Another one done for the cgtalk daily sketch forum...the topic is "old master" done in around one hour.Did not use any reference for this.....im sure could have done a more anatomically correct model with a reference...but I found that not using a reference made me think about form more ..... so it was good practice...
as always big thanks to friends at work whose encouragement and advice keeps me going....

This is my first image painted with a concept completely from my imagination...no references of any kind used...done in around 30 minutes.
Done for the cgtalk daily sketch forum..the theme was Red Sky.... I wanted to portray an evil tribal priest doing a spell thats effecting everything around him...the sky is turning red.....and the spell is even coming back to effect him as well which is denoted by the swirl coming towards him....added a vague devil like formation at the junction between the fire and the sky..... and the vague hand like form coming back to grasp him as well...

Wanted to try something using an actual model and not a photograph.....so picked this buddhist statue since im not confident enought to paint a person yet....... will get there someday....
dont know what possessed me to try something this complicated becoz it has lots of detailed carving....i tried to get it as close as possible..... now i realise why its easier with a photograph...the perspective shifts if i tilt my head...and i cant zoom in :)...
i ran out of time on this one so just somehow finished it.....