Results tagged “victoria's secret”

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An Entire Sketchbook v2 - 1 of 2

An Entire Sketchbook v2 - 1 of 2 (mleiv.com)
image © 2009 mleiv
Medium: Pencil Size: 5X7"
I just finished another sketchbook! I am still using the ratty 5x7 moleskine variety. It's just less commitment. :P

These are still mostly drawn from TV, although since I moved I no longer have a Tivo, so I am having to do more DVD (which sucks on apple - they may make great software on the whole but frontrow + mac remote is THE WORST way to navigate a dvd. Seriously, Steve Jobs, IT SUCKS!).

Most of the drawings represent shows I love and watch repeatedly, but I'm just going to call out The Painted Veil as the worst bit of romantic drivel ever made. It is so incredibly bad that the Bronte sisters would have liked it.
Posted November 22, 2009 2:03 PM |
Paintings

Practice 02-2008

Practice 02-2008 (mleiv.com)
image © 2008 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 11x14"
This was done with a traditional underpainting. You can see the stages here: deviantArt

I have been trying to learn how to paint more... well... spontaneously, but after 3 failures I was feeling pretty low, so I did this one with a method I was more familiar with from my days painting in oils. The good news is that for once I really did manage to get a good mimic of an oil painting - it has the same depth and sheen and brightness. Which I think is a first for me in acrylics. So that's good at least. But i haven't given up on spontaneous painting yet. I just won't post those pictures.
Posted February 20, 2008 7:31 PM |
Paintings

Laetitia in Oil

Laetitia in Oil (mleiv.com)
image © 1997 mleiv
Medium: Oil Size: N/A
I painted this more than a decade ago in oils. I remember it took forever. But it is really beautiful. The photo reference was from a Victoria's Secret catalog.
Posted September 14, 2007 1:34 PM |
Paintings

Pale Skin Practice

Pale Skin Practice (mleiv.com)
image © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 9X12"
I have been experimenting with skin tones lately. This one isn't quite what I wanted (a very pale tone with purple notes), but the original was just so very different:
Posted April 10, 2007 10:27 PM |
Paintings

VS Practice 3

VS Practice 3 (mleiv.com)
image © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 8X10"

This took 3 hours to make. Someday... someday I will be faster.

Posted March 30, 2007 5:18 PM |
Paintings

VS Practice 2

VS Practice 2 (mleiv.com)
image © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 8X10"

This one took 3 hours. I suck. :(

Posted March 30, 2007 5:15 PM |
Paintings

Another Practice Painting

Another Practice Painting (mleiv.com)
image © 2007 mleiv
Medium: Acrylic Size: 8X10"

Another practice painting from Victoria's Secret. This one didn't take too long: 1.5 hours.

Posted March 27, 2007 12:51 AM |
Sketches

VS Freakishly Skinny With Big Smile

VS Freakishly Skinny With Big Smile (mleiv.com)
image © 2005 mleiv
Medium: Pencil Size: 8X11"

Sometime after Laetitia disappeared, I stopped bothering with their names. She's just "freakishly skinny with big smile." I also like to draw "slut with big pouty lips," who appears in some of the previous drawings.

Posted June 15, 2005 11:40 AM |
Sketches

Old Studies

Old Studies (mleiv.com)
image © 1999 mleiv
Medium: Pencil Size: N/A

Several old studies I found in my files.

Posted January 4, 2005 12:00 PM |
Sketches

Brown Background

Brown Background (mleiv.com)
image © 2002 mleiv
Medium: Conte Crayon Size: 8X11"

A sketch from another Victoria's Secret catalog. I was surprised at how well it turned out, considering I couldn't erase oil pencils and I didn't do a preliminary carbon sketch..

Posted April 28, 2002 12:50 PM |
Paintings

Red Portrait

Red Portrait (mleiv.com)
image © 2002 mleiv
Medium: Oil on Paper Size: 14X15"

A Victoria's Secret catalogue study painting. My favorite part is the gray over brown - that layering effect is the thing I like most about oil paintings.

Posted January 22, 2002 9:32 PM |
Paintings

Yellow Portrait

Yellow Portrait (mleiv.com)
image © 2001 mleiv
Medium: Watercolor Size: 8X8"

This is another study from a Victoria's Secret catalogue (a shy girl has to make due). I love how it looks more like an oil painting than a watercolor.

Posted January 18, 2002 11:21 PM |
Sketches

Laetitia Casta

Laetitia Casta (mleiv.com)
image © 2001 mleiv
Medium: Pencil Size: 8X11"

Contrary to Calvin Klein's opinion, Laetitia is the ideal of feminine beauty. I have drawn her thousands of times and she still fascinates me.

Posted March 24, 2001 8:43 PM |
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