Trespassing

    This painting took me weeks to finish, because I had to take so long breaks between the layers since I often felt lost and sometimes even wondered if I ruined it. Although, I thought of how I once heard someone say that there is an "ugly" layer with watercolors, that makes you unsure and feel lost. I call this the second layer *snort*. But I continued my work and tried to make the best I could instead of scrapping the painting. 

    This painting - Trespassing - is about a man forced to trespass on the giant lonebear's home that has claimed a mountain as its own. The man needs to find food for his family, since the colonists have started to cut down the forest that is his people's hunting ground. 

    My inspiration for the clothing is of native american and east-asian, but as you can tell, this is a fantasy world. The tree is called Sanguiz-tree and has bloodcoloured sap and is a key to the islands ecosystem. The bear is drawn without reference (like everything else) so there is some errors in the anatomy, as I've only done three studies of bears so far. I imagine it's a fantasy breed since it's so large and black.

    I used an inexpensive paper Canson Montval Torchin. Cheap but decent paper is a must for me to have when I feel pressure to perform. The paper has an interesting texture that is described as snow. I used graphite for the sketch, inked it with pigma microns and painted a layer of W&N waterproof indian ink to add shadows. I used my maaany watercolours (mostly DA) but also white and black gansai paint. At last I used colored pencils (Polychromos, Museum Aquarelle, Derwent Drawing, Luminance) for the details, which is a must for me since I have shaky hands. 

    I must add that I adore the sky. It was made with some of Schmincke's limited edition Supergranulating Tundra with a thin layer and afterwards Daniel Smith's Neutral Tint with a lot of water and I pressed it with tissuepapers while it was still wet.