is made up of a number of tools one might use in woodwork.

Pointillism Suit and Tie: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 The pointillism gives some strong indications of a sharply dressed man that can afford his tailoring.

Colored Suit and Tie: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 Color adds some fulfilling and refreshing tones as well as makes the face pop since it is by far the palest thing on the picture.

Digital Suit and Tie: June 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

The digital version makes the face appear stark white, while the rest of the picture takes on a tone of blended perfection.

Joey

Sketch Joey: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Pointillism Joey: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Colored Joey: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digital Joey: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Joey is a kid who doesn't look as if he's looking for your say so, or approval. He just is. He is looking steadfastly into the gaze of the other, camera held in hand, as if to say "this is what I'm doing, are we ready to go?" The pointillism gives it a popping look without taking away from the effect achieve in the sketch. The colored version gives a nice wash background that pops the character into view, and the digital version enhances the whole by creating a sort of characterized portrait.

Hope

Sketch Hope: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Pointillism Hope: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Colored Hope: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digital Hope: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Hope was a lot of fun to draw. In the first place the sketch makes a real nice feel, as if there was something unsure and yet hopeful about the woman. The pointillism version allowed me to fill in a lot of texture and color, making the colored version quite enjoyable and alive with expectation. The digital version looks like some comic strip photo that has the air of one stepping out of shadows and into the light. 

Joan of Ark

Sketch Joan of Ark: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Pointillism Joan of Ark: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Colored Joan of Ark: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digital Joan of Ark: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Drawing Joan of Ark was a lot of fun. I started with a sketch format as seen above, where I used pointillism for shading. Then I used my pens to pinpoint the entire banner with white and also the hair and the staff on which the banner stands. Then I colored the banner with highlighting yellows and white while I used the same highlight on the armor and then colored it in with grays and blacks. The digital effect is an ancient canvas which fills in the color.

Memorial Day

Sketch Memorial Day: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Pointillism Memorial Day: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Colored Memorial Day: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digital Memorial Day: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Miguel

Sketch Miguel: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Pointillism Miguel: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Colored Miguel: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digital Miguel: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Suspicious Woman

 

Sketch Suspicious Woman: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Pointillism Suspicious Woman: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Colored Suspicious Woman: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digital Suspicious Woman: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Do not Mourn the Dead

Sketch Do not Mourn the Dead: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 Do not mourn the dead came out of nowhere. I had no models, but I seem to be getting a feel for faces and hands at this point. Still needs work of course.

Colored Do not Mourn the Dead: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 A friend of mine asked whether this was a picture of twilight characters. I am not sure how they missed the cross in the background in the left hand of the priest. The hand behind the young man crying is the hand of God himself reaching out to console the young man as he takes his mother to heaven.

Digital Do not Mourn the Dead: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

A darkened image of the whole thing. I'm not sure that it adds to the picture, but I do like the frame. I have begun to leave a white space where the initials and date are placed so that I can better find it.

In the Face of the Unknown

Sketch In the face of the Unknown: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

 In the face of the unknown is meant to capture the face of Natalie Portman in her prforma

Colored In the face of the Unknown: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette

Digital In the face of the Unknown: May 2013: (c) Luke Bennette