Treasure, for example—After drawing a number of piles of coins, it occurred to me that although drawing lots and lots of the same thing over and over again is a bit aggravating, it would be even more aggravating to paint those things. I scoured the portion of my mind that values shiny material possessions for ideas, and failing that, I did an image search for "treasure." It didn't help!
So now there's STILL a ton of coins all over, but I'm not going to pull my hair out when I get around to painting them. ...Maybe. We'll see.
So! Here it is, in all its unfinished glory. When I go into these paintings lately I like to test out the colors on a scrap of paper, which is helpful when I'm trying to come up with a color scheme or figure out how I'm going to layer the paint. I was initially hesitant to paint the guy purple, but then I slowly came to the realization that there is no other color more appropriate for narcissistic fantasy creatures!
3 comments:
Nice dragon, Caitlin.
I understand that painting the coins is daunting. You probably want to find a solution for yourself, but I wanted to suggest that you think of the coin pile more as a cloud, focusing on the range of gold tones (with some purples/blues, etc., in the shadows)to give the sense of shape and size. You don't need to agonize over individual coins. The partial outline of a coin here and there, perhaps in the foreground, would be suggestive enough. Also, an occasional highlight (white paper) would suggest the glint of coins.
Anyway, good luck resolving this.
I spy a lucky cat with one raised paw!
hahaha (^_^)
Thanks for the tip, Mark! Hopefully I will be able to vanquish the coins very soon! :D
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