Friday, May 13, 2011

Recent Sketchbook

Well, it looks like Blogger as somehow lost my last post so I think I'll just throw it up again. If it should happen to find its way back to the blog then I suppose I will have to delete one of them.

Anyway, here are a couple of sketchbook pages from a recent doodle session. At the top is an old Troll Midwife and below her is a Gnome Witch. Just some simple 3B pencil on printer paper.

More soon. Peace be with you.


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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 13, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    excellent work reminds me of Alan Lee

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  2. mattMay 13, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Very cool, I wish I could draw half as well as you are able to do. Very nice piece, thanks for sharing!

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  3. Larry MacDougallMay 13, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Thanks Mimi - he's one of my favourites.

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  4. Larry MacDougallMay 13, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Hi m.s. - you're most welcome.

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  5. AnonymousMay 14, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    Dear Larry,

    Wow! Such an amazing collection of images, thank you for posting them! I saw the stunning 'Rapunzel' in a Fantasy Illustrators book and looked you up. 'Fossil' is amazing too, and 'Storm Warning' - the cackling!!

    I wanted to ask you about the inspiration behind 'Muskeg'? I love his benign expression and the large hands - and the detail within the characters & trees in the foreground, contrasted with the impressionistic background. Wonderful

    Ashley

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  6. Larry MacDougallMay 15, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    Hello Ashley. Thanks for stopping by. Muskeg was painted a few years ago and I don't really remember exactly what my inspiration was. The piece was a private commission and meant to be a companion picture to another one of mine entitled Scout. When I work I tend to start with the focal point and move out from there, letting the detail diminish the further away I get. I hope that helps. :)

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  7. Jim NelsonMay 15, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    I love the new sketches, Larry, especially the gnome witch. She has a scandinavian feel to her that really appeals to me. Your pencil work is sublime. It just continues to get better.

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  8. Larry MacDougallMay 15, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Thanks Jim ! I wonder if I could do it with a wacom ? :)

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  9. AnonymousMay 16, 2011 at 3:26 AM

    That's great, Larry - I've seen 'Scout' too and they are a great match, though Muskeg might be my fav of the two because I can see his face a little better.

    Definitely helps! By 'meant to be' do you mean that the two didn't end up being sold together? That'd be a shame.

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  10. Larry MacDougallMay 16, 2011 at 5:54 AM

    Ashley - the two pieces were not sold together. The client wanted to purchase Scout but I was holding her for someone else at the time. Not wanting to paint the same picture twice, I came up with Muskeg. Scout never did sell and she's still one of my favourite pictures from that period.

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  11. Petar MeseldžijaMay 17, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    These are wonderful sketches, Larry. The anatomy, the value, the movement, the character...all these aspects are superb!! Very inspiring!

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  12. Larry MacDougallMay 17, 2011 at 5:27 AM

    Thanks Petar ! :)

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  13. TimelessladyMay 18, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    great art!

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  14. Larry MacDougallMay 19, 2011 at 5:08 AM

    Thanks Inchworm !

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