Another WIP Wednesday: Missing Turtle

This was a piece I worked on a long long time ago. My mom wanted a seascape with a sea turtle, but working at this large size is a struggle for me. I have another commission now, that is the exact same size, and I am having the same struggle.

The turtle is finally finished now, I just need to take some good photos of it before posting. I am in love with the finished product, so I want to make sure the photo does it justice.

This piece was done completely in oil paint and the long dry times helped me greatly when working on the background. However, it does add time to the entire process.

On another note, getting good images of art is pretty difficult when they are too large to scan.

WIP Wednesday

I have seen WIP Wednesday done before on other sites and decided to follow suit. So I plan on showing some of my works in progress going forward.

I have been working on a pointillism piece for over a week now and to most people it may look finished, but I have some more plans for it.

This is a photo taken from my phone, so not the best quality shot, but you get the idea. I am doing the pen work with archival ink so that I can watercolor over the black and white once it is finished. Also the whole peice needs MOAR DOTS!!! (If you get that reference, you are awesome.)

I do find the process of dotting the whole page to be fairly therapeutic, but it takes forever. I don't recommend pointillism if you want to finish a peice quickly. 

The other fun note about this work, is that I plan on making a version of this available for my coloring book. 

I hope you guys like it and look forward to seeing more works in progress in the future.