Howard Lyon

3-hour painting from last night. Oil on linen panel. #allaprima #oilpainting #portrait #painting

And thank you!

My wall easel is motorized. That is a circuit board for an Arduino that controls the soft start for the motor and remote control. 🎩

Another work in progress. “Zephyr Flirting with Flora”.

I hope you do! Thank you 🥰

Thank you! 😊

It was more than a year in the planning, including growing the flowers and figuring out how to get the camera a good 15 feet above the ground to reduce distortion.

You can find it on my Gumroad page: howardlyonart.gumroad.com

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Thank you!

We all also know that it is a myth and there are different versions. I am painting the “sleep” that was contained inside.

Work in progress. Oil on linen panel. “Psyche” is shown here opening the jar that Aphrodite gave her. #oilpainting #art #psyche #greekmythology #fantasyart #howardlyonart

I had a blast painting my beautiful friend @artmodel-sarah.bsky.social as Tress of the Emerald Sea. She was the original model for the book! We had about 2 hours of painting time.

I love my art community!

#art #painting #oilpainting #allaprima #tressoftheemeraldsea #brandonsanderson

DRACO NOUVEAU TAROT A fantastical Tarot card deck filled with ethereal art by Kaitlund Zupanic exploring the emotions of the human condition through Dragons, Unicorns, and other fantastical creatures. 78 Cards 4 Artist...

This is a really gorgeous set from my friend @kaitlund.bsky.social

There are two days left to back this project! Congratulations to her for an already successful campaign!

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Hang together or hang separately.

‘Helena’
70x50 cm
Oilpaint, leaf metal gold

Model: Sarah
📸: @howardlyonart.bsky.social

Digital portrait painting in a classical style , of a woman in a flowy dress looking wistfully off to one side. The background is a blue sky in the late evening, amongst trees.

I had the urge to paint this very, romantic themed, classical piece - so I dove into one of @howardlyonart.bsky.social ‘s reference packs. I definitely overworked the hair, but we live and we learn haha! used procreate, and it took 9 hours #painting #art #artist #digitalart #portrait #procreate

@trueref.bsky.social has so many great pose packs (used one for the sketchbook studies pictured below), and I've also been collecting reference packs through @howardlyonart.bsky.social 's Patreon! (used for this painting)

Looks amazing!

Pose reference of a woman in a vintage white gown.

Pose reference of a woman sitting while smoking.

Pose reference of a woman crouching with a knife.

Pose reference of a woman sitting with a cigarette in her hand.

Collecting all the genres.
TrueRef: Real references for real artists 🤍

A little sketch before bed using Prismacolor Col-Erase pencils and photo reference from @howardlyonart.bsky.social

#sketch #portrait

red and pink sketch of a woman looking down slightly over her left shoulder. She has long hair and wears star and crescent earrings. There's another sketch to the far left of the same woman. Drawn on paper that has a wash of a light purple.

Another portrait sketch based on reference from @howardlyonart.bsky.social tuscan red and pink are my favourite Prismacolor Col-Erase pencil combination, highlights with General's pastel white :)

portrait of a woman in red. Oil on Panel

Portrait of a woman in blue oil on panel

A portrait of a female knight in armor against the trees. Oil on panel

Paintings from March. Oil on panel, Reference images from @howardlyonart.bsky.social

Waist up portrait of a Black woman wearing simple armor over a dark blue dress. Her chin-length black curls are pulled back from her face by a thin headband, with half her hair tied back behind her head. Her expression is solemn--she looks to the side, towards a strong light source that floods half her face with light. The background is a dark gray gradient.

Two hour study of a reference image from @howardlyonart.bsky.social 's Patreon!

Some of my recent studies based on @howardlyonart.bsky.social photos :) #art

also for this aw i used @howardlyonart.bsky.social refpack "Chelsea Classical"

(not paid advertising, i just love his references and have been buying them for years, i think they are some of the best references for artists and more people should know about them)

Fantastic work, Felipe!!

Hi everyone, this is my newest illustration, it's my version of the Goblin Guide MtG card, part of my portfolio for Wizards.

Black and white film photo of Nicole looking at the camera, in a hobbit dress a stone Necklace and curly hair, half up, revealing pointed ears.

Black and white film photo of Nicole looking up towards the right corner, in a hobbit dress a stone Necklace and curly hair, half up, revealing pointed ears.

Black and white film photo of Nicole looking at the camera over her shoulder, in a hobbit dress a stone Necklace and curly hair, half up, revealing pointed ears.

I developed my first roll of film all by myself! @howardlyonart.bsky.social took the photos and then taught me how to do the rest. These were taken on a Rolleiflex E 2.8 with Kentmere 400 B&W film. The process was so cool and I’m really happy with how they turned out.

Oil painting of a young woman in April romantic flowy dress with gauzy sleeves in a glowy green color. Her face is under lit by a gentle golden light and she is looking to her left. She is seen from the waist up and the background is made from 23 carat gold filled it onto the artboard. There's a pattern that can be seen in the gold that is burnished to be reflective. There are also raised stars underneath the gold for a 3D effect

She's nearly done. 23k gold gilded background and oil paint on a handmade traditional board. Beautiful Reference by @howardlyonart.bsky.social

#Art #painting #oilpainting #figurativeart #portraiture #portrait #preraphaelite #traditionalart #fineart #golden #bskyart #magical #lunamoth

First layer of gilding done. I used 12 k white gold. I'll probably do a second layer before moving on.
@howardlyonart.bsky.social references used.

#traditionalart #fineart #gilding #painting #gold #oilpainting #wipart #art #artist #bskyart #bluesky #portrait #portraitart #mercurialmuseart #golden

I took some time yesterday and today to do a little #MTG alter, inspired by @howardlyonart.bsky.social’s challenge on his Patreon! 🎨

I’ve been wanting to do some Astarion art since BG3 came out, and I’m happy to finally have the opportunity to do so! 🧛🏻‍♂️♥️

Oil painting of a red-haired woman in a pink gown with puffed sleeves

Finished at last! 12" x 16" oil on linen.

Based on a reference photo from @howardlyonart.bsky.social