Here’s an illustration I did for the Serial Monsters show at Finder’s Creepers. The idea of the show was to reinterpret a mascot from a childhood cereal and I chose Toucan Sam. It took forever to finish (Photoshop kept crashing on me), but I’m happy with the way it turned out. Prints are available for purchase.
So I set myself a goal last week to paint on the same canvas every day for a month. I’m trying to push myself out of my comfort zone in the following ways:
1) Get in to the habit of painting every day, even if it’s just for 15 minutes.
2) Work larger. The canvas I’m working on is 30x40”
3) Not give up on a painting when I think it looks like crap.
I’m well on my way to number 3. The first day, I spent painting the canvas different greens. I kind of liked it. Then I decided to try out a new technique pouring transparent glazes down the canvas. I mixed small amounts of paint and water with glazing liquid and it takes FOREVER to dry. So here’s my progress so far. Stupid me forgot to take a picture of the canvas before I started pouring on Day 2.
This is the third in a series of paintings inspired by the story of Rip Van Winkle. If I had more time, I would have added more shadows and highlights but I had a show deadline. Maybe I’ll Photoshop it later.
Here’s the second Rip Van Winkle painting. I wanted to make the beard the same color as tree bark.