Completed version and some quick sketches

Hello everyone!

I'm doing two posts today. This one will have the finished version of my last painting, Serene, and some sketches I've been working on the last few days. The next post will just be on some interesting links. Anyways, on to the artwork!

End product, titled Serene.

Then, working at Art Walk, I was able to knock out two quick sketches while there was a lull.

Sketch of photographer Irene Quiroga's "Little Dancer"

Palm tree over water. No reference, though it was inspired by my boss' collage/mixed media paintings.

And finally, just a random practice page.

New work in progress

Trying different techniques. This one is going to be done in just black ink. It's kind of acting like a quick sketch/gesture drawing- it's actually rather fun to do. At this point, there's only about 10 minutes of work put into this. Two pictures at different stages.