I left off around here from my last post in June.
I procrastinated a lot because I really get scared when I know I have to paint hair. Once I regained my focus, sat down and settled into " just keep it simple" . Paint a strand at a time. I was able to
get something down that resembled hair.
After the hurdle-of-the-hair…I could then get started on details! Oh, how I love the details! Because of that fact, I will probably never be able to paint a more flowy-moving watercolor abstract figure….but I can see myself trying.
It’s good to step back and take the whole picture in. I wanted to get each piece (horse body, jockey, head, saddle) to the same level of completion as I went along. Which is a little different for me, because I’ve been known to compartmentalize those sections.
I do like shadows, and I like folds! As you can see, because the folds kept getting deeper.
After this picture was taken, I realized how little color the jockey has in his face. I added more blush tones to his cheeks and lips.
If I were really good, I would do backgrounds with these beautiful animals….but I have zero confidence in my ability to paint decent backgrounds. Hopefully I’ll level-up and do a background soon.
This is about as good as he’s gonna get…So he’s off to the frame shop and the printer. I’m going to see what this will look like printed out on watercolor poster paper.
