Saturday, April 24, 2010

Loons


Number 7.


The loon was tricky. I tried to give the black a sheen as well as also looking really black. In sumi-e, after the ink is down, blue is added on top for that sheen effect. White can also be added to pop it out a little more, like on the head. 

The background gave me problems at first. The landmass wash didn't turn out so good, but I learned that color is fairly forgiving in that manner. The problem was rectified with a wash of a bolder color to cover up the mistake.

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