It’s getting there.

    chapter 3, The Enchanted Door, book 2 image

For this weeks update, I’ve finished Fielder and the path, laid in the start of the grass and some of the basic shapes of the wild flowers. This week I’ll work on Avery on the path in the back and the stump.

Have an imaginary day!

Until next week,

I’m off to watch Adobe TV. So many really cool artful things to do, I don’t know that I’ll ever have enough time to play with them all.

P.S……Don’t forget to visit the website to download some free coloring pages for the kids.

Ann

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Fielder’s face

Fielder is quite a fun character. A tough little guy in a care free world and will prove to be a dear friend to Dawson.

The artwork seems to be getting a little easier now. I guess it’s true, the more you practice the easier it gets. Well by the end of this book, the next one should be a breeze for this is only image 3 out of nearly 20.    Never, never, never give up they say.

Done for today. Have an artful day!

Ann

P.S.  My grandson, Dawson, approved his Avatar!

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Introducing Dawson

     I believe this has been the hardest image I’ve ever had to do. You see, Dawson is my grandson and he is only 5 and if I don’t get his approval, I dare say I may forever damage the kids ego and become the worst grandma ever. You talk about pressure! Anyways, after days and days of changes, I’m pretty much done. His eyes will have to stay a little bigger than normal since all things are not quite as they are in the fairy world. I’ll let you know if I get his OK or not.

Fielder is teaching Dawson how to shoot his sling shot. It takes a lot of rocks and a lot of practice.

I really liked how the smudge tool is working on the skin. Only I can see I’ll have to go back over it with a little bit of the grain filter to tone down the smudginess just a little bit. I’ll leave the highlights and deep shadows for last. Then add the grain.

This week I’ll be working on Fielder, our little Elf.

 

Put that imagination to work!

     Ann

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first glance of Dawson meets Fielder

     In my neck of the woods, we are expecting 12 inches of snow today. I love it when I get a day like this. You really can’t spend time outside so it’s perfect for doing any kind of artwork.
Today I will move on in the book with the next image. Dawson meets Fielder, chapter 2. In this chapter Dawson and Avery meet Fielder while following along the path and are asked to help him and Spinderella fix the Queen Anne’s Lace that was mysteriously ripped.
Here is the preliminary sketch of what I had in mind. I’m not too concerned about shapes at this point as I’ll correct and change things as I go. I prefer to work digitally rather than pencil and paper so I vaguely draw what I want, then I scan and trace the image into Photoshop. I’m going to push myself a little bit more in this image by adding perspective lines. I was watching a video online of someone doing a digital painting when something clicked in this old scattered brain of mine that maybe, even I needed to check that every once in awhile.

By the way, the grandkids have found out about the book last week, so now I better get it right. Talk about pressure.

Have an imaginative day!

Ann

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