JANUARY CONTEST: The tracks in the snow were unlike anything Will had ever seen before.

[Heather Boyd]

@demotlj that day would be a great day to look forward to

[Heather Boyd]

@Laurasketches what medium? traditional watercolour in parts? curious.

[Heather Boyd]

@artwithashley adorable roll y poll ies lols

[burvantill]

@deboraht great POV!

[Heather Boyd]

@Elena-Marengoni I love love your trees lols their so cuddly and approachable.

[Heather Boyd]

@Braden-Hallett I see that colour and lighting class paying off I like the space spin off.

[Heather Boyd]

@deboraht really really cool and effective point of view!!!

[Heather Boyd]

@Kevin-Longueil your style is uniquely recognisable and amazing! and the story too.

[Jack Foster]

@StudioLooong Love Love Love it.... and your take on the prompt is unique, magical and wonderful!

[BichonBistro]

@sarahlash This is lovely! Congratulations on such a beautiful first entry

[Jenna Jenks]

Wonderful job and good luck everyone!! ️️

[APHOTICMOTH]

@xin-li I love the color choices, and how you did the final render. Beautiful!!

[A Former User]

@xin-li I love the concept! Rendering is spot on!

[deboraht]

@Heather-Boyd thank you! I really wanted to try this perspective. My initial thumbnails had the POV on the ground looking up at Will with a flying alien in a spacesuit above him.. but when I got the idea for a reflection in the footprint I ditched the alien idea for an easier read. It was fun to come up with and execute this concept.

[Elena Marengoni]

@Heather-Boyd thank you! Flowers and trees and I guess nature in general are some of my favorite things to draw!

[jdubz]

@demotlj Yeah keep experimenting with different things thinking "THIS seems like the medium I like" and then find something else hah. I think I'm coming to a point where I'm going to end up with a really mixed media approach. I just realized not too long ago that I'm using acrylics a lot like water colors where I was doing all kinds of watered down washes and glazes to get it to do what I wanted. Someone just pointed it out to me so I started messing with watercolor but I'm still using watered down acrylic in the process. It's gettin' weird.

Do you ever reach for the undo key after you paint an actual stroke in a way you didn't like? I do that WAY too much lol.

[braden H]

@xin-li I rotated the canvas MANY times before I settled on the original way up, lol

[braden H]

@Heather-Boyd said in JANUARY CONTEST: The tracks in the snow were unlike anything Will had ever seen before.:

I see that colour and lighting class paying off

Boy is it ever!

[Miriam]

@Braden-Hallett I remember hearing somewhere that turning your painting upside-down is a good way to tell if it's balanced.
Ha, ha! You could hang it on a spinner, so it can be rotated.

[jenithornhill]

@Laura-Brown thanks. It is a bit tricky to get the picture up. I am sure it gets easier with use.