Nov Show LeBasse Projects

Wrapping up one piece and on to the next one. Feels great to have one down. But I think I'm going to do a little more jumping around from piece to piece to try and keep work fresh...not always an easy task.

Choose a painting

Hi All,

I'm considering putting out a new limited edition print. But I first want to try and get some feedback on which image you would like to see printed. So here I've listed some recent and older works. And I've numbered them to make things easier, just comment with a number.

Thanks for your time and help
Eric

Moving forward

Here's what I've been painting on for the last several days. I always want to skip out on the color comp but it really does help to move things faster if I know exactly how dark or saturated an area of the painting is going to be. It also allows you to preview and adjust the juxtaposition of colors and get all the mistakes out of the way without compromising your final panting. Plus the digital comp moves fairly quickly and definitely saves time in the long run. Esp. since a friend of mine gave me his old wacom tablet. It's a nice improvement from the mouse:)

Some people feel that there's no room for spontaneity when you use photo ref or have all your color/value comps. However, I always seem to have plenty of opportunities for spontaneous goodness:) My name is Eric....and I use color comps.

more wip

Put the painting down to flatten the piece. It helps to do this every now and then if the paper starts to buckle from the washes. It's just nicer to work on a flat surface. So I switched it up today and spent time fixing up this final drawing for another piece. Feels good to take a break from the other piece for a day and to work on something new. But tomorrow I paint.

wip

Here's a detail work in progress of one of my new works on paper.

Fantasy+ 3 Best Hand Painted Illustrations Feature

Got a nice surprise in the mail the other day. This is a beautiful looking book with great interviews and tons of cool art. For more info on this book go to http://www.cypi.net/

Great News! Chesley Nominations

I've been nominated for 2 Chesley Awards. ”Best Color Work: Unpublished” & ”Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished” As you may know, the Chesley, named in honor of Chesley Bonestell, is the only science fiction/fantasy art award voted on by the artists themselves. I don't want to count my eggs before they hatch but I will keep my fingers crossed. Regardless this is quite an honor. Thank You and Congrats to all.