Red Tailed Hawk Portrait Work in Progress 5

Getting closer to the end today, here it is as it sits.

I worked more on refining shadows and feather shapes in the face and on the body today.

Then I worked on the eye color and the shadows around the eye.

Red Tailed Hawk Portrait Work in Progress 4

The progress is much slower now that it is getting close to completion. More looking and less painting. This is where it sits right now.

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

Red Tailed Hawk Portrait Work in Progress 2

I made some more progress this morning on my Hawk painting. 

Here is the painting as it sits on my easel this morning.

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

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Red Tailed Hawk Portrait

I finally started a new painting today. I bought some small 16"x20" canvases a while back and have been staring at them trying to decide what to put on them. Enough of that! Let's just paint. This portrait is from a photo I took a while back and I really admire the look of the Red Tailed Hawk. I'll follow the painting step by step like usual as I go along. I'm starting with acrylics but may switch over to oils at some point. I'm not quite sure yet.

Anyway, here is today's work.

This is the sketch I did last night with a Stabilo pencil on the canvas.

Then I started laying on color with a 1" brush keeping it pretty wet.

This is how it looks right now. The white of the chest will probably be my biggest challenge. I layered on some white then over painted with Burnt Umber. I like the idea of oils to blend the background smoother but I kind of want to do more of a blocky brush stroke on this one. 

So we'll see how it goes.  

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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.

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

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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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where you can order Fine Art prints of all my work.