Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Character Study - Arcadian Shepherd


Another quick one in Acrylics - 8 x 10 on canvas board - just for fun.
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11 comments:

  1. Haitao SuMay 6, 2009 at 4:32 AM

    I think the feeling about the brush texture on wood panel is looking very good. like it!!

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  2. Larry MacDougallMay 6, 2009 at 6:15 AM

    Thanks Su Haitao

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  3. UnknownMay 6, 2009 at 8:38 AM

    Howdy,

    Say, do you start with a concept first, preliminary work and such, or are you ala prima on these character studies?

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  4. Larry MacDougallMay 6, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    Hi Brian.
    Thanks for stopping by. In this case I had a pencil sketch from a sheet of doodles I had done a couple of weeks back. I used that doodle as a model and quickly drew a simple outline on the board and started right in with the paint - no reference or preliminary work beyond the original pencil doodle - just paint over paint :)

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  5. JarrettMay 6, 2009 at 12:54 PM

    Amazing work. So much texture and grit

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  6. Larry MacDougallMay 6, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    Thanks Jarrett

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  7. Nico Di MattiaMay 6, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    So beautiful! The textures and the palette give the piece a lot of power. Congrats.

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  8. Larry MacDougallMay 6, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    Thanks Nico, I appreciate that.

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  9. HattermadMay 11, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    Definitely one of the fun aspects of acrylic (or oils for that matter) over w/c & gouache is the texture...underlying I mean. Can be fun handled rightly. In moving back and forth b/t the 2 (I go b/t oil and w/c-gouache) I found some of the new w/c grounds the most fun...Do still play around w/ acrylics some...

    Can't wait to see you toss out some stuff like Pumpkin Dealer and some of the ethereal like stuff from Witching Hour with your new medium.

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  10. Larry MacDougallMay 12, 2009 at 3:26 PM

    Thanks Hattermad.
    The jury is still out on acrylics. For commercial work, when it counts, I'll stay with what I am the most comfortable - watercolour tweaked with gouache.
    As for acrylics - the experiment continues :)

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  11. Larry MacDougallMay 20, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Thanks Craig.

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