Fleece On Earth: Starry Night Sheep Painting
Fleece On Earth Starry Night Sheep
8 x 10
Watercolor Pencil on suede
Embracing My Inner Illustrator
So the good news (If it could be called that) about it being a little on the slow side at Thieves was that I was able to knock out my Christmas Card for this year. (Honestly I had enough free time I could have done two.) I worked on it totally from beginning to end while at the event.
This was an idea that just came to me a few weeks back. I had no real reference other than a few sheep photos to get the drawing correct. Or at least fundamentally correct. I knew I wanted to go illustrator-ish with this, sorta like the style I did when working on my 46′ Chevy. Lots of hash marks and such. (Lordy, I do love the mark making.)
Unexpected Gifts
I really want to tell you that “I” came up with the oh so ever clever title. But alas I did not. A fellow artist who does some wonderful whimsical critter art came over and offered it up as a little pre-holiday gift from her to me. I made sure she was serious about me using the title and she said she’d “be thrilled.”
Coming Up
I stopped at the local Dick Blick while in Iowa City and bought a few new water soluble things to try out. I absolutely fell in love with watersoluble wax pastels, which will be the focus of an upcoming post.
Also a rant about eBay. Or maybe it’s about chinese factory outlet paintings. Or maybe it’s really about copyright infringement. At any rate . . . there will be a rant.
Tags: sheep
I love Fleece on Earth and have enjoyed your reflections on the shows in which you participated this fall.
Ooh, I love this! Lovely, lovely painting and great title! That sheep looks so “woolly” I just want to cuddle up to it!
Thanks Clara and Undaunted. She was sooo much fun to do. I think more illustrator style work is in my future.
Ahh I love it Mona! It just looks like Buffy, one of my sheep : ) Happy Christmas! : )
Very Nice, Mona, the sheep has a very warm expression. I love the colors and marks. Love the Title…..Very Appropriate for your Van Goghish mark making.
I look forward to hearing about some of your purchases/thoughts on water souluable crayons. The Neocolor ones I bougt are considered “colored pencils” by the CPSA, though they seem alot like oil pastel to me. I do not like them under CP as alot of CPer’s do. They took up too much of their tooth. I am interested in what they can do on their own or with other media besides CP. Looking forward to your post.
Angela, I used the Neocolors quite a bit on the sheep painting. I was great though they did tend to bind (burnish) the suede some.
It seems odd that they’d be allowed by the CPSA. I didn’t think they even allowed your basic WC pencil? Or am I all wrong on this? Either way they seem even farther off the mark. On the other hand, if I were competing I’d like it if I could use them.
Thanks Mel, I also really liked “Rocky” took a quick peek last night. Will be back to give it a thorough look through today.