New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 11

Slow progress still which is fine at this stage of the painting. Some days I can see what the painting still needs and other days I can't. Here is where I am right now.

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 10

Trying to make a little progress every day, here is where I am right now.

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 9

Slow progress now. I just do a little each day and some days I just 

look at it trying to decide what I'm going to do next.

Here it is as it sits right now.

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 8

Making some nice progress although it seems slow. 

Here is the painting today.

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 7

Chipping away at it slowly now. I decided last night I didn't like the bottom of the sky in the picture. So I decided to go with dark storm clouds there. That gives me a chance for a warm/cool contrast in the painting. Here is the painting as it is now.

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 6

I've decide to go with more visible brush strokes on this painting.

Here is how it looks this afternoon.

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 5

I'm still making some progress even though it seems slow at this point. 

 

Here is my painting as of this morning.

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 4

After letting the paint dry for a day and getting over not liking how it's been going, I waded back in today and started correcting the proportion problems that I wasn't happy with.

Here is my painting today:

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 3

Made a more progress this morning. Here the painting right now:

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 2

Blocking in some more color today, here is my progress so far.

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New Painting Hawk Wings: Work in Progress 1

I've been wanting to do a painting of this hawk ever since I photographed it. So today I picked up a 24"x30" canvas at Nevada Fine Arts. (75% off this month!)

Here is how it looks right now.

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Digital painting of Triple Crown Winner Justify

Triple Crown Winner Justify

I did a digital painting of the latest Triple Crown Winner yesterday and today. I did one of  American Pharoah so I thought I should do one of Justify as well.

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Coopers Hawk Watercolor Work in Progress 3

I had to give my Hawk a little diet, he was getting a little large around the middle.

Here is the painting as it sits right now.

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Coopers Hawk Watercolor Work in Progress 2

I continued on my Coopers Hawk painting this morning.

Here is what it looks like right now.

To see the step by step photos, read on after the break.

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Coopers Hawk Watercolor Work in Progress 1

I've been wanting to do some watercolors this Winter and recently bought a full sheet of 300 lb Arches watercolor paper. Of course the large sheet of paper is intimidating me since I haven't done any watercolor in a while. So I am doing a few small 11"x14" paintings 

on 140 lb paper to get back into the groove.

Here is the first one, a Coopers Hawk from a photograph I took at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park.

First a quick sketch in pencil to get everything in proportion. 

I taped the edges to hold it down on the board and so I can have a clean line when I am done.

Next a wash of Burnt Umber and Ultramarine Blue.

 I sprinkled alcohol and salt on the wet wash to get some interesting patterns.

Another wash of BU and UB with Alcohol and salt and then I lightly washed in the bird.

I used a watercolor pencil to draw in the defining shadows and then 

softened them with a small brush dipped in water.

More washes on the wings and shadows with Paynes Grey.

I think I will add some Fall colors into the background along with some

 Cerulean Blue for some sky color showing through.

A New World Order

It's done! I still have a little touch up, painting around the edges and varnishing the whole thing which will take a while but the image is done where I can put it online to sell Fine Art Prints on my website. 

A New Order

While I was painting I  also got a couple other digital pieces done and am starting on a couple commission pieces I haven't had time for. Read on after the break to see what else I have completed.

Vulture: New painting work in progress 4

I switched over to oil paint to finish up the grisaille.

 Here is the painting as it sits on my easel now.

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Vulture: New painting work in progress

Recently I came upon an adolescent Turkey Vulture on my morning walk with Bella our dog. I got some great photographs and they have inspired a new painting. (at least one maybe more, who knows?) 

I thought I would put the Vulture head on a person similar to my American God series and the resulting creature really speaks to a lot of what is going on in the world today. 

I am mocking up my idea with photographs in Photoshop first and will then move on to a sketch and painting. This will be acrylic with oil on top I think. Here is where the idea is right now and the step by step process follows after the break.

Saytr painting complete.

I nitpicked a little today but I am pretty happy with this one so its done. I added some protruding spine shapes and refined some shadows and highlights that were bothering me.

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Here it is:

Saytr

 

New Painting WIP "Saytr" 3

I broke out the oil paints today and worked glazes all over the painting. I'm liking where it's at right now and will probably do a little nit picking detail work tomorrow and it will be done. 

Here it is right now.

To see the step by step process to get here read on after the break.