Progress
The weather looks like it might cool down again next week. I think I can finally call people and start getting a fall/winter/not-summer work schedule going and hopefully lift the income again. This summer has actually been quite good, actually and I'm hoping it will lead into a proportionately good in-season (as in AZ Summer is really the off-season for riding).
Saturday we're meeting up with the rest of the Draft Show Committee chairs and hopefully getting the final touches polished off on the show so far as the pre-planning stuff goes. I can't help but feel like I didn't contribute all that much, but being a first-timer and not quite linked in as the rest of them seem to be to each other I guess it's to be expected and nothing to get terribly concerned over. I think with me feet a little wet now I know what we need to do and get situated for next year to hopefully make it even better. Keeping in mind that this is only the third year of the show I think we're doing pretty good, especially since none of us are really "show" people to begin with!
I think I am going to make an effort to post some more art here, both finished stuff as well as sketches and works-in-progress. Let me know if the image sizes are too large, anything more than one piece will obviously be placed under a cut for convenience.
Speaking of the draft show this drawing is referenced off of one of the images Chris took of one of the unicorn hitches (three horses, two wheelers and a lead) at the first Draft Show.
Working on Nordland's face. I guess I could have made it easier on myself and done that "greyscale" thing with her, but I've never been much into that style of work. Of I could have just done her spots on an entirely different layer or something, but I guess I just like making it difficult for myself. That and I really get into the more "natural" flow of a painterly style and don't like relying on the digital shortcuts, though I know they'd make some things a lot easier it just doesn't have the same feel.
I don't know if this would have progressed faster as a traditional piece or not, but I think I'm over the "ARG SPOTS!!!" thoughts I was having yesterday ... for the most part. Just wait until I finish with the horses and get to the harnesses! You have a slight preview with Macht's collar there, but there's still quite a bit of work to be done on this thing. This is just a little larger than half of the working size. I've discovered I'm happier working digitally if I work BIG and can be loose about it as I don't have quite the patience and control as I do with traditional media (despite attacking both with equal abandon, something about the ability to "undo" or "erase" everything tends to create a block that isn't there when you're working more permanently).
Saturday we're meeting up with the rest of the Draft Show Committee chairs and hopefully getting the final touches polished off on the show so far as the pre-planning stuff goes. I can't help but feel like I didn't contribute all that much, but being a first-timer and not quite linked in as the rest of them seem to be to each other I guess it's to be expected and nothing to get terribly concerned over. I think with me feet a little wet now I know what we need to do and get situated for next year to hopefully make it even better. Keeping in mind that this is only the third year of the show I think we're doing pretty good, especially since none of us are really "show" people to begin with!
I think I am going to make an effort to post some more art here, both finished stuff as well as sketches and works-in-progress. Let me know if the image sizes are too large, anything more than one piece will obviously be placed under a cut for convenience.
Speaking of the draft show this drawing is referenced off of one of the images Chris took of one of the unicorn hitches (three horses, two wheelers and a lead) at the first Draft Show.
Working on Nordland's face. I guess I could have made it easier on myself and done that "greyscale" thing with her, but I've never been much into that style of work. Of I could have just done her spots on an entirely different layer or something, but I guess I just like making it difficult for myself. That and I really get into the more "natural" flow of a painterly style and don't like relying on the digital shortcuts, though I know they'd make some things a lot easier it just doesn't have the same feel.
I don't know if this would have progressed faster as a traditional piece or not, but I think I'm over the "ARG SPOTS!!!" thoughts I was having yesterday ... for the most part. Just wait until I finish with the horses and get to the harnesses! You have a slight preview with Macht's collar there, but there's still quite a bit of work to be done on this thing. This is just a little larger than half of the working size. I've discovered I'm happier working digitally if I work BIG and can be loose about it as I don't have quite the patience and control as I do with traditional media (despite attacking both with equal abandon, something about the ability to "undo" or "erase" everything tends to create a block that isn't there when you're working more permanently).