I love to paint and I had a good time coming up with this subject back in 2003 as a class demonstration in visual development. Sketched in pencil on watercolor board I used acrylics to bring out the color for a fun character. Kind of an old school gangster in the Chicago style. I kept the image simple and used a classic technique in bringing out form by laying down transparent tones in a monochromatic wash and then following up with heavier applications of pigment. You can see the layers in the emergence of the image.
I do like this piece of art Charles. The rat strongly resembles Pinstripe Potorooo. What with the rat-like appearance, clothes, etc... Did you take inspiration from Pinstripe when creating this Charles?
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorites Charles.
ReplyDeleteThanks Walter. Great seeing you here! Hope everything is going well.
ReplyDeletePat the resemblance is incidental. I didn't have Pinstripe in mind when I came up this. It was pretty much a spontaneous creation that I did on the spur of the moment.