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Golf Commisson

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In the spring I completed a Commission for  a gent, who wanted a special gift for his parents who are members of a Golf and Country Club in Calgary.  I was super happy to oblige.  I got some images from him of his parents and I set off to gather images of the golf course. Read best golf balls for beginners if you are just starting out in golf,  That is where I ran into trouble, the website has views of the greens and some really obstructed views of the club house, so I elected to contact the Country Club.  Well you would have never assumed that it would take 2-3 emails and an phone call over a month in order to get some basic photos of the club house.  At first she did not want to share any with me, it was not until I shared the name of my client that she realized I was legit and that his father was a previous president of the board, and was forth coming with the photos.  Later I realized that I could just go onto Google maps and almost see 360Deg using the street view… sigh.  The end result was was great, rich colours, a bit of mountains in the background.  They were really pleased, which is always a great ending.

Golf Commission

A painted commission for a client to give to his parents.

 

Digital colour sketch

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Here is a digital colour sketch I am working on for a long over due commission piece.  Here I wanted to work out how the colours would all work overlapped over top of one another.  While working on it, I figured out that painting bare Aspens over top of one another was a challenge on making sure that the colours had enough contrast to not end up blending.

Couple skiing

A couple skiing, colour sketch

Wedding Invitations

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So I was contacted a while ago by these incredibly hip people that wanted me to design up their wedding invitation, along with the RSVP.  This is what we came up with!  Their wedding is out in the mountains just up my ally after working on the Going Camping series.  I used a bear to symbolize his strength and a deer for her grace.  I drew from inspiration from the colour palette for the wedding venues weatherford and vintage patches.  Since they both love music so much and that they regularly play guitar hero, I thought it would be a fun to illustrate them party rocking out for the back of the RSVP.  Congrats to Tim and Erika, all the best (and sunny weather) on your big day!!

Invitation cover

RSVP Back

A rocking out back for the RSVP back

RSVP Front

Front to the The RSVP