Finished chalk board dragon.

This is the finished project. Now it is up to the kids to have at it with colors.

Chalk board dragon.

So I started this chalk board dragon Tuesday for the Museum. It is about 9 feet long. This photo was taken at the end of day on Tuesday. Still lots to do. This is all just the line art so next will be adding white highlight elements and that sort of fun. I did several sketches and I thought this was not the best but I am glad it was the one chosen as It looks wicked cool now in the space. The reason to have this done was so visitors could color it in and have some fun.

So this large acrylic on stretched canvas is under way. The pencil is sealed on the canvas using some clear spray affix which I let dry for a few days then covered with clear gesso. Once the gesso is dried and lightly sanded I can start blocking in base color. I really enjoy using a restricted pallet and building the colors I want in stead o getting distracted buy trying to choose between to many color choices. Although once in a while I will use something out of the usual pallet to add a bit of punch.
It will take a few months to accomplish some of what I am planning for this. I will try to post the process often over the project.

Finished this fella a few months ago. So much fun trying to stay loose but to show the different types of fur. Shaggy, woolly, to short. I learned a great deal from this critter.
This another acrylic on canvas using a very restricted pallet. The piece is about 3' X 4'.

A few more images with a fun black and white of T-rex and friend. 

Once in a while cool mammals like this make it into the blog. I love these guys. Massively cool and fun to do in a bit of a comic book style.

Been a long while since posting to this site. Been working to define a good working illustration style.
I tend to work with acrylic on canvas board. I am most recently enjoying keeping the color application very thin to let the pencil line show. This is a good example of just that.

This is another fun piece done for the Museum. 

Several sketches on the way to getting it right before getting it on canvas.