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I painted this figure for a Winter themed contest, but it was disqualified from consideration as I failed to comply with all the contest rules. I'm usually pretty careful about double-checking rules before I enter something, and I'll take this as a reminder to be more careful still in the future. ;-> The way I chose to paint the figure was inspired by some depictions of the Russian folktale character Father Frost.
I thought the wintery theme would be a good opportunity to try out the exercise of painting with a very small number of paints. This mini was completed using only four Reaper Master Series paint colours - Ultramarine Blue, Oiled Leather, Pure Black and Pure White. The blue fit well with a winter theme, and I picked the warm brown to contrast against it, and also because I was pretty confident I could mix up a decent skin colour with it. I was hoping that I could also lighten it up to a golden colour to use for the fur trim, but adding white just resulted in a pale colour similar to the old 'flesh' pencil crayon colour - not very attractive!
The exercise of working with such a small variety of paints was interesting, but I would have to say it wasn't especially fun. (I did enjoy painting the beard and the deep blue areas.) It also used a lot more paint than normal, probably because of the greater amount of mixing and having to fiddle with the mixes. The snow is a craft product called Alene's True Snow, I was trying for a freshly fallen look to it. The plants are the stems from real dried flowers with the flowers and leaves removed.
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Viewer comments:
3rd Eye
25-Feb-07
#216055 |  | Rating: 10
Great work. You've managed to get real depth into his robes with a very limited palette. Also the winter theme compliments it beautifully. |
Redfink
27-Jan-07
#212538 |  | Rating: 10
Great stuff; the limited palette works perfect! |
IG88
25-Jan-07
#212248 |  | Rating: 10
Thats real nice, good soft tones, also I like the owl alot. great work. |
Ian Newbold
16-Jan-07
#211021 |  | Rating: 10
I love the overall composition. Two super faces and a great choice of colours for the theme. And blue is my favourite colour!  |
Vhaidra
16-Jan-07
#210994 |  | Rating: 10
Looks absolutly great wren. It makes me wanna try to paint with a limited palette too. |
dennis.
16-Jan-07
#210987 |  | Rating: 9
8.5 superb blending on the blues and with a limited palette you've done great.. i just think the owl looks a bit wooden and the staff could go a shade darker in the recesses... but tis is just being hyperfussy... your work is forever improving and your style emerging |
lchc13
16-Jan-07
#210971 |  | Rating: 10
Very nice. You did a great job with the limited pallette. It really has a distinct winter look. |
Sanguinius
15-Jan-07
#210955 |  | Rating: 9
Brilliant. You achieved what you wanted in my opinion.
Cheers. | |
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