Owl Acrylics 2

 

Hello Everyone!  Here is another owl painting.  It is 12 by 16 inches, fluid acrylics on cold press watercolor paper.  I wanted this one to appear like it is dominated by red even though there isn't really a true "red" present in the painting.  Red is a difficult color so there are a lot of yellows, yellow-oranges and reddish browns in this painting.  I used four different pigments to complete this painting - burnt sienna, pyrrole red, primary yellow and primary cyan.  I find that so long as I have access to any yellow, red and blue, I can complete any painting.  Of course a lot of mixing is required but I find if I limit the number of pigments, I get a much stronger illustration or painting in the end.

Owl Acrylics

 

Happy New Year Everyone!  I finished this painting tonight and got it scanned as well.  No adjustments to the colors were needed this time which is nice.  For this painting I wanted it to be dominated by green.  I used Turquois, Permanent Green Light, Green Gold, Pyrrole Red and Paynes Gray.  I learned an important art lesson as well - a painting is finished if there is no pathway for improving the painting.  This is difficult for me to do because I enjoy rendering.  I actually could do another weeks worth of rendering to the owl if I really wanted to.  I will paint another owl next but it will be dominated by reds, oranges and yellows.

Night Blooming Cereus and Wolf Painting

Hello Everyone!  I finished a couple paintings recently, just wanted to post them here.  I also posted  day by day progress photos for the wolf painting.  The wolf painting is a light subject against a dark background which is something I am not used to.  I had to carefully paint around the wolf to preserve the white of the paper.  I decided not to use liquid mask because I do not like it (destroys brushes and difficult to paint with).  I might use liquid mask in the future if I use a light subject against a dark background, its just difficult to control and stay inside the shapes you want to preserve.  The flower is referenced from one of my Mother's plants called a night blooming cereus.  I thought it looked cool so I decided to draw and paint it.

Thank you! Reached our goal!

We did it!  Reached our goal!  I will keep everyone informed of all the updates.  There are still a couple days left for this kickstarter.  When it is over, I will send everyone surveys and then I will contact the printer to get the ball rolling.  Thank you so much everyone!!!

Kickstarter Campaign!!!

Hello everyone!  I officially launched my kickstarter!!  It has been going fairly strong the first ten days.  20 days left!!  Likes and shares are appreciated.  Please consider backing the project if you like what you see!!!


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A Pair of Hawks

I finished painting this last night. It is 14 by 20 inches on coldpress watercolor paper.  I used four colors - primary yellow, primary magenta, turquois (phthalo) and paynes gray.  Normally hawks are solitary creatures, but I came up with an interesting composition that I wanted to use.  The larger hawk is the clear subject, the other hawk in the background is intentionally muted and lower in contrast.  All the paint is transparent, I generally stay away from opaque paint when working on watercolor paper.  I hope all of you are staying safe and healthy!  Below are some more portraits I drew with charcoal, the Karl Urban portrait is painted with paynes gray.

Lena Headey Portrait

Hello everyone!  I finished another portrait, this time I feel like I nailed down the likeness really well.  This is Lena Headey from the movie "Dredd"  It is 11 by 17 inches on coldpress watercolor paper.  I only used four colors - primary yellow, primary magenta, permanent green light and turquois (phthalo).

Stay safe and healthy!  I plan on painting some raptors next but I will of course continue practicing the portraits.