Autumn in Vancouver

Weekend WIP - West Coast Corvid

"West Coast Corvid"

Acrylic on wood panel, 2011

It's the return of the Weekend Work-In-Progress!

This weekend I'll be showing you how 'West Coast Corvid' came together. There's not much to describe (since the steps are basically 1- sketch. 2- paint. 3- paint some more. 4- keep painting...), so I'll just let the pictures tell the story (such as it is).

Primed wood panel with gesso. Sketched the scene

Painted the sky. Played with some texture for the clouds.

Toned down the cloud texture. Painted the hills.
Played around with the paint on the closest hill to give it a bit of 'forest' texture.

Added some more detail to the hills. Painted the bird. 

And that's it! Everything went as smoothly as described, yes indeed... ;)

Here's a question for all you artists out there- what is your painting process like? Since I first learned to paint with watercolours, I tend to keep a lot of the same habits when I use acrylics (working from light to dark colours, for example). Do you have a system that you like to stick to, or do you tend towards slightly-controlled-chaos?

"Three Bandits"

"Three Bandits"

Materials: Pitt grayscale brush pens on smooth Bristol

A gift for my sister, from a picture taken in Stanley Park by her son.
I've been waiting to post this one for a while, and now that her gift has arrived safely I no longer have to keep it secret!

Window to Another World

Window to Another World, originally uploaded by Laríssa.

No matter how busy you think you are, you should really make the time to stop & smell the puddles. You never know what you might find!

Sakura

Spring has arrived, and Vancouver's cherry blossoms are in full bloom!

I'll be adding more photos as the trees continue to bloom. You can view the whole set here on Flickr:
Vancouver In Blossom