`Alert for Danger' - Latest Painting

This is my latest painting, painted at an AVA `catchup session'. Actually I missed the previous two so didn't have anything to catch up. I'm increasingly inclined to mainly confine my subjects to animals. birds and portraits. 

 Alert for Danger -16" x 12" centenaire 140lb (300gsm) not

I only decided what to do when I was at the AVA session. I first made a drawing using a Pentel  No7 2B mechanical pencil with my version of Charles Reids contour drawing technique. I really don't like over finished paintings so it's a sort of vignette.

Colours used were Raw Sienna, Gold Ochre, Raw Umber, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Violet and for the greens, Green Apatite. Green-Gold and Sap Green, various makes. The darks were a mixture of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Umber

I only used three brushes, Escoda retractable Kolinsky no 10, Isabey retractable Kolinsky no 6 and Rosemary retractable No 6. 

It's a modest little painting but I'm quite pleased with it. 

September Challenge

This month it was my choice of subject and this is it. A mother Cheetah and her two cubs, probably on the Serengeti.

The initial drawing

Stage 2

20" x 14" Fabriano Artistico Extra White 140lb (300gm) Not

The concentration here was on the three heads with the rest supporting them. Colours used were various shades of yellow, including Raw Sienna and Gold Ochre (W & N PY43). Cerulean and Cobalt Teal Blue (DS PG50) for the blues with Burnt Umber, which was also mixed with Ultramarine Blue for the darks. There is some diluted Viridian in the background. I also introduced Translucent Orange (Schminke PO71) to warm the animals up. The Serengeti is a very hot place.

Brushes used were the Da Vnci Artissimo 44 No 2 plus some Isabey 6228's (4,6,8) and a couple of riggers for the grassy/foliage bits.

Next month Mick chooses the subject which I await with trepidation! Just joking Mick.