30 Paintings in 30 Days

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I'M SO READY!  Starts September 1st, oh no, need to buy some more inking brushes.  It is the worst. A terrible tragedy that I must shop for art supplies. It's totally not what I want to be doing all the time.

(Also, if you don't follow my work on tumblr, you should!  hootbark.tumblr.com )

Winter Chase Process

How I digital art:

1.  Initial sketch.  Done in Photoshop with my favorite faux pencil brush.  

2.  Inking, inking, inking.  I use Clip Studio Paint for my inking.  It has a line stabilizer, so you have cleaner lines.  It's also fairly compatible with Photoshop, so you get transparency behind lines. 

3. After I ink, I take things back into Photoshop and use the warp tool to push and pull areas that feel too squished. 

4.  Colors and texture.  Pretty simple.  Background texture, then a hard edged brush and the selection tool to divide up areas.  Each color on a separate layer, another texture overtop to create the worn look.  Honestly, it's not hard... but I could afford to do an entire tutorial on speedy flat coloring. 

Keep everything on separate layers.  It may make for a big file, but it's worth it in the end to be able to endlessly edit.  

Winter Chase

Whew! Haven't posted in a bit, so here's something new.   Just working out my inking and photoshopping skills.  Might finagle this into a shirt.

I see a lot of semi-surreal and mythological art that I really like, so I'd be interested in doing more work like this... but this one has a few issues.    There's not quite enough to the composition, is't not really horizontal or digital, the pose could be more dynamic... and so on.

Day 26 - Wolf portrait

Remember that time when I said I'd stop drawing animal heads for a bit?  Yeah, let's both pretend I didn't say that, because here's a watercolor wolf.

Day 21 - Framed Wolf

This may end up a small series of animals and frames, we'll see.

Very easy for me to go from acrylic to watercolor.  Watercolor is easier to transport by far!  Back on the daily art wagon.

"Framed Wolf"

6x8" Watercolor.  $70.

Click to Purchase!

Day 14 - Wolf at Night

This was going to be a one hour study. Well.  Three hours later...

Wolf At Night

8x8" Acrylic on Canvas Panel

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Custom Journals

Making these, I think.  Going to order a few Moleskines to play with.  Here are some little samples, little ideas for compositions that I'm kicking around.   The results will eventually go into my Etsy shop, hootbark.etsy.com.

Jaw

 Jaw bone study!  Available for sale on ArtFido:

What Big Teeth...

For Sale on Art Fido

16x20" 

$275

New Photoshop Brush

So, I've been painting all day, here are the things I churned out.  Just wanted to post this before bed.  I discovered a new brush to use that I adore, it looks very real media. 

Wolf - 2 hours
Self portrait- 2.5 hours
Jack Klugman as some sort of Game of Thrones character- 1.5 hours

Arrow Wolf

Just a digital speedpaint of a wolf.

Prints here!

http://tinyurl.com/mdy57o4

My Art To Be Shown in Las Lagunas Gallery

Two of my pieces will be in the "Animal Fairy Tales, Fables, Fact Or Fiction" show at Las Lagunas Gallery (http://www.laslagunagallery.com) from December 5th to the 21st.  

The pieces that got in are:

Coveting
Acrylic
14x18"

 












Deer in Bell Jar
Watercolor
6x8"














They are both framed up and look gorgeous!  I will try to snap a picture of them before I ship them out on Monday.  

Finished White Wolf

Here we are!  All painted.  For an art show I have in Chicago.

Wolf in Progress

Just a little something to keep my inking skills sharp.  I've applied watercolor to it and I'm waiting for it to dry to scan the finished version. 

Marker Wolf

Just a little wolfy doodle with lots of ink!  What have I learned?  Gel pen is indestructible!  There's layers of ink all over the gel pen, and it holds up like a champ.

Available as prints, pillows, and more here!

http://society6.com/MeganMerz/Markerwolf_Print

The Emperor

A handsome fellow to pair with the Empress card.  BEHOLD!