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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Inferno


Arrow Video are running a competition to win a load of goodies - to enter you have to produce a new DVD/Blu RAY cover for a film they have released or are scheduled to release. As a huge Dario Argento fan I couldn't resist creating a new image for his wonderful 1980 film "Inferno" (particularly as the image Arrow used on their official release was awful). Anyway, this is the painting I did for the cover and below is a mock cover design with the Arrow logo. Wish me luck!
Prints of the image are available from my Society6 store. Follow the link below and get free shipping on any prints from my store until June 16th.


Friday, June 07, 2013

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Me and Yellow (Self Portrait)


New self-portrait. I used the oil tools in Artrage and tried for a looser style.

Artrage, 2013.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Matilda Sketch



This is the drawing I will use as the base of my next painting, a portrait of Matilda of England, also known as Empress Matilda. It was drawn using the pencil tool in Artrage 4.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Richard III

Richard II,  Digital painting, Artrage, 2013.

A new portrait of Richard III, inspired by the recent finding of his remains and the facial reconstruction they made from his skull. I used the reconstruction as the starting point but also incorporated elements from the portraits of Richard to try and find his "face". 

Friday, May 10, 2013

Prints on Society6


I recently opened a store on the Society6 website, where you can purchase quality prints of my artwork at very reasonable prices. I've had feedback from customers and they've been very happy with the products.

There is lot's of new work I haven't  posted here yet for sale, including a new range of historical portraits, so go and take a look - if you follow the link below you can also get free shipping on prints purchased up until 13th May 2013!

http://society6.com/MarkSatchwillArt/prints?promo=02b5ce

Saturday, February 23, 2013

The Rose of Marie Antoinette




A portrait of the ill-fated Marie Antoinette, who was guillotined during the French Revolution. 

It was painted digitally using the airbrush tool in Artrage 4.

I used a reference photo by MizzD-Stock for the figure but I changed the facial features to look more like Marie Antoinette, though it is still a rather idealised and flattering portrait! I tried out several different backgrounds including a traditional-style landscape and a flat candy-stripe pink wallpaper, but decided to go for something somewhere in-between the two. Antoinette was painted holding roses several times so I wanted to continue the tradition but added some blood where the thorns have pricked her to symbolise her bloody and tragic death.

Detail images below.

Prints are available from my Etsy store





Friday, January 25, 2013

Winterwood


New painting - "Winterwood". Painted in ArtRage 3.5 Pro. Starring my dog, Dexter!


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

The Queen Of Hearts


Portrait of The Queen Of Hearts.

Based on a stock photo from the wonderful mizzd-stock [link]

Atrage 3.5 Studio Pro and Wacom Intuos 4.




Monday, December 17, 2012

Donna Noble

 A portrait of Catherine Tate as Donna Noble in Doctor Who.
ArtRage Studio Pro 3.5 and Wacom Intuos 4.