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W.I.P. – Thor in watercolor

Posted by at September 7, 2011 in Wednesday's Heroes Blog

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Eric’s working on a Thor watercolor painting and thought he’d share the process with us.

Approximately 14×18, when finished this beauty will be available for sale. Contact me if you’re interested in purchasing.


Prelim sketch

"The first step of my painting process. Which is to do the major shadows and darks with the complimentary color of the final tone."

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  1. Mike Pascale at Sep 07, 2011 08:43:57

    Brilliant (as always), Eric! I’m curious to see what you do with the hammer, as I would have thought it would be done at the same time with the grays in the outfit (and since I work from left to right given my clumsiness). It is so fascinating to watch others’ methods.

    LOVE the color, lighting effects/textures and life in the cape especially.

    Just curious, did you have lighting reference too? A model?

    Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the final.

  2. Eric W. Meador at Sep 07, 2011 02:13:01

    Hey Mike, thanks so much. that means a lot to me. I too often try to work left to right. I have become a bit of a neat freak around my work so I often vary my approach. I lay down plexiglass sheets over it to rest my hands on and put paper down over the areas I am not working on. I do tend to always start with the head though. I always figure that if you mess that up there then you should start again. Therefor it is best to start with that and know if you need to start over right away.
    Your question about the gray makes sense but when painting I guess I work in similar texture and material all at the same time. Mjolnir and the armor may be grays but they will be two different types and textures. I try to keep my mind on all of the “armor” or on all of the “leather” aspects all at once.
    Concerning the lighting, yes, I did take a photo that the lighting and body position are based on. The armor, cape, costume and all in my pieces are just made from imagination.
    Thanks for asking.

  3. Mike Pascale at Sep 09, 2011 09:28:24

    Thanks for taking the time to elucidate and educate, Eric! Really appreciate it.

    Of course, everything you say makes perfect sense. There are probably as many ways to work as there are artists, and every one of them is “the right way” for that approach.

    Interesting comment about starting from the head–I completely agree, as for me, a great head can make up for an “okay” figure while a lousy head can ruin even the greatest figure (again, in my opinion).

    That’s why guys like my friend Dean (Armstrong) always confounded me–he always started from the WAIST! Worked his way down through the legs, then back and worked his way up to the head. I never got that, but for him it obviously worked. (I’ll have to ask if he still does that digitally; he rarely uses pencils anymore.)

    Hey, I smell a future blog post! Might be a good subject.

    Thanks again!


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