Elk - Head Study

Not much to see here, but it's my first piece of 2011. I really didn't have much in mind when I made it either. I used one of my own photos from Yellowstone, but the reference photo was a) out of focus, b) cropped from the middle of the closest eye (so you could only see everthing to the left of it), and c) the elk was in a spring coat with velvet on his antlers. Regardless, it was fun to make the changes to make the piece work.

Oh, and I attempted to make a painting of my "Winter Wonderland" piece, but I found out I had no brown. When I tried to make brown, it didn't work when I mixed it with other colors (turned more green if anything). On top of that, these nice paints I used I can only get in the city my college is in, and since I'm at home, that's not going to happen until I go back. (End of rant.)

No clue on time, but it wasn't too terribly long. Mechanical pencil on 11" X 14" Bristol board.

For Sale: Note me if interested.