Blue-eyed Darner Mating Wheel FINAL

I'm calling it done and moving on the the next one.

Here it is:

Blue-eyed Darner Mating Wheel

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Blue-eyed Darner Mating Wheel -Work in progress 4

It's looking like this one is pretty well finished to me. 

I may nit pick a few small things but not much.

Here it is:

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Blue-eyed Darner Mating Wheel -Work in progress 3

I skipped a day of painting for a doctors appointment but I'm back painting today.

 

Here is how it looks right now.

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Blue-eyed Darner Mating Wheel -Work in progress 2

These acrylic ink projects move along pretty fast. I need to do a few in a row so 

I remember what I learned from the last one. 

I spent the day building up layers of color and texture and this is how it looks right now.

 

 

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Blue-eyed Darner Mating Wheel -Work in progress 1

While I'm waiting for my Red Tailed Hawk portrait to dry and do the nit picking on it, I started a new painting today. This one is acrylic and alcohol ink on Yupo paper and is inspired by a photograph I took at Rancho San Rafael Park the other day. I started with a light sketch and then proceeded to apply acrylic ink very wet with a brush and then mist it with a mister bottle. I dry it with a hair dryer on low heat and just keep playing with the color until I like it.

This is the first painting step, just applying the acrylic ink to the Yupo and letting it move around.
Misting with a squirt bottle adds interesting watercolor effects.

Several layers will be required to build the density of color.
Detail is added with watercolor pencils.

Jaguar New Painting Work in Progress FINISHED!

I completed my painting yesterday and posted it on my website.

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Jaguar Watercolor

 

 

Yesterday I continued working on his spots and stripes.

I finished up the spots and stripes and then I decided to make the overall painting larger.
 I like the way the edges fade away. I was originally going to frame 
it in an 11"x14" mat but now I will cut the opening larger.

 

Here is the final painting. I painted in some whiskers and detailed the hairs with a colored pencil. 
I also lifted some highlights with water and a still brush. 

I am very happy with the results and can't wait to do another one this way. 

 

 

Jaguar New Painting Work in Progress 2

This one is moving right along. I really enjoy painting in this style. I think I'll go and get some larger sheets of Yupo today. Here is the painting as it sits on my easel this morning.

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Jaguar New Painting Work in Progress 1

I started a new painting last night. This one is of a Jaguar I photographed at the Animal Ark in Reno. It is 11"x14" on Yupo paper using watercolor, acrylic ink and colored pencils.

I'm really having fun on this one so expect more using the Yupo paper. 

I plan on getting some alcohol ink next month and playing with that as well. 

Here is the painting as it sits right now.

 To see the step by step photos of the process read on after the break.

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