January 30 x 30 Challenge #25 Going Walking

January 30 x 30 Challenge  # Going Walking

I took a lot of geese and ducks photos... Luckily many were taken with my Canon G11 so I have good  HD raw files to work with for cropping and then blurring..First I crop the image to the size of the format. Then sometimes I make another letter to blur to see the main areas. Then sometimes I have to move stuff like the goose on the right was moved in closer.  This is a cropped version of three geese probably running away from me at the time.  I find the geese so human like with their expressions.  This was done with a sketch which I brush down with liquin then I sketched dry. See progress image...

20 x 20 Heavy brown paper. Neocolor I wax pastels with pencils and medium.

Finished  

Preliminary sketch before medium

I wanted to scan after the medium was applied and dried... oops forgot!!!

January 30 x 30 Challenge # 24 Standing Pool

January 30 x 30 Challenge  # 24 Standing Pool

This is the view of the large standing pool,  Water comes up to you shoulders... of course how tall you are...The further wall has a cascade of water for a wonderful water message...  There are a few islands to lean on .  Actually the pole of the railing was right in the middle of the couple which I moved over to the left.
Figuring what to put in and WHAT to leave out is important.

20 x 20 Heavy brown paper. Neocolor I wax pastels and pencils and medium.

Sketch before Liquin

January 30 x 30 Challenge # 23 More Bathers

January 30 x 30 Challenge  # 23 More Bathers

More bathers in a the pools....  Loved the special lighting that came from the windows.  May have exaggerated but I have a licence in my pocket!!

20 x 20 cm Heavy brown paper.  Neocolor I wax pastels and pencils.  Here again I made an under painting of the main areas and used  liquin medium. I may have crayoned in while it was wet and then drew in more details when it dried.