Here’s the first stages of what will really be the first dragon I’ve painted (okay, I’ve painted dragons in the background before of other paintings, but I’ve not actually focused on the dragon before). [svgallery name=”dragon1″]
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Time for a dragon (I)
I’m starting on a few days/weeks of drawing and painting dragons; I like dragons, well as long as they’re not sitting in the garden trying to burn down the house. Anyway, I’ve read the required manual on dragon creation (Forging Dragons, by John Howe) and I have scribbled in the margin of a few pages so I am fully prepared for dragon creation 🙂 There are a couple of reasons that I want to paint my dragon, first of all there is the theme of the month to work on…
Read MoreIlmarin, a little house in the Country (pt.4)
So, I finally completed the pen & ink of Ilmarin, it’s a version 1 of Ilmarin anyway as during the inking stage I had a few more ideas as to how the building should look. Next I’m going to try and colour the pen & ink in Photoshop elephants, one day I’ll afford the full version, but for now adding a colour or two should be possible 😉
Read MoreIlmarin, a little house in the Country (pt.3)
I did change my mind and started a pen & ink the other night, it’s A3 which is a big mistake (as there’s a lot to cover and hard to get online ;-)) Anyway, this is the start of the ink stage 🙂
Read MoreIlmarin, a little house in the Country (pt.2)
I was really starting to wonder if I should give up on illustrating Ilmarin, then a scribble turned out better than I’d hoped and ideas started to become a bit more solid. The final sketch is one I may well develop into the final painting (or I could change my mind again). [svgallery name=”ilmarin”]
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