Chris Padilla/Blog / Art
Making pictures!
I doodled some as a kid, but assumed I didn't have talent, so I never pursued it seriously. In 2022, inspiration struck, and I decided to take a swing at learning the craft!
I've been documenting my journey ever since. I've written about the lessons I've learned from drawing in 2023 and digital painting in 2024 as Notes on this blog.
Browse my curated gallery or view all art as a grid. For some common themes:
Finishing Sketchbook No. 4
The stack is growing!
This one was filled with more studies as part of the Proko courses I'm taking.
Lots of bean studies as part of the figure drawing course:
On to the next one!
Apples
Late Easter Sketches
Barley and Board
Animal Construction
My favorite studies on animal construction! Lots of sturdy looking body with noodley legs! š
All part of the Drawabox module on animals.
Finishing Sketchbook No. 3
Another one down!! This one I picked up so I could have more room to explore compared to my little moleskin.
It started out with figure drawing dissections:
And ended with animal construction studies:
Camels and Snails
Finishing Sketchbook No. 2
Another sketchbook down!!
This go-round, I alternated pages with two kinds of drawing. One page of drawing from imagination (visual journaling, as I've thought of it.) The other pages studies, largely older pieces by Louie Zong. What can I say, I love his work!
Here's where I started:
And where I'm leaving this book:
The left page is a study on this painting by Louie Zong.
Big change!! I'm taking less time to get many ideas out at once, and am trying more to methodically get out a detailed character on the page. That tracks for this book!
Here's my favorite page, following Miranda and I's trip to Denver:
On to the next one!
Louie Zong's Boss Rush & Sketches
Louie Zong's album Boss Rush and the CUSTOM BLENDER RENDERED 3D VIDEO is a gem.
My last bit of plant construction for drawabox!
Chunky Head Construction
Still Life and Plant Construction
Draw From Life, They Said
Construction on Plants
Studies of a Lotus Flower and leaves. š
It's really fun to twist and curl thin forms!
These are part of a set of exercises from the Drawabox curriculum.
Birds and Texture Sketches
Couple of my favorite birds š¦š¦
My favorite so far ā a study on texture dissections along organic forms. Completed as an asignment for Drawabox.
Sketches
After finishing my last sketchbook, I'm on to the next one!
Here are some of my favorite pages from this week:
I'm also going through Andrew Loomis' "Fun With A Pencil". An older style of caricature, but it's been fun to get comfortable with construction! Here are some head potatoes from my first studies:































