I was so busy last month I missed the deadline for nominations - so after perusing all the art posted over the past couple of months I ended up with 11 images shortlisted for nomination!
It was a difficult choice, but I’ve settled on these five for now - I’ll keep the other’s in mind for next month!
Nominating ‘Brave Sheep’ by @HappyBuket
Nominating untitled painting of a Killdeer by @BHiggins
Our family relocated and much of my retired time has been taken up with getting things settled. I have completed many works and have many in progress. I tend to work on multiple pieces to avoid for me what I call art fatigue…too much of one color, texture, detail., etc. Bouncing around helps me “keep fresh”. Anyway this is one of the pieces I did of a Killdeer. They nest early in the year on this river stone parking lot. A you might imagine doing all these stones might have called for taking bre…
Nominating ‘Cozy Afternoon - Annya’ by @Lesqwe56
Annya is enjoying a leisurely afternoon with her cat Lulu.
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Thought:
The line art process is killing my patience…
Edit 1: Add slight texture in background thanks to Splintterr’s suggestion
Edit 2: Fix creasing of the skirt.
Process, roughly…
Rough, trial and error for a more satisfying composition
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Rough, base composition and color
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Using Parallel Rulerx2 + Vanishing Pointx…
Nominating ‘Watching’ by @anxxiiious
Nominating ‘A postcard I painted for one of my friends’ by @Vineyo
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