Bob Marley

So I had recently decided to try and do another portrait of Bob marley. You see, I did one back in October 2012 and when I look at it today, I'm not very pleased with it. 

So I decided to do a little twist on it and instead of just doing another pencil drawing I was going to put watercolor in it this time along with pencil. 

Step 1:

I started off by making a grid on both the reference picture and my paper. 

and it's much easier to get the face shape and proportions done right this way. 

Here is a very rough start to getting the outlines done. 

Step 2: 

Here you can see I'm putting in color to his face, filling in his eyes, and getting some shading down.

Step 3:

I suppose this isn't really a 'step' since it goes along with step 2. 

This is just more shading being done. 

Step 4:

I took a break from adding detail to his face here, and went ahead and put in the first layer to the background with watercolor, and roughly started on his hair. 

Step 5:

Showing the difference the watercolor makes on this. 

I worked on his eyes and hair real quick here.

Step 6:

More work on the hair here.

Step 7:

Put in the first layer of the rest of his hair here.

Step 8:

 Now you can really see the difference the watercolor is doing. 

Step 9:

Finishing up the hair and background. 

Step 10:

All finished and compared to the drawing I did in October last year. 

And the last step was to frame it! 

Thanks for staying around long enough to finish this long post.

 (That's if you DID stay. you might have just closed the page within the first 3 seconds) 

What was used in this:

Watercolor

Pencil

Watercolor paper

Thanks again!

-Emily

The Making of the Cheshire Cat

I'm going to take you through the process of how I went about painting the Cheshire Cat.
I'll apologize ahead of time for the small amount of pictures I'll be showing, in the future I'll have more Work in progress shots, go more in depth of what I did, my techniques, etc. 


I started off with making a grid on the canvas and reference picture I used, so to make sure all my proportions would be accurate. (I've got no picture of that, sorry.)

My next step was to paint in a rough background, along with the main colors that are seen on the cheshire cat. So with around 45 minutes work in it looked like this-

Haha, do NOT be discouraged in the early stages of your artwork when it's not the prettiest thing to look at. I mean, look at that!! ^^

Next I worked on adding in detail slowly, I had started with the eyes and was working my way out from them. and than I added the teeth and started the markings. I didn't take enough in between shots so this jumps pretty far into the painting. I had probably put around 5-6 hours into it by now.

Now you have everything coming together, it's all finishing touches. getting those details in.
I finished up the fur, all the highlighting and also messed around with the background and added in the finishing touches.

This is the finished product!
It probably took me a good 9 hours to do this one.
Just remember to take lots of breaks between painting or you'll go mental and probably end up using hulk smash to rip a hole into the canvas before lighting it on fire so no one can see your failure. (;

I'd be more than happy to answer any questions and/or hear any tips or advice you have for me. I'm always looking to improve!

Check back soon. c: