Riding In - Process & Final (solo show part 1) (Patreon)

What is up patrons!?

Since my solo show is here I will finally begin sharing the high res versions of my artworks here!! I don't have process pics of all of them (I'm forgetful..) but I will try my best to explain it!

This one I have a lot of process pics so we will start here!

This is a big 24x18" painting/drawing of a bunch of weird little guys flying and riding into some sort of event... perhaps a battle? With a huge dragon. It is acrylic gouache, acrylic, and ink on paper!

I started out the drawing with a digital sketch. Like usual, when I make traditional art for a show I don't really want to go in blind, so I like a pretty finalized sketch before I go and transfer it to my paper.

I then print this out in the final size and sandwich a piece of transfer paper between this and the paper I'll be using for the drawing. I draw over all my lines (which I make gray so I can see where I've traced already) and then paint over that with some acrylic as an under painting.

Then I begin to paint the subjects with a semi transparent layer of acrylic gouache. This medium confuses me but I enjoy it. I try not to go outside the lines.

Here is the main paint layer done. I stick to a confined color palette that I chose during a thumbnail version I did earlier (I do not have a picture of this). But the underpainting helps homogenize the palette.

After this, I paint the red background. I could do the black lines first, but the acrylic would make it bleed so I'd have to be very careful which I'm not interested in.

It is starting to look good!! It's hard to capture the colors through photos and scans.. I like to use a lot of fluorescent colors that are hard to show...

Now I fill in the black!! I use this chisel brass pen but I have no idea what it is called or where I got it but its essentially a chisel dip pen. I really like it but its terrible to use dip or fountain pens on textured paper so it was difficult at times. I took advantage of the paper absorbing the ink differently and strangely and I like the result!

This drawing is still available (including prints) as well as many of my other pieces through this link!

Will be back with more soon...