Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Sketch to Finish - Heather

Isn't it fun to see the sketches come to life?  Above is the print - lino block and handcolored with oil pastels. 

Of course, the sketch is the liveliest version.

I've been working on adding another medium to my portfolio. I may redo this watercolor later. It was my first larger painting and getting a handle on large surfaces and adding interesting textures is something I'm in the process of discovering.

4 comments:

  1. It's so fun to see these different versions of your fox family. Very cute and I love the subtle differences you've done in color from your print to your watercolor. The ocean in the watercolor version is just lovely.

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  2. Love it! Your lino version is lovely, but I can see some real potential w/ the wc version, too! Filling large areas w/ watercolor has always been a struggle for me. I tend to put too much texture and so it can look overworked. Hence the guoache and the nice, opaque color. ;)

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  3. I too like the watercolor take as an off shoot from the print making. What it has- is a "fine-ness" A more refined look in the finish. Maybe the subject determines the finish- the more detail shown- the watercolor may lend itself better.

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  4. What you said about the sketch being the 'liveliest' version caught my eye. I find I regularly lose something when I go from an original 'doodle' to the finished article. Is there any way to avoid this, do you think?

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