upnorth Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 (edited) Hello all, I've been working on and off on this one for the past few months and I've decided to call it done. Admittedly, it's not the greatest rendition of a Spitfire the world has ever seen. I did it primarily as a practice piece to get back into the feel of working with inks, which I have not worked with in a very long time though used to regularly. I also used it to practice working in a monotone style. I'm reasonably pleased with it as an exercise considering how long it's been since I've worked routinely with ink as a primary medium. It's on paper and about 90% ink with touches of acrylic paint and coloured pencil in the mix. It takes up the bulk of an A4 sheet of paper: For comparison, here's a photo I took of a Spitfire that I used as a basis for the piece: Any and all comments are welcomed. Edited May 14, 2017 by upnorth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I like you spit here and I like your monotone style, is it water colours? If so it's a dam tricky and unforgiving medium. It doesn't allow a single error. I little tip to help with the perspective, is to mirror your image and check your trouble areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I like it very much - well done. What's the next subject for your easel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Thanks for the kind comments. Nils: My primary medium was drawing inks, just as unforgiving as watercolours in many ways. Gorbygould: Not sure about my next subject, but it probably won't be aviation related. I have a picture I took of a pair of perching kingfishers during a river boat ride not so long ago. The photograph is just shy of presentable, but I thought it might makea good basis to do some artwork around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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