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ββ It's 'What have I been up to Wednesday'
I'll leave it for you to decide which one is the scariest! ππ»π¦πββ¬πͺ¦π
Are you having Halloween fun, or are you too busy painting? Let's all hear what you have been up to.
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π¨βΆ It's "Tutorial Tuesday" a chance for me to showcase one of my older videos that you may have missed.
With the spookiest day of the year fast approaching, I thought I'd share this appropriate painting, so you can all have some fun this week. π»π¦ππββ¬π§Ή
Silhouettes create a really effective and dramatic style of painting. As a fine artist I enjoyed the freedom of applying the wet-in-wet wash to the moon, it was an opportunity to experiment with the paints and see how they merged and changed on the paper. The painting of the cat allowed my more detailed approach to art to come into play as I carefully worked on the outline shape. This is a really great project for anyone - a beginner or an advanced artist. Just have fun!
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π€π€ Work in Progress Weekend - Tabby Cat
Already for a bit of fun and games, this little tabby cat is ready to play! Hopefully you have enjoyed a good weekend, with plenty of time to play at your favourite hobbies. The fur and whiskers were obviously the last textures that I had to work with for this project. Even within the fur there are differences and subtle changes that you need to be aware of, so you do need to keep a constant check on the reference image as you work, and try to replicate what you see, as accurately as you can.
"What makes a tabby really stand out, however, is the distinctive M-shaped marking on the forehead.
This recognizable M-shaped marking is also seen on a number of wild cats, particularly jungle cats like cheetahs, ocelots, and tigers. Some say the M stands for the word Mau, the Egyptian word for cat. Itβs also common knowledge that tabbies are among the smartest cats in the feline world." cats.com
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βΆοΈ How to paint ten different textures, here on YouTube: bit.ly/397KBI4
βΆοΈ How to paint five more textures, here on YouTube: bit.ly/3Ywb1h7
πΉ Complete Video Tutorial - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or devonartist.co.uk/video-shop
π° Written PDF - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or βdevonartist.etsy.com/
πΈ With thanks to Albert Tan from Flickr
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π€π€ Work in Progress Weekend - Tabby Cat
Hooray, I hear you say, he's got on to painting the animal! I hope it was worth your wait. Those glassy eyes and little pink nose were two more textures involved in this painting, the eyes in particularly were quite complex. Unlike the wood, it is important to paint exactly what you see when you work on eyes, as those tiny, little marks all add up to realistic eyes, full of life, and in this case mischief!
"Every cat is unique but what makes tabby cats special is the beautiful patterns that cover their coats. Tabby cats exhibit a combination of stripes, swirls, and spots which, depending on the breed, may cover the catβs entire body or be localized to patches. There are five types of Tabby markings: Classic, Mackerel, Spotted, Ticked and Patched" cats.com
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βΆοΈ How to paint ten different textures, here on YouTube: bit.ly/397KBI4
βΆοΈ How to paint five more textures, here on YouTube: bit.ly/3Ywb1h7
πΉ Complete Video Tutorial - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or devonartist.co.uk/video-shop
π° Written PDF - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or βdevonartist.etsy.com/
πΈ With thanks to Albert Tan from Flickr
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π€π€ Work in Progress Weekend - Tabby Cat
With the wooden floorboards complete, I've moved on to the table or chair legs that the cat is hiding under. These are paler, and they have a more obvious grain, so I am using different colours, and ensuring the grain is a bit more evident. Notice the shadow cast by the leg I am working on, that's an all-important part of painting flat pieces of wood, as this simple addition, shows that the sections are on top of one another.
"Hardwoods contain a special type of longitudinal cell called vessel cells β when cut, these reveal pores. Softwoods, on the other hand, do not have vessels or pores. This structural difference is why hardwoods often can have a stronger, more pronounced grain pattern β these pores have a big effect on the appearance of some sawn wood." Duffield Timber
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βΆοΈ How to paint ten different textures, here on YouTube: bit.ly/397KBI4
βΆοΈ How to paint five more textures, here on YouTube: bit.ly/3Ywb1h7
πΉ Complete Video Tutorial - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or devonartist.co.uk/video-shop
π° Written PDF - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or βdevonartist.etsy.com/
πΈ With thanks to Albert Tan from Flickr
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π€π€ Work in Progress Weekend - Tabby Cat
I've gone with a textures theme this week, so I thought I'd share one of my older paintings, which includes several different textures. This one is available as a video and PDF tutorial, so I've popped the links below for you. I actually really enjoy painting wood, as there is a sort of element of freedom involved. Yes, I need to be mindful of the overall grain, any shadows etc. but other than this, I can go a bit rogue if I want to. So my aim is to keep the feel of the wood, but I don't try to slavishly replicate every tiny mark within the reference photo.
"Because of the way in which wood grows, each piece of timber has its own unique grain pattern. No two are the same! With over 60,000 types of tree in the world, there are an incredible array of different grains, figures and textures." Duffield Timber
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βΆοΈ How to paint ten different textures, here on YouTube: bit.ly/397KBI4
βΆοΈ How to paint five more textures, here on YouTube: bit.ly/3Ywb1h7
πΉ Complete Video Tutorial - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or devonartist.co.uk/video-shop
π° Written PDF - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or βdevonartist.etsy.com/
πΈ With thanks to Albert Tan from Flickr
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Continuing with my texture theme, here's a bird I painted that involved quite a few. This is a Little Ringed Plover, a migratory species that arrives in the summer to breed. They nest on bare gravel, so it is worth looking for them around quarries, pebbly shorelines, or reservoir edges. The black markings and yellow eye ring, are the stand-out feature of this bird, but it is all those pebbles which probably took the most amount of time to paint!
"Little ringed plovers first nested in the UK in 1938 and have successfully spread through England and Wales. This colonisation has been attributed to an increase in their preferred gravelly habitats - man-made flooded gravel pits, reservoirs and quarries have provided them with just the right breeding grounds." The Wildlife Trusts
πΈ With thanks to Pete Blanchard
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ββ It's 'What have I been up to Wednesday'
As you can see, it is important that I stay alert at all times when taking photos of wildlife..... π
Have you inadvertently fallen asleep recently....?! π€£π΄π€ Or have you been bright-eyed and bushy tailed and busy, busy, busy? Leave me a comment, I would love to know.
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π¨βΆ It's "Tutorial Tuesday" a chance for me to showcase one of my older videos that you may have missed.
Here are another 5 watercolour textures and how to include them in your art work.
Very often it can be added extras that need a particular style of painting that is different to fur or feathers. And it's these extras that really make the watercolour something special. I go through 5 MORE textures and hope you can use them with the first ten to really improve your paintings. I will teach you the things to think about with each, and how to go about painting them realistically too.
If you missed the first 10 Textures, you can find them here: bit.ly/TheDevonArtist36mtdhz
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π§‘π€π€ Work in Progress Weekend - Hare's Eye
I hope you have enjoyed watching this small study come together, don't forget you can access it within my online school, if you would like to give it a go yourself. Notice in this last photo that the use of opaque white has given another level to the fur, and suggests another layer of soft fluffiness. However, it wouldn't work if the darker details weren't able to show through, so always remember 'less is best' when you start to use white for highlights.
"Itβs also worth being wary of where you step if you know you are in the presence of hares β some leverets (baby hares) are born as early as March and often appear in fields looking as though they have been abandoned. Itβs vital that you donβt touch them - itβs actually fairly common for leverets to be left alone for long periods of time (their mother will come back and check on them intermittently). Touching them will leave your scent on them which may lead to abandonment." The Woodland Trust
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βΆοΈ Tips for painting eyes, here on YouTube: bit.ly/48RTn9E
πΉ Complete Video Tutorial - www.patreon.com/TheDevonArtist or devonartist.co.uk/video-shop
πΈ With thanks to David Newby from Flickr
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