Rodney Fuentebella ::

Portfolio Page

2011-12-03T00:40:00.001-08:00

Hello! It's been a very long time since I last posted and I hope to post new works soon but for now I made a blog page of my portfolio (lost my old website so I gotta find a new and easier online portfolio site...any suggestions?).

Anyways, here is some of my works that I had in my old portfolio site. Bye for now!

rodneyf-blogportfolio.blogspot.com

Hello again!

2011-02-26T00:05:00.001-08:00

Hey there! Sorry for the loooong delay. I've been very busy with a job I started late last year and so I have been neglecting my blog... and website. So! Here is a quick study I did a couple months back. :) I hope to post more and wish me luck on that. Lates!

Great Show in Pasadena last weekend

2010-08-17T09:09:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Cynthia, Mindy, my wife and her parents for coming to my first California Art Club gallery show in the historical Blinn House in Pasadena. Thanks to the CAC for setting this whole event up and giving my the juror's choice award for Nina. I can't wait to paint again! If you would like to see my works and the other wonderful paintings in the show please go to the California Art Club website.

Show this Sat in Pasadena Aug 14, 2010

2010-08-11T18:21:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys,

If you are interested I am in this show with the California Art Club and if you want to stop by that'll be cool. They have a slight dress code of no jeans or sneakers but it's free!

If you can make it great!

Infomation below...

http://www.californiaartclub.org/resources/wccch.shtml

Rodney

Summer Class

2010-05-20T22:02:00.001-07:00

Hey guys!

Sorry for the loooong post delay. I am gonna be teaching the environment class again at the Concept Design Academy starting June 5th. I think the class is full but you can always ask and see. If you are in my class it should be fun! seeya then!

Raffi's flight

2010-04-06T17:51:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,
Here is something I've been working on. I still dunno what to do with my pug story. If any of you have some ideas..please let me know! Lates!

Workshop paintings

2010-04-01T00:00:00.001-07:00

Hey guys! It's been a while... but here are some paintings I did in Jeremy Lipking's workshop. Enjoy!

some plein air studies

2010-02-15T02:01:00.001-08:00

In case you haven't seen these. Here are some plein air studies I did recently. Enjoy!

Zombie Show this Saturday

2010-02-02T17:22:00.001-08:00

Hey Y'all!
Thought I'd post one of my paintings for the upcoming Zombies in Love show in Gallery Nucleus. I talked with Ben about the show and it's gonna be crazy! Lots of fun stuff going on throughout the night... come check it out if you can.

Gallery Show Feb 6th

2010-01-26T19:22:00.001-08:00

Hey y'all here is a preview of the Zombies in Love show Feb 6th art piece I am showing in Gallery Nucleus... I plan on having 4 piece in the show. If you can make it, that'll be cool.

5 spots left...

2010-01-25T16:25:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! For those who signed up for my class, I cannot wait to say hi to y'all and get to know you and your work. There are only a handful of spots available so contact CDA if you are interested. I come from a very diverse art education but with the intent of creating great design and a sense of story. On the flipside, I will be in the upcoming Zombies in Love show in Gallery Nucleus Feb 6th so come if you can and say hello! I'll post more details soon.

Environment Design class starting Feb 7th

2010-01-02T02:58:00.001-08:00

Hey y'all!

I'll be teaching a Environment Design class in the Concept Design Academy in Pasadena starting Feb 7th 2010. It is a Sunday morning class from 930a-1230p and it should be a lot of fun!

http://www.conceptdesignacad.com/

from the Gallery Nucleus show...

2009-11-13T22:50:00.001-08:00

If you are in Los Angeles for the month of November 2009...check it out. Thanks!

Quinquennium Exhibitum: Nucleus 5 Year Anniversary Exhibition

2009-10-25T21:14:00.001-07:00

Hey everybody!
If anybody is in the Los Angeles Area November 7th come on by to Gallery Nucleus and say hello! I am having two pieces in the show and there are gonna be some really amazing artists showing their works. Come on by.

Opening Reception / Nov 7, 7:00PM - 11:00PM
210 East Main St, Alhambra CA 91801

California Art Club event

2009-09-13T19:00:00.001-07:00

16" x 20"
oil on canvas

This was my first California Art Club event I attended as a member and it was awesome! Great people and great event. Thank you to all the people responsible for this day. Above is the study I painted. I can't wait 'til the next one.

Apollo

2009-09-04T18:41:00.001-07:00

Morning Light in Laguna Niguel

2009-09-01T23:19:00.001-07:00

This is a plein air study in Laguna Niguel done in oils on linen 9x12. Started at 630 in the morning!

Figure Drawing from last night

2009-08-28T11:28:00.001-07:00

study

2009-08-18T02:08:00.000-07:00

france paintings

2009-08-05T02:06:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not I was able to do some plein air paintings while vacationing in Provence and Nice France. These are done on 300lbs. Arches watercolor paper. If you wanna see these paintings write back! O and I'm working on a 18x24 oil painting about Nice France...sooo hard... wish me luck!

C'est mon image de la Provence

2009-07-17T15:55:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all... some of you may know that I came back from a week long trip in Provence in France. It was a terribly exciting and crazy trip with fantastic views and breath-taking food! Here is a little something of what I saw over there... Lates!

Late Night Sketch

2009-06-10T02:07:00.001-07:00

...just past 2am. late night sketch. no references used.

Sketches!

2009-05-09T00:13:00.001-07:00

Here are two sketches I did for the show. The initial Cammy sketch and a Chun Li that did not make the cut. Thank you to everyone who came and saw the show and for those who interviewed me and especially those who bought my pieces. More works to come! Thanks!

Street Fighter Show!!!!

2009-04-10T14:13:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all... looks like I'll be in another show at the end of April in Gallery Nucleus. Yup! It's running from April 25, 2009 - May 11, 2009 and opening night will be Apr 25, 7:00PM - 11:00PM. Come on by and say hello! I'll have a number of pieces and here are two of them. There will be prizes and other fun stuff. Hope to see you there!

Barbarian man!

2009-03-11T15:17:00.000-07:00

Lunchbreak sketch

2009-02-20T13:55:00.000-08:00

My wife has been pushing me for years to eat healthier... This little lunch break sketch is for her... :)

COBRA!!!!!

2009-02-17T16:09:00.000-08:00

trying out something new... color scheme and shape grammar... experiment!

A quick sketch

2009-02-10T18:14:00.000-08:00

I might turn this into something but for now it's a sketch. A visual brainstorm.

Tinman....of OZ?

2009-02-06T18:03:00.001-08:00

Steve Huston...until Jan 11th

2008-12-22T22:36:00.001-08:00

Steve Huston exhibit is in town in Beverly Hills!!!!! http://www.yargerfineart.com/main.html
I talked witht he owners for a bit... they are very personable and they have Huston's sketchbook out there for you to see! Must go again... I must! Happy Holidays!

The 70's zombies are here!!!!!!

2008-12-11T16:58:00.000-08:00

x12 Westwood studies

2008-12-02T16:17:00.000-08:00

An awesome painter in Dreamsworks (Nathan Fowkes) inspired my to do these studies... so some of us at work did studies from our spectacular 18th floor view of westwood in los angeles....enjoy!...the majority of these took between 10-20min to do for each. Enjoy!

Charcoal sketch

2008-11-26T00:15:00.001-08:00

Took out my graphites and tried this study...enjoy!

From Lipking's x3 day Painting Workshop

2008-11-24T23:03:00.000-08:00

Sorry for not posting for a while... but I had the tremendous opportunity to go to Jeremy Lipking's three day intense oil painting workshop in his studio and outdoors. Here are the results...

He was such a great instructor...thank you Jeremy, his wife Danielle, Eva, and Angela for making this past weekend possible. So much painting information and wisdom to digest... yahoo!

Sandman Gallery work

2008-09-03T14:53:00.001-07:00

Hey y'all, I guess I'm gonna be in a Gallery show in October with a bunch of crazy good artists... it's gonna be in Gallery Nucleus from October 4th-20th 2008. Check it out when it comes. I'm submitting 3 out of these four to show. It should be fun!

something different

2008-08-22T15:10:00.001-07:00

Studies

2008-08-14T23:27:00.000-07:00

It's been a while...hey there! Been watching lots-o-tennis lately (VAMOS Nadal!)... and playing a lot of tennis too! x3 a week sometimes... well, it's painting time... been doing some watercolor painting...maybe I'll post some...hehehee.

I wanna go back!

2008-06-13T18:23:00.001-07:00

wahhh! I just got back from Paris and Brussels/ Bruges and I wanna go back... anyways, here's a quick friday sketch. enjoy!

Oh yeah Belgium chocolates...goooooood!

RAFFI - captured by bloated flamingos

2008-05-20T18:17:00.000-07:00

x2 color variations

2008-05-08T15:17:00.001-07:00

Alright! here are the final two setting variations. I'm leaning to the night scene but I wanted to try a day scene just to see... I'm not too sure I want to go sooo tropical but I like the colors, so I may use it for a different scene.

Color Variations

2008-05-07T11:32:00.001-07:00

Hmmmmm.... I'm working out another shot in this project of mine where Raffi gets transported to another island via these flamingos (yeah they need a workout or two). I want the scene to feel like when King Kong took Anne on his back around the island or taking a plane ride and seeing a foreign land for the first time. More work to do!

Instant Messenger Comic with Mindy

2008-05-01T19:00:00.000-07:00

...a little something I did with a good friend of mine...(during work)

WIP---Raffi finds a friend

2008-04-29T15:21:00.001-07:00

After entering wonderland (which I still have to figure out..hehehe), Raffi meets with a gigantic caterpillar with butterflies acting as its emotional vehicle (in this case a smile). they become friends in this magical world... I should finish this up sometime soon.. I hope! lemme know what you guys think! lates

RAFFI..lonely trapped in apartment

2008-04-25T17:04:00.001-07:00

WIP...Raffi in his aptartment

2008-04-21T12:02:00.000-07:00

Here's another WIP of my Raffi Vis Dev...lemme know what y'all think... anyways, I wanted the painting to look a little sad as if Raffi is stuck and wants something more... but at the same time I want the environment to feel like a real city (my version of SF). I wanted Raffi to feel small and insignificant to counterbalance how he will be depicted later on... enjoy!

Updated Website

2008-04-17T17:35:00.001-07:00

On a side note... I updated my online portfolio! call it an art spring cleaning without the frayed matte board edges and dried turpentine containers.

http://www.rodneyf.com/

First RAFFI painting done!... more on the way

2008-04-14T17:37:00.001-07:00

WIP...main character pug

2008-04-06T23:04:00.001-07:00

WIP...Rafa or Raffi entering "wonderland"

2008-04-06T22:48:00.000-07:00

...still debating on the name but here is an environment of my main character pug (my Alice in Wonderland) entering his Wonderland...

Project Rafa Begins!

2008-03-30T02:11:00.001-07:00

Okay! I've been doing a lot of sci-fi oriented stuff at work and frankly I need a change. I do not know what the future holds but I thought I should expand my artistic mindset and grow. Thus, I am starting this personal project. Whether it be a portfolio piece or something I can expand and develop into something more...that I do not know. But I do know that nothing moves forward without a first step. So, this is my first step. Gulp! From here on out I will post whatever I can and see what happens. Wish me luck and please write me back with any suggestions comments or whatever you so deem that could help me in this venture.

So, here goes... I am creating a story inspired from Alice in Wonderland. I know that I am more of a visual person as appose to a oral and literal one. Thus, I brainstorm with painterly visions.. or so I hope. Lemme know what you think.. I will post up some WIPs and whatever I have soon...

thanks again!

Beautiful nature

2008-03-06T18:14:00.000-08:00

My friends think I'm weird for being at awe with the sky but today....man! what a sunset! Quick painting... probably 10min.

ATHUL...the death bringer

2007-11-26T17:20:00.001-08:00

Hey y'all... I'm doing this character for my friend Fabian to do a kick-ass model (you can see his work on another concept I did in Zbrushcentral.com). The idea is a character with a monk-link persona but with the goal of bringing death to those for their salvation. He severed his arm to bond with his new blade/hook arm to enhance his death bringer calling. Please lemme know if you have any comments or suggestions.. it's a work-in-progress... so any advance would be appreciated... thanks!

on-site Sargent study on the DS

2007-11-16T10:43:00.000-08:00

One thing I love about the Gameboy DS is it's portability... so why not bring it to a museum! I had such a thrill doing this Sargent study in front of the ACTUAL painting... can you imagine! WOW! The actual non-reproduced colors, texture, and brushstrokes are there right in front of me...woah! So, I did this study of the hand in Sargent's Dr. Pozzi at Home in the Hammer Museum. I think I'll do more. I'm gonna post this in the Color Gallery if you wanna see the step-by-step of this painting....lates!

Yes... even more Gameboy DS paintings

2007-11-12T17:00:00.001-08:00

These were all done alla prima (on site)...downtown LA, figure drawing workshop, and at BJs during lunch. In the next day or so I'll post my stuff in The Colors Gallery where you can see the step-by-step strokes for these paints...enjoy! ( my screen name is rodneyf )

Boo!.. in the spirit of Halloween

2007-10-28T22:56:00.000-07:00

even more DS paintings...

2007-10-24T18:49:00.001-07:00

ARM!.. a bit off topic but...it's for a good cause!

2007-10-23T11:38:00.000-07:00

Hey...A costume party will be held at the Vanguard in LA and to benefit the research for a non profit organization called ARM http://www.hibm.org/arm/. ARM funds research for a rare debilitating muscle disease called HIBM. ARM is developing the first steps towards a treatment but needs funding to move forward. Go there or at Mindy Lee's blog for more info... I can't go unfortunately but it looks like fun!

Movie Study

2007-10-22T02:25:00.001-07:00

If anybody can guess where this movie study is from, I give them major major props!

One painting before bed...

2007-10-18T00:47:00.001-07:00

Portraits (yet again on the DS)

2007-10-15T11:39:00.000-07:00

People in the airport are fun to paint...

frustrations!@##$@!

2007-09-28T00:07:00.000-07:00

an alter ego...twice removed

2007-09-25T23:13:00.001-07:00

DS lunchtime painting

2007-09-25T18:52:00.001-07:00

DS paintings this weekend...

2007-09-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

I can't stop! Flew up to San Fransisco to visit the family and brought my DS. Here are a couple I did.. all were done in about 10min or less.

more DS paintings!

2007-09-19T13:52:00.000-07:00

More paintings on the DS! You know how painting in the dark with real paint sucks 'cause you cannot see anything at all... it's the complete opposite with the DS... painting in the dark/ dusk is cool... painting with the sun up is an act of faith. :)

from my DS lite...

2007-09-14T13:53:00.000-07:00

Got a new toy!... sort of... it all started when I was "forced" by Mindy to buy this card that can house this painting program on the Nintendo DS. It's sooo cool! These are my first tries... did about 5min of Photoshop clean up but not much! t's fast and easy to carry with you anywhere. Afterall, it's a DS...Enjoy!

A Ride into Town

2007-09-06T18:51:00.001-07:00

Hidalgo Film Study

2007-09-03T21:35:00.001-07:00

PS. It's frickin' hot here in Pasadena 107 degrees?! come on!!!!

Sherman Oaks

2007-08-25T20:02:00.001-07:00

LA sunset on Sunset

2007-08-25T01:21:00.000-07:00

Sheez! What's up with not going to bed without getting one painting outta my system... I just think LA is sooo beautiful especially during the sunsets. The colors are just so brilliant... well, I know it's the pollution but you gotta look at the positives in life... or so I've been told. More to come!

My Character and Icon

2007-08-24T18:28:00.001-07:00

landscape idea

2007-08-24T17:27:00.000-07:00

doodling late last night.. before the palm tree one below... and finished it up... it's pride rock in the winter...hehehe

I really should be sleeping

2007-08-24T02:23:00.000-07:00

Aaaack! I tell myself every night to sleep earlier! Oh wells... when I have something on my mind it's hard to move from that idea. This time, I have Los Angeles sunsets on my mind and one of the most beautiful things here in LA are the palm trees at sunsets. I used one of my photos as ref but used my artistic sensibilty to give it a little somethin' somethin'. Laters.. now to bed.

Face Study

2007-08-18T00:12:00.001-07:00

Hello boys and girls! It's face day... at my work right now, I've been doing mostly environment and such. So, I feel that my people skillz are getting rusty... thus, I did this R. Bison study... kind of a warm up for some unknown future project... so there you go..

(PS... I have a new display icon... it's a character of me at work!.. I might make him into something more... an alter ego or sorts... what do you think?)

monotone baby!

2007-08-15T15:24:00.000-07:00

I forgot about this concept painting I did during some down time. Looked at some Roman ruins and got this idea on an abandoned oasis in the desert.. and the idea ran from that point. Enjoy! More posts-a-coming!

love em clouds

2007-08-01T00:26:00.000-07:00

I did these paintings just below Art Center in Pasadena one cloudy day on site one right after other. One thing you gotta say about LA is the colors are so inspiring! More postings ahead..hehehee...

Restart!

2007-07-26T15:13:00.000-07:00

Man! It's been a while since my last post... sorry about that... went to Italy for my honeymoon which was awesome.. even caught the Sargent in Venice show which I've been bragging to whoever I meet... 30+ Sargents in one room! Whoa! Then, I was priviledged (since the show was in Venice Italy) to see some of the places he actually painted... but enough about that.. here is a quick painting to help jump start my postings... enjoy!

Lunch Break

2007-04-26T14:22:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the loooong time no posting... been busy planning my wedding/ honeymoon (o yeah.. I'm getting married...hehehe). But I did this quick painting during lunch. Been doing some old school paintings lately... I'll post them as soon as I get of my duff... lates! ...Off to Italy come Monday for my honeymoon! Ciao!

tree field

2007-03-17T03:33:00.000-07:00

I tried something new... well old.. but new again... we had a copy of painter at work so I did some glow brush paintings.. I like the results that I could not wait to try it out at home... so I decided to do something fairly simple... trees in a field... so I used my version of Painter all ready for the glow brush.. instead, thanks to my alla prima and plein air training (and the swirling of painters in my head... this time it's Christensen, Sargent, and Tiemens, and Mike Hernandez)... this is what happened... eh, it's always a surprise!

fashion girl

2007-02-28T00:35:00.000-08:00

since I've been doing some dark stuff at work... I always want to keep challenging and broadening my artistic horizons...thus this fashion /cut-up inspired piece...

Paradise Lost

2007-02-20T18:49:00.000-08:00

Hey y'all! It's been a while since my last post... too many things going on...sorry!... but I managed to do this quick painting... enjoy!

midnight still life

2006-12-14T01:55:00.000-08:00

I told myself I was going to sleep before midnight... then I said to myself just one QUICK painting... oh wells!... btw... that's a cool no-handle mug a bought in a hot chocolate specialty shop...mmmmm... hot chocolate.

a darker side...

2006-12-13T14:17:00.000-08:00

as some of you may see from me stuff, I am a little varied in my artistic "style." Here is a horror art piece... different I know!

an artic day

2006-12-07T11:31:00.000-08:00

for some reason I'm into doing these "color" pieces..huh... must be from taking up watercolour or something... o wells!

impression

2006-12-06T11:54:00.000-08:00

morning sketch... trying to evoke the aura of the California Impressionists. what do ya think?

Kraken

2006-11-30T13:31:00.000-08:00

a little something different... my take on the sea god's uber huge pet about to eat some explorers in a submarine... sucks to be them!

figure drawings....oh my!

2006-11-12T00:44:00.000-08:00

these were between 5-15min poses... I hope I have time to do more of these guys... they are kinda fun to do... as some of you artists out there know :)

mountain scene

2006-11-11T00:02:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd post this one... this was done inspired from William Wendt paintings.... so good! Man I still remember the one in LACMA... I think. :)

pop!

2006-11-08T07:53:00.000-08:00

exit

2006-11-07T16:37:00.000-08:00

a quick post... I was inspired from the 3 Trees and Tadahiro's workshop last week in Nucleus Gallery (which rocked!)... so here is a little sketch of a girl exiting in the less glamous side of la la land... it's my version of a happy scene with a twist of lemon. :)

lunchtime sketch

2006-11-02T22:56:00.000-08:00

me likey this lunch painting sketchies...! (hopefully more to come)

quick sketch

2006-11-02T17:05:00.000-08:00

Did this quick sketch of my view of Westwood from my workplace on the 18th floor... yup, that's LA colors baby! Moroever, I thought a border might be cool to show the greyness of the atmosphere...

westwood starbucks

2006-11-01T23:06:00.000-08:00

I felt like drawing after work and I was going to draw some cool ideas for a game or something...however, the scene in front of me was too good to pass up. I drew/ painted this in my Moleskin sketchbook (forgot my watercolour one at home...oops) and I learned something new... the sketchbook series has a coating! It was like painting on wax paper...argh... but the good news is that it resulted in some cool aux naturale look... okay, I think I did enough babbling today...ciao!

stop?!

2006-10-30T22:21:00.000-08:00

he heh hehe he!

watercolour sketches

2006-10-26T00:38:00.000-07:00

These were my first attempts at watercolour...fast little guys...did both in about 30min...trying something new... hopefully I'll get better at these... wish me luck!

Westwood at night

2006-10-24T22:44:00.000-07:00

I started doing watercolour for the first time last week as a way to start doing quick lunchtime paintings. But tonight I started a plein air painting in front of the famous Mann Village movie theatre with my watercolours. This was a 40min painting that I cropped and finished with photoshop. Enjoy!

bikini gal

2006-10-11T22:47:00.000-07:00

these girlie sketches are fun! enjoy!

a girl eating her dinner...

2006-10-09T23:57:00.000-07:00

sketchbook ideas

2006-10-05T01:16:00.000-07:00

I'm playing around with doing a playful character design or story... dunno yet... simply doing a idea dump...hmmm...

sketchbook face

2006-10-03T23:38:00.000-07:00

A sketch I did my one of my sketchbooks... my girlfriend says it kinda looks like a glorified younger version of me... guess it's a self portrait then... hahahha!