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Jutland in the mist
For Lantairvlea on LJ, done for an overdue equine exchange! It's of her Jutland stallion Wald. I love rare breeds, so I put him on a field in his native land about to enter a misty trail, behind him is the sea.
Tried a new medium, watercolor and colored pencils on bristol board. Not 100% sure I'm a fan but it was fun to try something new. I find I'm not happy with how naturally light colored pencils can be.
Tried a new medium, watercolor and colored pencils on bristol board. Not 100% sure I'm a fan but it was fun to try something new. I find I'm not happy with how naturally light colored pencils can be.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Horse
Size 946 x 1197px
File Size 239.8 kB
Wow Storms, this one's pretty incredible. Really nice job overall. The coloring is nice, as is the use of it for shading (detail in the horses muscles, etc). Great anatomy on the horse, esp the...brisket(?) area..? Well his chest. I've always found that neck/shoulder/chest area to be tricky, esp on equines, but ya did a nice job of it. The detail in the background was well done too. Love the grass and flowers, and the background, and the continuous depth is well balanced (er.. things keep shrinking in right proportion that is).
The only advice, or constructive criticism I'd give, actually had nothing to do with your body of work itself.. and is just that the image might possibly be scanned a little large for this page. *shrugs* Just seems a little close, and the texture of the paper takes away from the art you put on it. (could just be me though)
The only advice, or constructive criticism I'd give, actually had nothing to do with your body of work itself.. and is just that the image might possibly be scanned a little large for this page. *shrugs* Just seems a little close, and the texture of the paper takes away from the art you put on it. (could just be me though)
Couldn't agree more about the texture thing! Thing is, I have no idea how to make colored pencil layer well on a paper with less tooth...I think that's the problem I have with it overall--I hate how much white is showing between the pigments. I feel it gives it a less-professional quality...though it might be that I'm used to pant and markers which cover paper throughly.
Thank you for the kind words and the criticism, it's always appreciated! I used this book: http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Animal-.....d_bxgy_b_img_b to help with the muscling, I've not found a more in-depth book on animal anatomy and i swear, half the book is dedicated to the horse making it a must-have if you are interested in learning more about drawing them--they break it down layer by layer, including plates that demonstrate the direction of hair on every part of the body. It's cheap too ^_^
Thank you for the kind words and the criticism, it's always appreciated! I used this book: http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Animal-.....d_bxgy_b_img_b to help with the muscling, I've not found a more in-depth book on animal anatomy and i swear, half the book is dedicated to the horse making it a must-have if you are interested in learning more about drawing them--they break it down layer by layer, including plates that demonstrate the direction of hair on every part of the body. It's cheap too ^_^
colored pencils can be hard to work with :) I like working with them myself, but you definitely have to get used to their translucent nature. I have a hard time using colored pencils on bristol paper - I actually prefer watercolor paper and "dry media" paper by strathmore. You can get more layers out of working with them - layering pencils gently is a great technique.
I like the use of watercolors as a base color with textures on top. Something you might wanna do in the future is make sure that you use pencil strokes at the same angle throughout the picture - that helps a little better with unifying the piece.
Hope this was helpful!
I like the use of watercolors as a base color with textures on top. Something you might wanna do in the future is make sure that you use pencil strokes at the same angle throughout the picture - that helps a little better with unifying the piece.
Hope this was helpful!
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment--I was looking back on this pic and it seems FA ate my initial thank you =3 I totally agree with your analysis. I was trying to do that, (except with the grass where I was aiming for texture) but I have a bad habit of drawing with my wrist giving my lines more curve than they ought to have...I need to fix that! I will have to try watercolor paper. Thank you very much for your time and suggestions!
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