JANUARY CONTEST: The tracks in the snow were unlike anything Will had ever seen before.

[jdubz]

@demotlj Yeah keep experimenting with different things thinking "THIS seems like the medium I like" and then find something else hah. I think I'm coming to a point where I'm going to end up with a really mixed media approach. I just realized not too long ago that I'm using acrylics a lot like water colors where I was doing all kinds of watered down washes and glazes to get it to do what I wanted. Someone just pointed it out to me so I started messing with watercolor but I'm still using watered down acrylic in the process. It's gettin' weird.

Do you ever reach for the undo key after you paint an actual stroke in a way you didn't like? I do that WAY too much lol.

[braden H]

@xin-li I rotated the canvas MANY times before I settled on the original way up, lol

[braden H]

@Heather-Boyd said in JANUARY CONTEST: The tracks in the snow were unlike anything Will had ever seen before.:

I see that colour and lighting class paying off

Boy is it ever!

[Miriam]

@Braden-Hallett I remember hearing somewhere that turning your painting upside-down is a good way to tell if it's balanced.
Ha, ha! You could hang it on a spinner, so it can be rotated.

[jenithornhill]

@Laura-Brown thanks. It is a bit tricky to get the picture up. I am sure it gets easier with use.

[Kali]

@Heather-Boyd Thank you!

[braden H]

@Miriam said in JANUARY CONTEST: The tracks in the snow were unlike anything Will had ever seen before.:

@Braden-Hallett I remember hearing somewhere that turning your painting upside-down is a good way to tell if it's balanced.
Ha, ha! You could hang it on a spinner, so it can be rotated.

lol I suppose that's a good thing

[Kevin Longueil]

@deborah-Haagenson @Heather-Boyd Thank you both!!

[xin li]

@CLCanadyArts I got lots of help at my WIP thread. I would not be able to do this by myself.

[xin li]

@Tom-Shannon thank you. I was really excited when I thumbnailed this idea. The rendering was a lot more difficult than I thought. Many thanks to many rounds of feedback at my WIP thread.

[LisaF]

@sigross You're all good!

[Joseph Muldowney]

Wow, there’s a lot of great stuff here! First post for me. Hope everyone’s having a great year.

[sarahlash]

@BichonBistro Oh, thank you! I was excited to participate, and I’m looking forward to February’s contest

[sigross]

@BichonBistro nice one. I always loved the patterns in TV snow when I was a kid. So I thought Will the Yeti would too.

[sigross]

@LisaF Aces! I did have a look to see what time it was in LA when I submitted.

[LauraA]

@Laurel-Aylesworth I really like this concept. Very original and reminds me a bit of a Brontë novel, or maybe the Secret Garden!

[LauraA]

@Braxton You really got the sense of light in this one. Those tracks almost hurt my eyes, which means you really nailed it! In general, your illustration has a really nice atmosphere, a bit like the book Goodnight Gorilla, which was always one of my favorites to read to my daughter when she was small. And though it's a completely different seasonal reference, it also reminds me a bit of a swimming pool at night.

[LauraA]

@burvantill I don't remember if I ever said this out loud or only thought it (not particularly helpful!), but this is one of my favorite concepts this month! I love Will's expression and, despite the fact that here Will is a bear, it's one of those very "human" situations in which we all find ourselves now and then!

[burvantill]

@LauraA Thankyou very much

[Braxton]

@LauraA Thanks so much, that's exactly what I was going for! I just looked up Goodnight Gorilla, and it looks great so I ordered a copy.