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Post by dinonikes on Sept 29, 2011 5:09:32 GMT
WIP- painting showing an acro walking along through some puddles left by a rain- measures 16x20- acrylic on canvas- I started this a while back along with some other dino and prehistoric paintings - hopefully will get back to finish soon   |
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Post by mmfrankford on Sept 29, 2011 12:54:10 GMT
That's a cool pattern. It reminds me of varanid lizards. (monitors) I know your not done, but the toothless look is funny.  |
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Post by Himmapaan on Sept 29, 2011 18:30:53 GMT
It's looking wonderful! Can't wait to see it completed.  |
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Post by Griffin on Sept 29, 2011 23:18:10 GMT
Nice. Getting the reflection to match up must have been a lot of work. What kind of paint do you use?
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Post by dinonikes on Sept 30, 2011 2:30:44 GMT
Thanks for the kind words-
mmfrankford- I lifted the pattern for this guy from a sulpher monitor-yes it does look funny at this stage without the teeth in there, sort of like he is an old timer who lost his dentures-
Griffin- The reflection wasnt that hard at all really-sort of cheated a bit on the reflection- I started this painting off by taking photos of one of my sculptures-then made a drawing off of the photo-cut that out of paper-took the paper cutout and added the pattern to it, then transfered that to the canvas using carbon paper theory except not using carbon paper, just applying pencil over the back of the cutout, when I retrace over the lines it transfers the pencil onto the cnavas-then I printed a copy of the cutout, cut that out, put the second cutout on a light table, traced the drawing onto the back of the cutout, which gave me a reverse of the image- applied pencil over the back of the second cutout and then placed that into position in relation to the first transfered drawing, then transfered the second reversed image to the canvas giving me the reflection(my explanation sounds a lot more complicated than it actually was to do)- technically this reflection isnt 100% accurate, as the reflection would actually be slightly different showing more of the underside of the animal-without putting my sculpture in a puddle and taking a photo, this compromise seemed to be the simpler route to take-I am trying to make some paintings that I can do quickly and inexpensively so people might be able to afford them if they want one-so far at the point this photo was taken, I had just under three hours into the piece- as far as apint, I prefer to use oils when i paint and if I am going outside to paint plein air oils are my only choice, but for this painting done inside, I am using acrylic paints which I really do hate to paint with myself-
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