Bali Starling

I admire this species of bird a great deal, so I decided to paint one.

Bali Starling - Chase Restrepo

Media: Photoshop basic brushes
Time taken: Approx. 30 minutes
Made in: October 2011

Obstinate : Robot Practice

A painting done to help me get over some artistic technical weaknesses. I do not do well with robot/artificial subjects and strong forms/planes. It's not without it's flaws, but it was still very fun and helpful.

Obstinate - Chase Restrepo

Media: Photoshop custom brushes
Time taken: 3-4 hours
Made in: August 2011

Yearning

Another piece from my AP Art portfolio from when I was a high school senior. This may be my best piece from that entire concentration.

Yearning - Chase Restrepo

Media: Photoshop basic brishes
Time taken: Approx 3 hours
Made in: April/May 2009 with edits made in 2011

Carved Stone : Study

A quick study made in Photoshop at my grandmother's house. Referenced from a photo I took since taking my laptop to the cemetery was out of the question.

Carved Stone - Chase Restrepo

Media: Photoshop basic and textured brushes
Time taken: 1 hour
Made in: June 2011

Cemetery View

A very quick study I did this past summer on my grandmother's front porch.

Cemetery View - Chase Restrepo

Media: Photoshop basic brushes
Time Taken: 1 hour
Made in: June 2011

Background Concept : The Springs

Something that I made by complete accident, but wound up being very proud of.

The Springs by Chase Restrepo

• This isn't how you should work, but I had a foreground that I drew this AROUND, and I rather liked the sketch, so I decided to take it beyond just that.
• I put in the basic colors of each section after I finalized the composition.
• After that, I darkened everything to give it the night time feel I wanted, and worked over that.
• I added in layers of colors with different textured brushes until I got up to the highlights. I was very careful throughout this whole process to keep the many light sources consistent.
• After all the painstaking work of adding on colors by scratch, I added in the actual bright light sources, and the brightest highlights.
• Now I turned my attention to the water, and duplicated all the layers I had thus far, and flipped them over to resemble a reflection, applied a ripple filter, and did several other hours of tweaking and experimenting with it until I got it right.
• I added some color adjustments over the whole thing and was done with.

Media: Photoshop, Photoshop basic and textured brushes
Time Taken: 6 hours approximately
Made in: February 2011

Rooster Painting

I don't really remember much about the making of this one, but it was basic and fairly simple process, as  used a different program from what I usually use. This is of the rooster I used to have. He had to give him up because he hospitalized one of our hens. (She has to stay for a weekend at the vet's office and everything) But he was sweet to humans, especially me.

Thought Behind Those Eyes by Chase Restrepo

Media: openCanvas 4.5 Plus, Basic brushes

Time Taken: 3 hours approximately

Made in: November 2010