Congratulations to all of our wonderful Canadian athletes who participated in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. You did our country proud!
A drawing a day (or if I'm lazy, a week). If I'm not back in two weeks ... wait longer. Kick starting my step back into the art world and hope everyone enjoys! Artist in Milton Ontario specializing in Acrylic and Pencil Pet Portraits and Fine Art on Canvas. Some cartoons too!
Showing posts with label ski-cross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ski-cross. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Yeah Canada!
Congratulations to all of our wonderful Canadian athletes who participated in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. You did our country proud!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Milo Painting Progress
I got down to business today on this expansive painting, and was able to create a very subtly patterned background and block in colour on Milo himself (whislt watching the olympic mens ski-cross event - awesome!).
So far I enjoy working at this much larger size than I am used to. Though there is, of course, a lot more canvas to cover, at this size I am able to be a little more free with my brush strokes, and have found that I'm using less paint than what I thought I would.
So here is the background with a bit of patterning, which I toned down in the previous step as I found the colours were too harsh. I didn't want the pattern to take away from the dog, so I reduced it by over-painting with the original solid background colour (the lighter of the stripes).
And here is Milo beginning to take shape. I've blocked in most of the basic areas so that I can determine the darks from the lights and shadows.
So far so good, and I am already pleased with how the progress is coming along.
And now, I must take the dogs out and prepare myself for the Canada vs. US mens olympic hockey. I don't know if I'll be able to handle it, the suspense is killing me. Go Canada Go!!
So far I enjoy working at this much larger size than I am used to. Though there is, of course, a lot more canvas to cover, at this size I am able to be a little more free with my brush strokes, and have found that I'm using less paint than what I thought I would.
So here is the background with a bit of patterning, which I toned down in the previous step as I found the colours were too harsh. I didn't want the pattern to take away from the dog, so I reduced it by over-painting with the original solid background colour (the lighter of the stripes).
And here is Milo beginning to take shape. I've blocked in most of the basic areas so that I can determine the darks from the lights and shadows.
So far so good, and I am already pleased with how the progress is coming along.
And now, I must take the dogs out and prepare myself for the Canada vs. US mens olympic hockey. I don't know if I'll be able to handle it, the suspense is killing me. Go Canada Go!!
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