Sunday, March 18, 2012

Rainbow


This is the first full-bodied trout I have painted, and I think I'm startin' to get the hang of it. Going back to my roots with a paint brush is challenging after spending the past few years trying to figure out pen & ink and colored pencils, but I'm starting to see the potential of it.

This rainbow was done with acrylics, and the image you see above is from a scanner. With a heavily textured base, getting a good scan is problematic. The scanner lights can do some pretty weird things with the bumps and ridges, but it came out pretty true to the original.

2 comments:

  1. Simply beautiful Alan. I hope to see this on a magazine cover.

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  2. Thanks Howard...I'm havin' a blast with the ooozy stuff. Whichever side of my brain is supposed to be dealing with the creative side of life is a bit confused right now...but there's hope!

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