Majestic Monster
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I have finally finished all of the paintings that have been somewhat within my comfort zone. I started painting my skinwalker. This was an interesting painting and instead of drawing up an outline, I ended up free-handing the whole design on the canvas. I wanted this painting to be very dark and mysterious and I think I got a pretty successful outcome.
As usual, I started with the background. I often do a wash before I start painting and with this painting, I really loved how the wash looked. I painted most of the background black and dark brown, leaving everything very dark. For the area where the trees were, I used a dark green for the wash. I was very happy with how the wash for the trees looked so I only added a bit of light and dark green paint on top to add more depth but otherwise keep the look. I don’t often let much of the wash show through so this painting was interesting with the lighter spots showing through. I was really nervous when I started painting the skinwalker because it was a very dark painting but I had to make sure it was light enough that the details showed through. I painted the body very dark with some highlights and let the bottom slowly darken into the background. I liked the way the shadows worked and was glad I could use highlights to pull the subject from the background. I personally think the head ended up way too light but I was so happy with the shading and blending of the paint that I didn't want to do too much to change it. Despite it being too light for the lighting of the painting it really helped get across the point that the head was an animal skull. I also really liked the floating glowing eyes which made it creepier. After I finished the main subject, I added some bushes around the skinwalker to make it seem more like it was hiding or watching. I added some white and yellow highlights in the background with teeth to make it seem like there were more watching more hidden. This definitely wasn’t my favorite painting, but I’m still very happy with the outcome. It was outside my comfort zone and it was a challenge. But this is why I wanted to do this painting series. To push my limits and try new things.
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