Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Panda



I painted the green areas first, with Sap Green.  (I forgot to take a photo)

When the green dried, I painted all the black parts, leaving the areas at the bottom kind of vague and soft.  I made the black with Ultramarine + Burnt Sienna, but you can use black if you wish.  I tried ti make the black a little rough at the edges.  


I used the leftover "black" mixture very diluted to make a light gray.  I painted it in "hairy" strokes everywhere that his face was darker.  It shows up darker in my painting than it does in this photo.  I also darkened the greens a bit on the bottom by mixing sap green and ultramarine blue.



 I put the eyes in with a black fine tip Sharpie. I darkened the shadows on his face a bit more (still doesn't look as dark as it is in my painting).   I darkened the background a little more, and added some vague branches at the top while it was still wet.  I put in the white hairs that I missed on the right side of his body by rubbing it out with a small brush, and when it dried I used an Exacto knife to make the hairs more obvious.  I also used the Exacto to make some white hairs at the edges of his face, around his mouth and chin. Have fun with this!

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