My experiment with painting using an Aquabord clayboard surface is complete! Actually I finished the painting almost two weeks ago, went on with another project, yada, yada, yada….. So now here it is. Eventually I DO get around to all on the “to do” list! LOL!
Picking up where I left off on the last blog post, I had laid in some basic color of mid and dark tones, leaving the light areas so I could see where the light was landing. This is important because the warmth of light is going to be a focus in this small painting. I tend to work on one section of composition at a time, like the horse, the field, the front tree, the background trees. It helps me keep a reference for lighting among objects.
close-up on the horse: I wasn’t happy with the shape of the horses chest here
So I did some erasing and streamlined the edge of the chest, wasn’t that hard on the clayboard surface.
And this is the finished result, using the scanner:
Or under natural light:
Or under outdoor shaded light:
And close up on the horse:
I’m a fan of the Aquabord now!! The title of the painting is “Horse on a Golden Path” and is available in my Artfire or Etsy shop.
Next post, new project completed, cool Art Button Editions and Originals wearable watercolor pencil art!!
