Thursday 27 September 2007

Lighthouse colour study.



On a tiny rocky island in a cold, stormy sea there stood a red and white striped lighthouse... Here is Magnus and Grandpa's home. The artwork is a hybrid of watercolour for the sea base and sky with digital for the lighthouse, island and waves. I want the sea and sky to have a liquid, changable quality to allow for the various weather and sea conditions (a storm is coming...) and also to soften the artwork up a bit when it is viewed as a whole (I have also been experimenting with watercolour in the characters flesh to both soften it and to give that windblown, raw look).

5 comments:

Ciaran said...

Holy frijoles, that looks nice. This is a pretty sweet little setup, I want to see more development.
...more! :D

I just painted a puffin the other day.

Anonymous said...

This looks ace.

Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli said...

Wow. I love this. It's a great little setting - can't wait to see it all put together.

Anonymous said...

Great stuff Matt.
Really like the way this is turning out.
Can't wait to see more.

Karen said...

Wow. Stumbled upon your blog. Your art is amazing!!! Love it all.