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Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Cawcus~WIP Update



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:

Krista Hasson said...

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

Billie Crain said...

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.

maggie said...

This is looking so cool Billie!!

Billie Crain said...

Thanks, Maggie.:) I've missed you! Hope you're surviving winter well.:)