Tag: victoria’s secret

An Entire Sketchbook v2 – 1 of 2

An Entire Sketchbook v2 - 1 of 2 (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 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 2009.11.22 14:03 | Last modified 2011.03.10 10:27 | Leave a reply

Practice 02-2008

Practice 02-2008 (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 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 2008.02.20 19:31 | Last modified 2008.02.20 19:31 | Leave a reply

Laetitia in Oil

Laetitia in Oil (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 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 2007.09.14 13:34 | Last modified 2007.09.14 13:34 | Leave a reply

Pale Skin Practice

Pale Skin Practice (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 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 2007.04.10 22:27 | Last modified 2007.04.10 22:27 | Leave a reply

VS Practice 3

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

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

Posted 2007.03.30 17:18 | Last modified 2007.03.30 17:18 | Leave a reply

VS Practice 2

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

This one took 3 hours. I suck. :(

Posted 2007.03.30 17:15 | Last modified 2007.03.30 17:15 | Leave a reply

Another Practice Painting

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

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

Posted 2007.03.27 0:51 | Last modified 2007.03.27 0:51 | Leave a reply

VS Freakishly Skinny With Big Smile

VS Freakishly Skinny With Big Smile (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 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 2005.06.15 11:40 | Last modified 2005.06.15 11:40 | Leave a reply

Old Studies

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

Several old studies I found in my files.

Posted 2005.01.04 12:00 | Last modified 2005.01.04 12:00 | Leave a reply

Brown Background

Brown Background (mleiv.com)
Creative Commons Licenseimage © 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 2002.04.28 12:50 | Last modified 2002.04.28 12:50 | Leave a reply

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