Here we are with my third Seascape! This time we’ve got stormy skies and a calm lapping of the shore.
Sorry. No progress photos. Which, by now is getting downright embarrassing. I will do better next time. I promise!
As always, if you like what you see and would love to support me further, please check out my Etsy and Redbubble stores. 🙂 Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/AmandaActonArt?ref=seller-platform-mcnavRedbubble: AmandaActon.redbubble.com
I recently did a portrait commission filled with soft toys and the most delicious candies. Take a look!
And here is the finished artwork! If you are interested in something similar, please don’t hesitate to contact me here or through my Etsy store.
I finished this one a while ago, but didn’t get a chance to upload. Better late than never! Here is the step-by-step for Self Love Spell.
And here is the finished product! The Original is for sale on my Etsy Store and prints can be found on RedBubble.
A little gallery of the process from initial sketches to finished. And yes… at some point I get super engrossed in the drawing and totally forget to take progress shots. >_< 😛
Totally out of order, but here is the very last time lapse from my Dumpster Diving Fairy story. This time its a magpie peeking into their dumpster and finding an unwelcome guest.
Done in Clip Studio Paint.
Music Credits: An Island Newly Awoken by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6287-an-island-newly-awoken License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Here we go again! Time lapse of a Thell Illustration. This time she is in SERIOUS TROUBLE! What Happens Next? How will she ever make it out? LE GASP!
Done in Clip Studio Paint.
Music Credits: An Island Newly Awoken by MusicLFilesLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6287-an-island-newly-awokenLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Whoops! It’s taken me a bit longer to edit these process videos and get them out than I intended, but I am on it! Here is another Thell Illustration Time lapse.
This time she’s stepped on something truly HORRIFIC and gross. How will she ever recover from the mental scarring?
Done in Clip Studio Paint.
Music Credits: An Island Newly Awoken by MusicLFilesLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6287-an-island-newly-awokenLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Do you want to know what live streaming is good for? That’s right, content! And here is some of that content, conveniently smooshed together and sped up for your viewing pleasure. 🙂
Won’t be long now and Thell the Fairy will have all her illustrations done and ready! Annnndd…. then I just need to edit her story all over again. 😉
Music Credit:
An Island Newly Awoken by MusicLFilesLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6287-an-island-newly-awokenLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Finally, it’s time for painting. I don’t have much to say about my process. I keep things fairly simple. No special tricks or magic tools, just a bunch of familiar steps built over years of painting practice.Â
Most of my paint is Windsor and Newton Professional Acrylic. I do have a couple of tubes of  Galleria (Windsor and Newton’s student range) as well as some Atelier tubes, but for the way I work, the Windsor and Newton Professional range feel the best.
For brushes I use a large, square to wash in the background, but the rest of the painting is done alternating between three differently sized round brushes. As for the actual technique, I can best describe it as layering on thin washes of colour and softly (but quickly) blending lights into darks until I get the desired gradient.
In future, I would love to video the whole process, but I don’t really have the right setup for it. For now, I can offer a photographic journey.
Next up: The Final Painting
Hey guys!
Here are the process videos for my Buhle Painting. Still a bit skwonky and all over the place, but I am starting to feel more at home in Photoshop. Huzzah!
The first Video is the initial sketch. I took a pretty long time figuring out how to place her arms. This video is mostly me drawing arms and then erasing arms and then drawing arms and then erasing arms… you get the idea. 😛
The second starts with a few quick colour comps before diving into the final piece.
Disclaimer: Yes, I know I shouldn’t do backgrounds last. 😛
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