I think people usually associate somebody travelling or backpacking across a country, a continent or around the world, as someone who is on an extended vacation, or on a long holiday, which doesn’t involve much work if any at all. Of course that is the case for some travellers, especially if they have commitments to return to such as with work or study. But there are travellers out there, such as myself, who have committed themselves to study, work and development as they travel over much longer periods of time. .
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The Importance of Thumbnail Sketches & My First Exterior Public Mural
Less than one day ago I came back from the BTC Graffiti Festival in Candeais, Bahia, Brazil. I was lucky enough to be invited last minute, as an international artist and participate in painting at the event. I had never heard of the event before, and only discovered its existence and the fact that I was going to be attending, around 9pm the night before the first day. The whole 4 days went by really fast, and I had about 1 hour spare to try and prepare, sketch ideas and plan ahead. Actually it was more like 45 minutes.
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Studying The European Sculpture Masters, Original Louvre Drawings
Master Studies As A Practice For Amateur And Professional Artists.
Master studies are recommended by many top, professional artists around the world, as being an excellent way to practice, develop and study the greats of the past who dedicated their lives towards excelling in their chosen craft.
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Above image; Video Intro Title Image
Greg Chalmers Digital Portrait - Work In Progress
This is my first screen recording that I have made of me painting digitally in Adobe Photoshop. It is sped up 40X so you can quickly see how I go about my digital portraits, and the painting process. I used just one brush, and only colour picked from my own colour selection and combinations on the painting itself, similar to how I would pick up paint from a real colour palette.
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The Return Home To Brighton, England After 4 Years Of Travel! - LOCAL STREET ART, HISTORY, CULTURE, LIFE
Years Of Living A Nomadic Life
After living in Queenstown, New Zealand, The Gold Coast, Australia, and travelling around Asia and the Pacific Islands, finally it was time to return home to the place I was raised up, and see friends and family, old and new.
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My Best Pencil & Ink Drawings of 2017 - PART 2
The final collection of my best drawings from last year.
A combination of fantasy Illustration, story, emotional, stirring and soulful pieces, along with plain and simple creative fun, drawing/illustrative practice.
Continuing on from my previous posts; My Best Artwork Of 2017, and; My Best Pencil & Ink Drawings. This is my final set of my best drawings from 2017, ending My Best Of for last year.
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My Best Pencil & Ink Drawings Of 2017
I'm still very much in a reflective mood looking back on 2017, which I think will continue over the next couple of days as I prepare myself for 2018...
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Above image; My 'Essentials of Realism' Digital colour portrait.
This was one of my final online assessments where I had to paint a realistic portrait from the reference provided (the teacher's daughter). This took me 60+ hours, but I was very happy with the result at the end, and surprised myself.
My Best Artwork Of 2017
Above image; My 'Essentials of Realism' Digital colour portrait.
This was one of my final online assessments where I had to paint a realistic portrait from the reference provided (the teacher's daughter). This took me 60+ hours, but I was very happy with the result at the end, and surprised myself.