It’s an armour theme this month over on John Howe’s website, and I had intended doing a fairly sensible pen & ink piece, so how I came to paint this ‘war dog’ I have no idea. Hugo wasn’t too keen to model for it but luckily it didn’t take too long to paint 😉
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….those folk that make cyborgs are really handy with a soldering iron 😉 Maybe this one should be called “things you do whilst waiting for paint to dry”. Another submission for the theme of the month over on John Howe’s website.
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A while ago I started a painting which was supposed to be Gandalf leading Bilbo and the Dwarves through the mountains. The background went fine which is unusual for me, then the rock faces didn’t work out too badly. Then I added Gandalf and I didn’t like it, I added more rain, more clouds, tints, hints… nothing worked for me, so there’s only one things for it. I’ll have to go back to drawing board 😉 Next time I’ll go a bit darker, with a bit more cloud, for now…
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When I drew the convoluted roots, link, I had intended there being a background but got somewhat confused working out what went where. So, in the end I found it easier to draw the background separately and add it in Photoshop 😉
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Somewhere in a mist filled valley stand the stones of knowledge… Actually it was just an excuse to sketch some standing stones and knot work 😉
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