My first thought after watching episode one is that I don’t know that I’ve ever seen anything like it before… and that it might be the best thing I’ve seen in a long time. (To see even more pics, click the final image below.) And most importantly, the painstaking details of the snow settled on each branch, big & small. Tiny touches of white for the snow and the crisp winter light falling on Skelly’s bones. Such a gentle giant, Skelly is…Īnd finally, we arrive at the end. Still a ways to go…Īnd a close-up of the right side. An important task, yes?Ī close-up of the left side. He’s giving winter its essence, its lifeforce. This is no evil creature with which we’re dealing. And the details on the skeleton begin to emerge.
The snow begins to settle on the branches. And look! Snowflakes! The birds swooping into snow was the original idea for this painting, a scene imagined by my lovely bride. They’re still waiting on me…Īh ha! Finally, the birds got their due. Next, I went in with a few soft details on the skeleton and several background elements, including bones and distant tree limbs. And who doesn’t love a nice dead tree? Am I right? I paused to add the foremost tree to make sure my birds ended up in the right spot. Which…normally…as a predominantly right-handed artist, I’d recommend the opposite. The wings were hard, but fun! For this entire painting, I worked right to left. I sketched in the birds, and then painted them using the same black/grey mix as the skeleton. Add a second & third color, mix well, and achieve a nice texture which black alone cannot match. For my painter friends out there, I recommend rarely using straight black. The subtle greys I added to the skeleton undertones show up better when viewed in-person. It looks like matte black paint, right? Only, it’s not.
In truth, this was one of my favorite parts of the process… For the hands, I photographed my own fingers in various poses. I used a black (soft-nose) colored pencil. Next, I began sketching, sketching, sketching. This took about two days, and another half-day to dry. Blue, green, purple, white, cream, grey, black…and more. I used a wet brush to blend the colors together. This is the progress of a large new acrylic-on-canvas painting titled ‘Thy Winter is Forever.’ Help the software program builders.For many days, during a stormy autumn week… Strive the three completely different heroes, unlock playing cards and traits and improve the city for higher likelihood of success. Adventure and cope with the ancients who rule the forest. Ravenland is a difficult deck-building roguelike card game.
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