by erinhunter | Aug 27, 2012 | Process, Sketches, Works in Progress
For a while now, I’ve been working on a series of paintings focusing on insects and their host plants. Since I’ve got a pumpkin growing in my vegetable patch out back, I figured now would be the time to work on a painting of squash bees hanging out in a...
by erinhunter | Aug 16, 2012 | Paintings, Process
With the larger animals painted, I began working on the remaining background elements for this illustration. The clouds were too saturated for my liking, so I toned them down with some pale creams and lavenders. I then added detail to the rocks in the background, and...
by erinhunter | Aug 9, 2012 | Paintings, Process, Works in Progress
After adding detail to the three birds in this painting, I turned my attention to the remaining animals. Acrylic paint is a really good medium for painting fur and I had great fun with the ferret and wolf. I also painted a small Wyoming toad in the foreground of the...
by erinhunter | Aug 7, 2012 | Paintings, Process, Works in Progress
After adding detail to the grizzly bear last week, I turned my attention to the three birds in the cover image, working on them one by one. With each completed image, the whole illustration comes to life just a little bit more.
by erinhunter | Aug 3, 2012 | Paintings, Process, Works in Progress
Earlier in the week, I transferred a finished drawing to watercolor paper so that I could begin painting the cover art for the upcoming book The Plateau—Voices of the Earth. Over the past couple of days, I’ve been blocking in color—filling in the white paper...
