New Digital Painting and new Originals by Doug Horne, Pg. 11 - Other Crafts

SF Swamp Fire Member Long Beach, CA Joined: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 1203	SF Swamp Fire Posted posted on Sat, Feb 19, 2011 6:56 PM Some recent and not so recent pieces. I've been playing with color pencils as of late. The challenge with the pencil is coverage and it's tough to make changes so you have to kind of plan ahead. You can't really re-work an area if you don't like how it is turning out. I tend to wing it and hope for the best. Coverage is tough because if you have a large area to cover it can take some time to cover that area. I've found you can layer colors to give it more depth and character. Most artists think of color pencil as something to do studies with before painting with paints but I've seen some amazing finished paintings done with color pencil. I'd like to start playing with mineral spirits to blend the colors as well as other techniques. A great book out if interested in more info is, Color Pencil, painting bible by Alyona Nickelsen. I feel like I'm just getting started with exploring the medium. Excited to see where I can take it. Hope you enjoy... "The One-Eyed Bartender" "Ancient Alien Artifact" "The Curious Octopuss" "God of the Float Light" "Gill-Man at the Cove" "NASSA Monkey takes a break" "Monkey Skull Mask" "Gilligan's Curse" "Oceanic Mask no. 1"

Some recent and not so recent pieces.

I've been playing with color pencils as of late. The challenge with the pencil is coverage and it's tough to make changes so you have to kind of plan ahead. You can't really re-work an area if you don't like how it is turning out. I tend to wing it and hope for the best. Coverage is tough because if you have a large area to cover it can take some time to cover that area. I've found you can layer colors to give it more depth and character. Most artists think of color pencil as something to do studies with before painting with paints but I've seen some amazing finished paintings done with color pencil. I'd like to start playing with mineral spirits to blend the colors as well as other techniques. A great book out if interested in more info is, Color Pencil, painting bible by Alyona Nickelsen.

I feel like I'm just getting started with exploring the medium. Excited to see where I can take it.

Hope you enjoy...