Saturday, April 9, 2011

April sketch peek

I've been working on some concepts for this month's giveaway.
I've finally thrown together a composition,
but because the sketch is very rough, 
most of the magic will happen 
once the painting process begins. 







 Usually when I paint a piece, I'll leave the sketch as a sketch,
use it solely as inspiration for the final painting,
and freehand with paint directly onto the board.
With these monthly pieces I have been transferring the composition 
directly onto the gessoed board straight from my sketchbook.
It saves loads of time, but as a result the painting stays pretty close 
to the original sketch. which can be good and bad.
anyway, the photo below is my tracing paper ready for transfer.
I hope to finish at least the first layer by sunday.
I'll post progress shots soon.



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