I just finished this painting & I'm ready for your revie

by **Justin_Dancing_Hawk** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:34 am

This is my first posting here . I'm a new member & I'm very pleased & impressed so far!
This is my newest painting - "Tiger Oak" . I chose this title because I've sometimes heard Great Horned Owls referred to as "Flying Tigers " . My process involved very close & intense personal observation of this bird at a local rehab. center where I was privileged to have the opportunity to take several hundred reference photos over a period of a couple of months. It's been a great learning experience & has resulted in far more accurate anatomical representation than would otherwise have been possible. This is my very best work to date & I'm delighted with it & I hope you will be too! I look forward to hearing your reactions to this piece ! Thank You ! . . . Let'er rip! :lol:

by **BYart** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:38 pm

Hi again Justin!
You're research sure paid off...but you ability has certainly shown itself here! Fantastic work, love everything about this one!! Colors, detail , composition, depth...yep...everything!

I dabble in pastel too, still learning this medium.
What
ands of pastels do you find best on the Wallis?
I like the Ampersand bord, tried a few pastel papers, but with my heavy hand, didn't have enough tooth.

by **Justin_Dancing_Hawk** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:43 am

I just sent you an email! LOL!
I haven't ever tried the Ampersand paper! I'd like to! I absolutely LOVE Wallis! I HIGHLY recommend it! It's made a HUGE difference in my work since 2006 when I took a workshop with Albert Handell & he taught me about it! My work took an instant QUANTUM leap when I started using it! I'd been using ( & getting frustrated with) Canson Paper, before that! I still like it for some things, but I get so much better results with the Wallis, I don't even buy much else any more! I have a fairly heavy hand myself & I'm learning to lighten it up & I think it's helping my quality! I find Wallis has plenty of tooth for me! If I fill it, I just work the spot I want to adjust with a bit of alcohol & that lets the color soak in so I can make adjustments! Just soak a paper towel & blot the area with it ! It dries quick & lets you add as you please!
My favorite Pastels are my Unisons! They are soft enough to get the techniques down that I want , yet hard enough to not crumble unless I forget my own strength! LOL! :lol:

The NuPastels are great for detail work! You can sharpen them on a piece of Sanding screen & not waste a ton of money! Being heavy handed, you might like some of the harder pastels like Winsor Newton & Rem
andt! It's such a personal thing! It's hard to say ! I like various
ands for different reasons & purposes! Unison is usually what I grab 1st, then Winsor Newton. I've got tons of pastels! Pencils & all! I don't use the pencils much, their too hard & chalk like. I find them too hard to even make a mark with in most cases. I use them to sign my work sometimes. They sharpen nice & I like to put an edge on them with sand paper & I can get a really fine line that way!

by **arlenemurals** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:19 am

beautiful work!

by **Justin_Dancing_Hawk** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:00 am

Thank You !

by **weirdpuckett** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:29 am

Very nice work! Very FLUID in its look!

by **paulabettam** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:11 pm

Justin_Dancing_Hawk wrote:This is my first posting here . I'm a new member & I'm very pleased & impressed so far!
This is my newest painting - "Tiger Oak" . I chose this title because I've sometimes heard Great Horned Owls referred to as "Flying Tigers " . My process involved very close & intense personal observation of this bird at a local rehab. center where I was privileged to have the opportunity to take several hundred reference photos over a period of a couple of months. It's been a great learning experience & has resulted in far more accurate anatomical representation than would otherwise have been possible. This is my very best work to date & I'm delighted with it & I hope you will be too! I look forward to hearing your reactions to this piece ! Thank You ! . . . Let'er rip!

hi your pastel work is stunning i am new to i think ythis a
illant place to be from paula

by **Justin_Dancing_Hawk** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:56 pm

That
anch is actual! LOL! When I saw it, it just begged me to perch an Owl on it! LOL!

by **Tahirih** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:37 pm

I think your realism is really wonderful! The owl is completely convincing. The only thing that bothers me at all is that the owl blends in to the background too much. That may be your intention, since they certainly are camouflaged well, and it may just be the photo, too. But if that's not the case the solution would be to warm the tones in the
owns of the owl slightly to make him jump ahead a bit.
Lovely work,
Cheers!

by **Danny Heim** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:17 pm

Sorry that i didn't vote, but I don't know about that venue, so I couldn't tell you. But your painting is nice. I am not crazy about your color scheme, but your detail is good. Too much blue with the green and too
ight. Is any of that due to the photo?