Stringfellow Art » WIPs http://stringfellowart.com The art of Megan Stringfellow Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:33:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A quick walk through (Storyteller) http://stringfellowart.com/blog/2010/08/06/a-quick-walk-through-storyteller/ http://stringfellowart.com/blog/2010/08/06/a-quick-walk-through-storyteller/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:57:53 +0000 Megan http://stringfellowart.com/?p=1193 Continue reading →]]> I thought I just share the process I go through when putting together a storybook illustration for in my sketchbook.  The subject of this particular painting is Norton, the mouse. And a few of his friends.  The drawing size is aprox 3.5 x 5 inches.

1. I start with a pencil drawing to work out the perspective, layout and details of the picture. Once I’m happy, I go over it with ink, to refine the lines. I might add some hatching for the shadows.

2. To get started on the painting, I usually lay down a wash of a solid color over the whole drawing. In this case, a brown wash.  When it is almost dry, but not quite, I work in some of the major color blocks, and some of the shadows. The paint bleeds slightly into the background in a nice way because its not completely dry.  Things are still very lose at this point, allowing for “happy” accidents that make for interesting paintings.

3. I continue to add more colors, and start working in the shadows to add more depth to the picture. My brush is getting smaller and smaller as I work from big shapes to more details.  The painting looks very flat to me at this point.  I need to add some deeper shadows to make certain areas pop more.

4. I decided darkened the top of the painting to give it more depth, and darkened the shadows using a bluish green wash.  Everything was looking just a little TOO brown. The darker background helps the book stand out. When after all the painting was done, I went back over some of the lines that disappeared under the paint with my pen.

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]]> http://stringfellowart.com/blog/2009/02/13/more-progress/feed/ 1 Scared? A new doll in progress http://stringfellowart.com/blog/2009/02/11/scared-a-new-doll-in-progress/ http://stringfellowart.com/blog/2009/02/11/scared-a-new-doll-in-progress/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:13:41 +0000 Megan http://stringfellowart.net/wordpress/?p=793 I’m not sure why she is scared. She just ended up that way. Must have been the sight of me holding a paint brush veeeery close to her eyes. One sympathizes.

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I would like to get this image done in time for SCBWI, so I am working hard on it. You should notice that is has changed significantly from the sketch. I felt that the house behind her just wasn’t working compositionally, or colorwise. So I re-worked the background, and put her into a forest.

The seven dwarfs are going to be challenging, but fun. I just hope I can get it done in time.

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]]> http://stringfellowart.com/blog/2008/07/29/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-part-2/feed/ 0 A project on the tablet http://stringfellowart.com/blog/2008/06/18/a-project-on-the-tablet/ http://stringfellowart.com/blog/2008/06/18/a-project-on-the-tablet/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:30:00 +0000 Megan http://stringfellowart.net/wordpress/?p=649 Continue reading →]]> I may be a little absent from the blogging world for the next couple of weeks as I work on some projects that are keeping me busy. The good news is, I’m busy with some very fun things. I’d love to give you a sneak peak…but you will just have to wait!

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Here is the sketch for a new painting I’m working on of Snow White. I always loved her character. Probably because we shared the same condition: fair skin and very dark hair. As a little girl, that made me free very special. Now that I’m an adult, I just thinks its a little creepy for a young woman to be living with seven short men. Here are two quick color studies. I’m going with the purple dress.

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A few more hours of work. I think I’m finally happy with the horse. I changed the perspective a bit.
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