What is JacketFlap

  • JacketFlap connects you to the work of more than 200,000 authors, illustrators, publishers and other creators of books for Children and Young Adults. The site is updated daily with information about every book, author, illustrator, and publisher in the children's / young adult book industry. Members include published authors and illustrators, librarians, agents, editors, publicists, booksellers, publishers and fans.
    Join now (it's free).

Sort Blog Posts

Sort Posts by:

  • in
    from   

Suggest a Blog

Enter a Blog's Feed URL below and click Submit:

Most Commented Posts

In the past 7 days

Recent Posts

(from The Meanderings of an Artist)

Recent Comments

Recently Viewed

JacketFlap Sponsors

Spread the word about books.
Put this Widget on your blog!
  • Powered by JacketFlap.com

Are you a book Publisher?
Learn about Widgets now!

Advertise on JacketFlap

MyJacketFlap Blogs

  • Login or Register for free to create your own customized page of blog posts from your favorite blogs. You can also add blogs by clicking the "Add to MyJacketFlap" links next to the blog name in each post.

Blog Posts by Tag

In the past 7 days

Blog Posts by Date

Click days in this calendar to see posts by day or month
new posts in all blogs
Viewing Post from: The Meanderings of an Artist
Visit This Blog | More Posts from this Blog | Login to Add to MyJacketFlap
Blog Banner
This blog is about the creation of art. and events or things that I find interesting.
1. The Green Wood

I started this late yesterday and stayed up until 4:30 in the morning finishing it. I didn't take the time to make scans of the drawing and I didn't make a color study this time. But that won't stop me from talking about the process. This is the photo I was working from. You'll notice that the girl in the picture has her eye shut. So that was one of the first things that I had to change. Also her body position with her chin jutting out a bit didn't look relaxed and would have looked unnatural if I'd painted it that way. Her costume ears were a little droopy so I changed the angle slightly.
Other changes include lengthening her hair, modifying her necklace,  making up things on her hair wreath, lightening her hair just a tad so that the texture would show more, changed her wings to dragonfly style (Just because my husband said he pictures fairies that way- I believe that he's a member of the Dragonfly Clan), and added a blue ribbon to her sleeve.

The Green Wood
 

Add a Comment