So I've been working up several versions of the Bluejay idea, and I think this sketch might be pretty close to the final linework. Actually, yes, it is the final linework. Any other changes I want to make I'll just do in paint. I know it's really similar to the first version I posted, but I like it.
Since I got the shots of the corn in the snow yesterday, I think that those will serve as my primary references and the color palette.
I'm anxious to get to into a painting, and I like the muted blue and yellow look.
I'll probably punch up the saturation in photoshop to paint from, because it will inevitably look more muted in the painting. (Because that's how I work)
1 comments:
It's really interesting to compare the two bluejay drawings. In the first one, the thrust was right into the picture plane with the left-hand bird, flowing into the one perched sideways and seemingly poised to continue the flow into the deeper reaches of the canvas. In the second, the second jay reflects the flow back toward the picture plane and the viewer. It's a really different effect. I like the silhouettes of the birds,as well. Tough to choose between the two sketches, though. The first is more "action-y" and has a feeling of being adocument of bluejay behavior. The second seems more anthropomorphic, as though we'd interrupted a conversation.
One question--in the second, the second bird appears perched on a snow fluff on a leaf--would a jay do that? It seems a little precarious, and thus makes the pose seem a little forced.
I'd say go for the larger canvas size with the first drawing, or the smaller canvas size with the second. The first--"Action-y", bigger, livelier. The second, more closed-in, intimate, sheltered. I honestly can't make my mind up between the two. I can't wait to see the painting!
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