Good news: I now have a job teaching 2nd-5th graders art once a week for a month, and perhaps adults as well, through the Vermillion Area Arts Council. A paid, art related job, yes!
Bad news: I'm not quite comfortable with opaque paint, aka anything that is not watercolor. The classes I'll be teaching focus on watercolors but will also include tempura for the kids and acrylics for the adults. I've worked with both before, but I'm not nearly as comfortable with them as I am with conte or watercolors. Classes start on March 13th.Which means I have exactly three weeks to cram as much knowledge of acrylics into my head as possible.
Challenge accepted.
Having just read Elfhome, Wen Spencer's newest sci-fi/fantasy romp of elven deliciousness, I decided to do a portrait of one of the characters, Thorne Scratch on Stone. Since I read the advanced reader copy ($15 until July 1st, then $5), I want to do a portrait that includes no spoilers. I decided on a literal interpretation of Thorne Scratch's name.
Here's my (really) rough digital mock up:
Things that should be in the mock up but I'm too lazy to do with a mouse: intricate black spell tattoos on her arms and thorns on the multiflora rose canes (aka the red things). And maybe black or yellow beads in her hair? I don't remember them in the book, but most folks with her job have them.
What are your opinions, before I put paint to canvas-board?
The beautiful stock is provided by the following:
Woman by Jagged-eye, who can also be found at DMAC Studios
Stone texture by ShinimegamiStock
Thank you!
Disclaimer: Thorne is owned by and copyright Wen Spencer. As is anything Tinker-Wolf-Elfhome related. I just visit, a lot.
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