- "Got Carrots?" 1
3" x 4.75" scratchboard drawing of Daisy, a friend's donkey. The drawing's all scratched, ready for color. - "Got Carrots?" 2
First pass of watercolor on Daisy. I used a very limited palette: brown & two shades of grey (one light, one dark). Next I'll scratch selectively to bring back some lights and to blend the color. - "Got Carrots?" 3 (Final)
Finished! 3" x 4.75" scratchboard with watercolor. Find out more about Daisy at Big Sky Burro - "Got Carrots?" 3 stages, 1 image
This image shows the previous 3 images together. - "Tell Me More About 'Sheep'"
4" x 12.5", $75 6" x 18", $140 - 20 Horses
5" x 7", $55 - Alpaca
- Alpacas
'Pacas with 'Tude - Bahagia, Sumatran Tiger
6" x 6", $55 8" x 8", $70 - Bella - Great-horned Owl
6" x 6", $55 8" x 8", $70 - Blackbelly Sheep
Handsome ram! - Bright Future
6" x 6", $55 8" x 8", $70 - Chrome Rising - Final
"Chrome Rising" - 6" x 6" scratchboard. 1941 Cadillac hood ornament, from my own reference photo.
Scratched with a #16 X-acto & an eyebrow tattoo needle (on the hood of the car), re-inked (stippling) with a technical pen.
I was mostly happy with the previous version of this drawing, but the contrast between the hood & the background in the corner bothered me. It pulled the eye right off the edge. I re-worked the hood to make it darker and now it reads better. I stippled with a technical pen to make the entire hood darker, and then scratched to blend & add highlights.
Part of the reason I didn't anticipate the issue in the corner is that I usually erase the backgrounds in Photoshop to save printer ink and avoid distraction from the subject. This a case where that worked against me, because in the photo, the background was white, so I wasn't seeing that contrast between the hood & the solid black background until I was finished. See the next 2 images - my reference photos... - Chrome Rising - Reference Photo 1
Here's the original reference photo. You can see the hood was white, but without a dark background, the contrast situation wasn't distracting. - Chrome Rising - Reference Photo 2
To give me a better idea of how to re-work the hood, I took that section of the reference and made it darker. That brought up some details that I could incorporate.