Gerd Stenemann's Faves

36 Days of the Via Francigena pilgrim walk recorded in sketch form, 1000 miles of drawing.

36 Days of the Via Francigena pilgrim walk recorded in sketch form, 1000 miles of drawing.

Here's a test drawing made in Adobe Fresco & Photoshop on the iPad. What an outstanding app! The brushes feel incredible.

This is a huge acrylic painting on wood standing at 75 inches tall. I let friends decide the theme and subject matter so they did most of the work, I just put their ideas onto a canvas

Fun Lovecraftian monster done in ink.

This is a “creative color wheel” done for an art class. I took the grey way to far over for the shoulder, but other than that I don’t hate how it turned out.

The race heats up!

Character Design 12 Zodiac: Aries

Watercolor

I suppose this was just a tester/practice piece? My first actual still life from observation and my first time actually using charcoal (yes, I've never truly used charcoal before. Charcoal and pastels are two things I avoid. Their looseness and freeness scare me, considering how rigid I can be). Not sure how to feel about this one. I'm my worst critic, and I've known that for a long time now. There's a lot of practice and progress to be made, but it turned out half-way decent.

a few new ones

Acrylic on cradled board

Inktober 2020 Day 24 - Dig

A rock. You. A soulful stare.

from the "Présence - Seeds" series.

from the "Présence - Seeds" series.

Still the same concept I've been working through for a while, but trying to dig a little deeper. I had a 1:45 min flight and I worked on this the whole time (minus turbulence).

This building giant is lonely.

from the "Présence - Seeds" series.