Dragon_Oil Painting

[Pancreas]

Very nice dragon, although the canvas proportions (i mean height x width) makes the dragon look small, not a huge, redoubtable beast (the purple color doesnt aid neither) But if you wanted a joyful, friendly dragon, you´ve got it.
Glad to see people still use ancient techniques, oil on canvas.

[dmcgrath]

Thx, Pancreas. The original drawing I did for this was a very cartoon looking dragon and even slightly femenine. I was going more for cute than ferocious. The canvas probably wasn't really well planned, I just tried for something bigger. I'm used to the 9x14 size and may have hurt myself by making it so tall.
But at least I finished a large oil painting. That's a new one for me. And also, it gets me away from the computer for a while.

[LordEzzat]

Looks very nive...would look great in a kids book...please dont take that bad but it just has a very kid like quality...very nice..

LordEzzat

[PsychedelicMind]

suggestion : I think this guy needs scales :) shiny scales. maybe a little red here and there to give him a more interesting texture :) But that's a heck of a lot of work to do :D

[dmcgrath]

LordEzzat: I don't take offense at it. I painted it for a girl who loves dragons. But she doesn't like the type of dragons that are covered in blood (those are my favorite). So the kids book thing doesn't bother me at all. Thanks for the crit.

Psych: There are lots of colors in the dragon. I actually started with a base color of red, but then I found this really cool color called "dioxazine purple" and changed the color of the dragon.
The scanned imaged just doen't do it justice.
I agree with the scales comment, but, I'm not good enough with with textures in traditonal painting to go for scales yet. Maybe on my next piece.

[CornFielD]

It's a nice piece of work!

feels good to see that people still does traditional art!
when I get bored to sit next to computer I love to go out and paint and draw something. It takes my toughts away from current work!

[chrisdejoya]

oils are a pleasure, keep working at it. ;) have you tried acrylic on board? quicker fix, and nearly as nice.

[puddlefish]

even better are water based oils. they're as easy to use as acrylic and retain the vibrancy of oils. best of both worlds!

[Alevice]

Acquarels (sp?, i think i need an English dictionary after all) are the best. Pastel colors are nice, but you can get your work dirty easily. Oils are really nice, though i still need a lot of practice in there.

[dmcgrath]

Snowfly:
My next work is going to be Acrylic on Canvas. Much like this one was Oil on canvas. I got a really great deal on Pre-Framed canvas (Buy one get another for a penny). So now I have two huge canvases to play with. But won't have to wait a year for it to dry.

puddlefish
I have seen the water based oil, but haven't heard of anyone using them around me. When I run out of acrylics, I think I'll switch over to the water oils.

Alevice
I've never been good with pastels. I'm messy enough as it is. You should see me after a day of charcoal drawing. Acquarels are the water color pencils, yes? I have some but not by that brand name. My next work I'm going for more detail so I might be doing some penciling also. I've been practicing using pens and pencils on top of acrylic paints. It's working really good.


now if I could just get a compressor for my airbrush... someday.



Thanks for all the replies, everybody!

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