Contributing Member ClayB Posted March 13, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted March 13, 2008 Kathy, Your zebra looks great! I really like the color and shading. It would have been nice if you would have finished it before I colored mine so I could have stole some ideas from you. I did the shading before putting the white on, and it doesn't show through much at all. I hope some more people give this a try too, I learn something from everyone I see. Thanks for playing this time. Clay ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
yaklady Posted March 13, 2008 Report Posted March 13, 2008 Sorry Clay. you're just too quick for me! You have your zebra made into a photo album, and all I managed was to get it onto a piece of scrap leather in twice the time. You could always make another photo album! Like you, I did some of the shading before I put on the white (antique white). Phthalo (I think you have to use the raspberry gesture to say that word) blue is what I use for that. Some of that shading wasn't dark enough to please me, so I added a tiny bit of black to some antique white to do a little more shading. That's the beauty of acrylics, you can always add to what doesn't look right. I had a good time doing this challenge. Hope more people try it out. Kathy All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted March 14, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted March 14, 2008 Clay, Kathy, both of your work is terrific! I learned a lot from your pieces. The detail carving at the muzzle, and the shading really give me something to work on. Thanks so much. I guess it's time to re-carve it with some touch ups!!! This idea of a monthly carving is wonderful- there's just no way I'd have ever thought to carve (and paint) a Zebra otherwise. I guess that's the genius of it, huh? We all get introduced to things that we'd never have done otherwise. Keep 'em coming, everybody! Mike Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Contributing Member ClayB Posted March 14, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted March 14, 2008 Sorry Clay. you're just too quick for me! You have your zebra made into a photo album, and all I managed was to get it onto a piece of scrap leather in twice the time. You could always make another photo album! You mean like this Kathy? Jessi (my daughter) really liked the first one and tried claiming it, but it already has a home, so I got to do another That was fine cuz I kinda like this pattern and my boss doesn't seem to want to come back from vacation anyway. There were a few little things I wanted to try differently anyway, like backgrounds. I was thinking of putting a pocket on the back of this one and maybe carving the lion from last months challenge on it, but Jessi said how about a blue tree frog with black spots Maybe I'll skip the pocket idea Like you, I did some of the shading before I put on the white (antique white). Phthalo (I think you have to use the raspberry gesture to say that word) blue is what I use for that. Some of that shading wasn't dark enough to please me, so I added a tiny bit of black to some antique white to do a little more shading. That's the beauty of acrylics, you can always add to what doesn't look right. I was pretty happy with my paint job until I saw yours. Now I am gonna have to decide if I want to start all over. I did the shading on the second one a lot darker than the first and it does show up some through the white. Your stripes sure look better than mine and the detail on the nose and mouth on yours are really cool. I printed yours out and will have to see what I can do. I got lots to learn yet! ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
yaklady Posted March 14, 2008 Report Posted March 14, 2008 Thank you Pip and Mike for the nice words. The reason I join in on this venture is to help out anyone who wants it, not to mention it's just plain fun! I've never done a zebra before, but it's just like a horse with big fuzzy ears and stripes. Clay, you could make the blue tree frog with black spots the challenge for next month. I know you'll figure out how to do one, then Jessi will be happy. I picked up a toad skin at Wickenburg, just because it looked cool. Dot Reis asked if I was going to make a toad stool. I'm likely to do that. I could inlay the skin and tool little frogs around it and put it on a small, round stool. If you firgure out the tree frog, I could add those. Anyway, with the stripes, find a photo of a real zebra and do yours to look like that. They tend to not connect in the front or around the legs or under the barrel. They aren't perfect, either, so don't try to make them that way. Notice that the mane has a lot of black in the tips. You could cover him with mud, like some zebras, then you wouldn't have to worry about the stripes. I know you'll get the stripes the way you want them. 42 times ought to do the trick! Kathy All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
Members Tina Posted March 14, 2008 Members Report Posted March 14, 2008 Really impressive yaklay, love your painting on this one And you're so right about the stripes...No two zebras will have the same pattern, it is like their fingerprints. The stripes actually goes all the way up in to the mane. I have painted zebra or zebra patterns for years, i love to incorporate them in my interior design, it speaks to "my wild side" "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
Contributing Member ClayB Posted March 14, 2008 Author Contributing Member Report Posted March 14, 2008 Doing a goodle search for zebra pictures brought up gave me a lot to look at, and one picture of a zebra with it's mouth open. I promised that next month's figure carving challenge would be an easy one. Can you (Kathy) or Tina draw me an easy to do pattern of a tree frog????? Not sure if this is really a tree frog or not, but this is what she wanted. I think the coloring will be more of a challenge than the actual carving. We'd all love to see some of your paintings Tina! ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
Members Frayed01 Posted March 15, 2008 Members Report Posted March 15, 2008 Here's my submission to the monthly challenge. It was definitely a challenge. This is the kind of thing you need to do to improve your carving and painting skills. I had to look up a photo of a zebra to get the color correct, but the red shadows for the stripes on the pattern were accurate. No two zebras have the same stripes, so any way they go on is acceptable. I have never looked inside the mounth of a zebra to see what color the gums are, so that had to be a guess. Since the muzzle is gray, I decided to go with that color scheme. The shadowing of the muscling should be done before the stipes are painted on. I enjoyed this pattern and hope that lots more people do it before the month is over. Kathy Kathy Wow,great picture,the colouring(sorry,english spelling :angel_not: ),is fantastic (means the same in either language )!!!!!!!!!!!!! Videre Nec Videri
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted March 15, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted March 15, 2008 (edited) I promised that next month's figure carving challenge would be an easy one. Can you (Kathy) or Tina draw me an easy to do pattern of a tree frog????? Not sure if this is really a tree frog or not, but this is what she wanted. I think the coloring will be more of a challenge than the actual carving. Is this sorta what you had in mind Clay? If so, lemme know, and I'll PM you the line drawing. Edited March 15, 2008 by TwinOaks Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
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