Tuesday, January 18, 2011

King of Newts

King of Newts

Above, I present to you the good King Edmund-- the great and gentle giant bearded newt, lord of all newts, and protector of rivers and rolling hills. Often on warm days he can be seen emerging from the waters to bask in the sun and watch children play in the shallows. Click the image to view larger.

Doodles of this fellow have been in my sketchbooks for quite some time now, and I am happy to have finally done something about it. This was a fun one, with a few experiments along the way. The tree and the water are things I tried to tackle differently from how I normally might, and I am pretty proud of them. There is nothing so satisfying as the completion of a new painting.

Below, you can see the sketch to final. Start from the bottom left.
As always, click the image to view larger.

Sketch to Final: King of Newts

It has been too long since my last post, again not for lack of things to be posted. For some reason I always wait, I hold on to things before posting them. That, and I have a terrible tendency to all but forget/ignore the existence of the internet for long stretches of time. A few of many New Year's resolutions: blog more often, don't hold back, have no shame or fear, find balance, get it together.

See you soon, friends. All my love.

1 comment:

  1. Oh Nancy, your comments make me the happiest. :) It really gave me a boost. I value your opinion a lot, thank you! It also makes me happy when I get to see pieces like this! And you know, it'd be pretttty exciting if you did some Game of Thrones fanart too...(eee! I didn't know you read it too! I can't wait for George R.R. Martin to just FINISH the seriesss)

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