I took Ryan Magno's Background Painting for Animation course at @warriorartcamp.bsky.social last year. Had so much fun in the course, Ryan is a great teacher. Designed this background exploring an establishing shot for an imagined show. Inspired by my trip to NYC last year.

Recent sketches!

Recap of all the #pleinairpril pieces done over the past month, and highlighting a few of my favorites where something clicked. Was really cool to paint alongside the community and see what everyone else was up to.

#PleinAirpril Day 30. Berkeley botanical gardens. This composition was rather challenging, but I liked the dappled light. Was fun to try and capture. That's a wrap! Really glad I participated this time. Felt like it got me out of an art slump. Looking forward to what's might be next!

#PleinAirpril Day 29. Tree in morning light.

#PleinAirpril Day 28. Saw this moped on my walk today and really liked the look of it.

#PleinAirpril Day 27. See these plants all over the neighborhood on my walks.

#PleinAirpril Day 26. View of Mt Tam across the bay early this morning.

#PleinAirpril day 25. Bus stop.

#PleinAirpril Day 24. I really liked the way the light was hitting this tree up the street.

Doing a last minute Mother's Day special on these adorable Mama bear and cub pins, created in collab with @justinowensart.bsky.social aspenhearted.com/shop/p/pin-c...

#PleinAirpril Day 23. Morning light. Sun was streaming in on my early morning walk today. Such a contrast after the storm we had.

#PleinAirpril Day 22. Rainy morning.

#PleinAirpril Day 21. Break in the rain.

#PleinAirpril Day 20. A little neighborhood cottage. Walk past this house each day. Stood out this morning on our walk before the storm came in.

#PleinAirpril Day 19. Neighborhood mailbox. Was very overcast this morning, really liked the way this mailbox was lit. Thought it'd be a fun subject to paint.

I worked on future stickers sheets and die cut stickers today ^^

#PleinAirpril Day 18. Oliver the cat. Randomly changed my walk pattern in the neighborhood a few years ago and stumbled across this cat. Sits in his little bed in the window and watches the street. I now walk past his window every day hoping to catch a glimpse. Was blessed this morning!

#PleinAirpril Day 17. Ice cream truck. Walk past this ice cream truck frequently, but still haven't had a chance to try it. Have been wanting to paint it for a while too. Liked the backlit view of it as I walked by this morning.

#PleinAirpril Day 16. Morning road closure.

#PleinAirpril Day 15. Overcast morning. On my frequent pup walks I've discovered there are a fair number of these tower like houses in the neighborhood. Rather enjoy them, like mini castles.

#PleinAirpril Day 14. Early morning walk.

#PleinAirpril Day 13. Rain is gone for the moment, sun was in full effect this morning.

#PleinAirpril Day 12. Small break in the rain on my morning walk with the pup.

#PleinAirpril day 11. Evening walk. Another doorway that keeps grabbing my attention.

#PleinAirpril Day 10. Local coffee shop looked so inviting on my rainy morning walk today.

#PleinAirpril Day 09. Car around the block.

#PleinAirpril Day 08. Pup on this mornings walk. Raven was momentarily still to tolerate this photo XD. She had places to go, things to sniff.

#PleinAirpril Day 07. Saw someones vw bug getting some work done on it this morning on my walk.

#PleinAirpril Day 06. Thought the lighting this morning on my walk was really interesting. My neighborhood was still in shadow from the marine layer, but across the bay everything was in sun. Liked seeing that contrast between muted colors in the shadow, vs those more intense blues in the water.

#PleinAirpril Day 05. Car in early morning light. The light felt really warm and crisp this morning on my pup walk.

#PleinAirpril Day 04. Mapcrunch study this time around.

#PleinAirpril Day 03. Morning walk.

#PleinAirpril Day 02. Always so interested in doors and doorways. This one had a really interesting bush framing the door. From my morning walk with the pup.

#PleinAirpril day 01. From a visit to Napa across the bridge. Feeling a bit rusty and hoping to do some from life, but appreciate the openness of this challenge. Thanks @warriorpainters.bsky.social for hosting!

Hey #PortfolioDay - I'm Justin and I love painting color keys and backgrounds. Looking for opportunities to work on some projects.

it's my birthday today! 🌹 I'd be grateful if you shared my art as a gift to me 🫶

practicing some painting :] #art #birdart #bird #peregrine #falcon

I painted a bookstore. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

We're at over 30k on our Crescent County Kickstarter now???? Can we hit fully funded within 12 hours?!?!?! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...

We're approaching the last 48 hours of this #oracledeck campaign on BackerKit and unlocking our final stretch goals! 🍃 Produced by @ewokmama.bsky.social @aspenhearted.bsky.social and me in our little trans queer art collective and featuring artwork by @emilyschnall.bsky.social 💕 Last chance!

Film studies to practice cinematic lighting. Longlegs, It Follows, Underwater, Witcher. #art

Attempted a 3min study but more like 6-7min. Hard to stop! Film study of dogpool from Deadpool & Wolverine.

Happy Star Wars day! Gouache study from Return of the Jedi. #MayTheFourth #MayThe4th

Trying a new recipe, lemon pudding cakes! My partner’s coworkers keep passing us amazing lemons and I’m like, what do I make?? This apparently.

Just otters being cute on rocks 🪨

Every alc donation no matter the size (previous & future) will get a print of this! Once the prints come in i’ll collect addressess shipping. I’m $2k shy of my ticket to ride w/ just a few months left! Any share or donation amount is greatly appreciated 🫶 giving.aidslifecycle.org/index.cfm?fu...

Water doggos 🦭

Another set of mapcrunch studies. Been having fun doing a few of these each day. Trying to keep them quick and focus on color palette experimentation. #art #virtualpleinair #color

Doing some mapcrunch studies today and playing with different lighting ideas. Also don’t want to go back to work tomorrow. Only paint, no work! #art #virtualpleinair