Cow Jumped Over the Moon

Cow Jumped Over the Moon

November 2013

Water Color, Black Archival Ink Pen on Sketch Paper

In this picture I wanted to try some shading by layering the paint. It kind of worked on the moon but not how I had hoped. I had to paint layers with a slightly darker color to get anywhere near the look I wanted. The shading on the cow I thought wans't too bad. The paint for the shading was the same as the dark spots on the cow, just with more water added. Later I realized a slight problem. The shaded part of the cow is facing the moon, or the light sorce (woops!). I practiced making some animals using basic shapes and then adding the detail. I looked through and practiced with drawing books for ideas. I think it really adds alot to the picture, and will make it easier to create characters by getting the baisic shapes down! The color of the sky is much better than in the Cat and the Fiddle picture, I added a little blue in. 

On the Farm

On the Farm

November 2013

 

Water Color (Transparent), Black Archival Ink Pen,

Colored Pencil (Prismacolor) on Sketch Paper

 

 

This piece is my first water color piece in a really, really long time. I used a regular pencil to sketch it out first, then inked it with pen, painted, then inked and used color pencil to redo some outlines and put in some extra shading. I didn't like how the colored pencil looked on top of the paint creating the shading, maybe I needed to match colors better. I like my ducks, they are very simple in design. I love him looking up expectantly at the cow, just for fun. I like the texture and coloring created by mixing the green and yellow watercolor for the grass. I don't like the cows proportions. They are not right at all in its front legs... but that's learning for you. I'm going to start looking more into drawing books to help me learn proportions and perspectives better.