At the county fair I had some wonderful encounters with avian dinosaurs. (Link to YouTube Video)
Here's the drawing that you saw me make in the video. By the standards of most animal drawing, I was pretty lucky to have the turkey pose that long.
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New Video: "How I Paint Dinosaurs"
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Art Supplies:
1/4 inch flat brush
Moleskine watercolor notebook
Caran D'Ache watercolor pencils
Waterman Phileas red fountain pen
Camera: GoPro HD Hero
at 2 second intervals
Great post James!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed "How I paint Dinosaurs."
It was very informative and thoughtful. I especially loved the maquette process. I didn't realize how fully you use sculpture to inform your illustrations.
I'm probably not alone in thinking that another volume would be fantastic. Heck, I'd probably buy 'em all if you did one every few months!
Thanks,
Ted
All of these are really great James!
ReplyDeleteAnother great video,thanks James!
ReplyDeleteI was tantalised by the brief glimpse of the macaw sketches. I'm trying to get my lightweight portable setup sorted out, and wondered whether this was casein you were using? The steep angle of the tray suggested it couldn't be watercolour. (Apologies if I've missed the explanation somewhere)
Karl
Another fun video to watch and learn from.
ReplyDeleteWhat inks are you using to put into your water brushes and are they water soluble?
Rob K.
Rob K. Those are fountain pen inks, which are water soluble. If you don't want soluble inks, I would recommend one of the Japanese brush pens.
ReplyDeleteKarl, yes, that was watercolor, and at that angle, it does tend to spill out in my lap. But I wanted to get the working area as high up and close to the subjects as I could.
Thanks, Jared. And Ted, I really appreciate your faith in me. I'll keep trying to deliver new vids as I keep learning more.
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ReplyDeleteNot to bring the party down, but the more I interact with other species, the more insidious our treatment of them becomes to me. If 'superior' beings were to mass breed us for slaughter, we would consider it a crime and atrocity of mind blowing magnitude...even though it would be justified by the logic of the hierarchy we humans have established. Not to mention the other abuses we put them through.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the tangent, but these animal videos you post get me to thinking about our interactions with them. Seems like they can sense your good will towards them.