I have been working, albeit slooowly, on this project. I decided on a Venetian plaster look for the background. I wanted something predominately warm so I started with a little perm. yellow, then switched to DS Quin. gold, Quin. gold deep and D-R Warm Sepia applied with a sweeping cross hatch motion using a damp 2" synthetic brush. Since I'm using black Speedball ink (which is opaque) for the crows I transferred my drawing first and brushed on the background paint right over the unpainted crows. I've found painting with Speedball ink works very well. It washes off/out with water so I was able to use my good watercolor brushes and it's wonderful for producing a deep, rich true black. Today I finished painting the crows. I'll be adding some iridescent paint to the feathers, possibly some colored pencil, finishing the eyes and after a suitable amount of 'look time' I may tweak a few areas before declaring this complete.
4 comments:
This is fantastic! I love the background.. nice effect. There is something about crows that always attracts me. Can'e wait to see it finished I bet its even better in real life
Thanks, Krista! I think many people find crows fascinating, even down through the ages. They're beautiful, intelligent birds and figure heavily in various mythologies.
This is looking so cool Billie!!
Thanks, Maggie.:) I've missed you! Hope you're surviving winter well.:)
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