Mischief - Final & a bit of process (Patreon)

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Here is another artwork from my solo show called "Mischief"! I knew I had to draw a cowboy and a horse for this show for it to be true and real and authentic and this is that. At the time of creation, I was playing Red Dead Redemption again and I yearned to draw a horse with lots of gear. I really love to draw horses with a fur on the back and I love when people tie animals to the sides of the horse so that was featured. I used a screenshot I took in rdr as my reference and has my way with it.

I suppose the story here is there is a cowboy and some kitty sidekicks. They seem to have gone fishing and now are being pursued by creatures (birds), interested in their yield. But they won't be having any....

I sketched this out in procreate and did a little traditional sketchy version to test my color palette. I wanted to have a green-blue underpainting that would make all the colors green or blue (crazy).

Wow it is so beautiful and true and so accurate. There is something so true and real about a terrible disproportionate drawing. I have so much freedom and my nonchalant attitude makes my lines loose and energetic!

Anyways. I have ZERO other process pics for this one, but after I transfer the sketch, I paint the entire canvas blueish green! I paint (acrylic gouache) the details and all the color on top of that, and then I paint the white acrylic background! After that, I ink the black on top. I used a brass chisel dip pen for that which lets me do details and big thick lines too. It is great. I recommend chisel tip pens to everybody.

And that's it! In hindsight, this could've been nice with a very light blue sky...

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