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!
Nice dragon, Caitlin.
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeletehahaha (^_^)
Thanks for the tip, Mark! Hopefully I will be able to vanquish the coins very soon! :D
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