I've been a little remiss at posting . . . my goal is to post 2-3 times a week, but I don't always do it. Ugh. I thought you might like to see how this painting is shaping up. I'm still not done, but it's close. Lots and lots of layers.
I worked on this little sketch today. It's on an Arches hot-pressed watercolor block. Paper is not my favorite to paint on, but it's always good to practice. Trees are a challenge for me, so I decided to give them a little time today.
I've also been messing around with my new iPhone. I've never owned one (crazy, I know). But I broke down and got one about a month ago and have been having a lot of fun taking photos, and planning out animated Instagram posts not to mention some stop-animation video of my Fisher Price Little People. My time-lapse of today's sketch is below . . . enjoy the funky jams. Ha!
Happy painting and I'm heading back to the drawing board!
I made this little video so you all could see one of the many advantages of painting on aquabord like scratching. Please be kind: I have trouble speaking while painting. I guess multi-tasking isn't one of my strengths!
Note that you should let the paint dry completely before scratching out any details. And I only use this technique on small areas, such as grasses, small highlights and whiskers.
Oh boy. Hopefully this works. I posted this to Facebook and the "still frame" at the beginning is a superimposed image of two of my paintings. Nice. Ha! So I'll have to figure out how to make that not happen. I made this in Adobe's Lightroom, but it may be easier to do with something else. I'll keep experimenting. And don't enlarge this, it will most probably pixelate out. (so much to learn).
Oh and by the way, I purchased the music from www.pond5.com and it's by Patrick A. Thompson. Just wanted to give credit. :)
