Wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year.

Wishing you all a Happy Chinese New Year.

About 3 years ago, before I settled on the traditional cut paper collage style of Illustration that I currently work in, I was still dabbling with digital painting in Adobe Photoshop.
I did love the immediacy of the digital medium and it’s forgiving qualities when I made a mistake (not so easy to correct snippets of paper that have been glued down).
Back in 2009 I was commissioned to produce a digital painting tutorial and although in a different medium, my subject matter has always been the same – wildlife of course!
As it’s been 3 years since I created the tutorial, I think I’m pretty safe to show it on here now. Hope you enjoy it and find it useful if you’re thinking of giving digital painting a try.
Here’s a pic of the final digital painting…
Last weekend we took Mali (my one year old daughter) for her first trip to the zoo – it was a magical day watching her face as she saw real live creatures that she’d previously only seen in pictures.
I also took the opportunity to whip out the sketchbook and make a few doodles too (got slightly carried away with the penguins – such lovely, expressive and comedic little creatures)…




Hmmmm, brush and ink – not the most forgiving medium to work in

Inspired by the wonderful array of birds at the zoo, I returned home and created this little chap in the evening…


Nelson Mandela weathered iron statue study (gouache, finished digitally)


Zsa Zsa (friends pet dog)


Seals
