FALL WIP (Squirrel)
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@art-of-b Dude, super good advice! Sometimes I get caught up on how things should look and worry they don't look right. I have found it helps to take a break form one piece and work on another for a time, (maybe have a cup of tea in-between) and come back to the first piece with fresh eyes, Its amazing what things you notice that you didn't notice before! But one thing I do miss from art school is the input from other artists. So excited to have that now!!!!!
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Can you tell my fav color is red? May have got ahead of myself with coloring before finishing with the line work, but I was in a color mood. Anybody have tips on what I can do to add more motion/energy? I put a few streak lines behind the caravan, but I’m not sure if its enough.
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@squirrelsize I love the red! It gives a neat warm feel to the picture. For motion, one thought I had was that the passengers in the wagon are sitting very straight for being in a moving wagon. Maybe try and play with the poses there. I like the roof is has a fun design!
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@juliepeelart Cool idea! I’ll try and mess around with the postures and see what I come up with! Thanks Julie!
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Added some hills in the background and some branches in the foreground
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@squirrelsize This is looking great! Love the color palette... I can sense autumn from that. Maybe you can add fallen leaves to the ground.
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@jonas-zavacky Oh yes! I like the idea of falling leaves! Will do! Thanks
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I’m allowing the Fall piece to pickle over the weekend. Having some fun with some character sketches though!
I need to work on my hands, they are so important for expression, yet so hard to draw
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@squirrelsize
I feel your pain about hands. But I promise you that once you draw enough of them it starts to click
What REALLY drive me nuts are feet.
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@art-of-b I agree with you about the feet too, usually i'm so focused on getting the hands right the feet get overshadowed lol
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Did some cleaning up, next I think I might play around with putting in a few vintage textures and see where that leads.
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I added some contrast to the drawing and some vintage distressing textures. Is it too much? What are your alls thoughts? Fire away!
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@squirrelsize I like the new colors. They're richer, and I like the overlay of all the primary colors to form neutrals instead of just color-picking a neutral. I'd say the color on the goats is a real strong point now.
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@lauraa Thanks Laura! I tend to keep a lot of my work soft, its been a challenge to try to get those deeper colors.
