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Jun 01
2008
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Fluffy Friends WIP
Posted by Conni Togel in wool, WIP, weird, tampa, studio, spinning, sheep, paintings, oil paints, MSWF, Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, life, lamb, goat, friends, florida, fine art, fiber, dyeing, camel, bunny, blue, blog, artist life, art show, art, angora  
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Sheep obviously aren't the only fuzzy, fluffy and cute things out there - which is why I determined that the Sheep Incognito needed to have a picture of him and his Fluffy Friends.
The Angora Goat had a hard time sitting still for the protrait, but after threatening with hanging her by the horns from the crabapple tree in the yard, she did settle down a bit.
Here are a few pictures of the process in the studio:
This shows pretty well how I start most of my paintings - a quick sketch of the basics with a brush, some thinner and some burnt umber. Bloopers can easily be fixed with a rag and some thinner you can see the darker shade where the goat and the bunny are - blooper leftovers.
Though I'm definitely not a goat fan, after seeing some of th little angora goats at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival , this one just had to be in the picture (she did try eating the paintbrush, but got caught in the act...) I like the fuzzy look on her face and ears - I hope I can carry that through until the painting is done.
This shows a bit of the brushstrokes I do when blending from dark to light. The camel's right eye is really weird looking - that will eventually be fixed, I think
I started putting the background in - but I really don't like the way it's turning out...the green looks terrible...I do however like the dark blue/purple down by the camel, as it contrasts really nice with the yellow of his fur. When it's dried a bit I can attack it and make it better, hopefully.
The bunny might still get some eyes - or maybe not...Angora bunnies when unshorn really don't seem to have more than fluff and a nose. He also will be painted a bit more, so far he's only shaded with the burnt umber a bit, and the fluffy is just painted around with the background (also known as negative painting). He'll definitely need more detail and texture on him, to really make the fluff fly.
I hope to have this finished by the time we drive to Tampa for the HGA Convergence 2008 conference - a lot to do about weaving, spinning, and dyeing fiber.
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