The first piece is entitled "Pan-pan" and it features a baby-eating panda. I intentionally elected not to go overboard with gore. The piece can be viewed without an instant bad reaction, so it can be enjoyed - at first, anyhow - by anyone.
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| "Pan-pan" The baby eating panda |
I also did a little Internet research on circus freaks and kept running into images of Schlitzie who was a circus Pinhead for the first half of the 20th century. I decided to try and do a fairly sensitive, accurate likeness of him/her.
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| "Schlitzie" |
I actually learned quite a bit while doing this little piece (2.5" x 3.5" which is the size of all ATCs). I started by laying down some pen and ink line work with microns of varying sizes. Then I came back over quite a few of the lines with opaque watercolor (gouache) that was thin enough to soften or dull the lines.
Another trick I learned was easy enough... I painted the entire face in a single, medium tone. I then came back with brush loaded with water and then used a towel to lift out color. If it needed to be a bit brighter, I returned and lifted more color. It worked out really well! Removing paint allowed me to set the stage for the addition of white paint for the brightest highlights and a thin purple for shadows. I also tossed in some greenish washes for medium shadows - it worked as a shadow color and it helped unify my colors a bits.
Now that I am almost done with this swap, I joined another entitled "Hand drawn, Sarah Bishop Style Bodies" which is based on a series of images by an artist named Sarah Bishop. The bodies drawn will have some very exaggerated buttocks and should have a whimsical feel as well.
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