This may be a strange way to see this project because it is actually 100% done by the time of this post. There's multiple reasons but the key one to me is I needed to be dedicated/ not distracted from this project. I'd been dreaming of this image for years knowing I wanted to paint/quilt it but was delayed for 2 reasons.... 1) I had no idea how I might paint the mane on this incredible animal.... I had to make it up in a daydream mode.... and 2... it would be so large( over 50" x 60"), I knew I wouldn't quilt it on my domestic so I spent plenty of time getting very familiar with my longarm. First the painting.... Drawing laid beneath fabric and features starting to be laid in.
More details within a day or so..
a bit of closeup as he progressed.
It was a week or so before the mane showed up....
Oh the Mane.... My long ago watercolor mentor Robert E Wood Jr. often quoted his belief that "CREATIVITY" is a winding path to an unknown destination!" He was oh so right on this mane. I was scared...unsure at best... but had to get started.
a closer look ( FYI: below... I was painting away from studio on an odd sized table.. i.e. round) I decided I need some light value warmth so am starting to add in here.. Some neutral here and there light tan over gray came in later.
(Back in studio)
He ( my White Knight) is ink on cotton... and as you can see he is a much larger than the table on which I'm working.
Given that this image only covers the front legs forward, he's pretty close to life size. He's nearing a finished painting here though a light value gray needed in the background. Without that addition we'd have a very flat white on white painting.
2 comments:
I have been in awe of your work in the past and this piece is OUTSTANDING!!! Can't wait to see as it progresses....
Thank You Robbie
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