It's Friday, I worked a full week as an artist on various projects. Cooper had the pleasure of being my muse for a set of Artist's Trading Cards featuring him. They are packaged and ready to go in tomorrow's mail. In the meantime, here is one of the set, that I'm keeping for my collection. I just can't give away or sell this little image. It looks easy, but not so!
The finished "Hay Maze" Piglet Art I truly love how this piece came out. I've been amazed at the pure color and beautiful brushwork of Angela Moulton's paintings. Every time I see her latest collection on YouTube, I am awestruck at how pure the background color is. So I wanted to try my hand at upping background color value in my work. Below is how I started: Hay Maze Start Here, I establish the main layout and gesture of this piglet's face. I'm striving for something that looks painterly, yet would bring a smile to the face of the viewer, so this stage is important. Also, color values on the pig are being set. Hay Maze about halfway This is where I put that rich background color in. Notice some neutral colors in with the bright. I wouldn't want all bright green here as it would be like all caps when texting. I'll re-post the final Hay Maze below: Lots of changes from the halfway point, I added shadows in the h
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