Thursday, September 25, 2014

Paintblogging - In The Graveyard Part II

Ok, I've been working on this painting for about a while now so I thought I'd post an update of my current status.

The canvas for this one is 24 x 40. I've done a lot of smaller paintings recently and have been itching to do something this size. So I take the illustration and redraw it onto the canvas. This is a very time consuming process that takes me about 2 days to complete.


The first step in the actual painting will be to do the sky. I wanted the sky to look wild and unnatural so I went with purples and magenta. I find when doing the sky its best to use a damp sponge and just smear the colors together. It looks like a mess when your done, but as you start to add more elements it will clean up.


I added some stars to the sky, and then painted in a couple of bats fluttering around. I decided to make the moon a sort of gold color to make it work with the color of the sky. For the castle and the hill I decided to make it close to the sky color and a little blurry to make it look deep off in the distance.


Then I added a row of trees along to horizon and filled the rest of the background with a tangle of brambles.


I kept adding thistles and briars to the background trying to create a sense of depth in the area behind the characters. I made the ones closest to the foreground a pleasing shade of blueish green.

 
Now with the background done it will be time to start tackling the foreground elements.

Friday, September 12, 2014

Halloween is coming.

I was very shocked when I saw these out at the grocery store the other day.  They usually aren't available here in Canada, even at Halloween. From what I hear Boo Berry should also be available, I'm gonna have to head out to different stores and see if I can find it. Lets hope enough people buy it that they make it an annual thing.