Vandring Igelkott by Meg Lyman
6×6″ gouache and ink on bristol
NFS
Sorry I’ve been quiet for a while – working the commission backlog and visiting my newly hatched niece! Here is one of the two pieces I painted for her. It matches the “Vandring Igelkott” bedding from IKEA. She seemed indifferent to the art, but her mother liked it. What the squirt did like is her uncle telling her about 18th century Prussian military tactics. Clearly I need to work on this child.
Ewoktopus by Meg Lyman
Indeterminate but small size, gouache and ink on paper
SOLD
A fun commission from a convention last year! Sorry for the cell phone photo quality. I’m cleaning out some older art to post for y’all while I’m working on some larger projects, and a few long how-to posts. Lucky y’all.
Happy Wedding!
8×10″ gouache and ink
Blue Ring Bear by Meg Lyman
5×7″ gouache and ink on paper
SOLD
Another fun commission. Finally actually practicing backgrounds. Revelatory.
Snoozing by Meg Lyman
5×7″ gouache and ink
SOLD
Another GenCon commission.
p.s. Oddmall was fantastic! Thanks to those who came out.
Stitch by Meg Lyman
Postcard size, gouache and ink
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Any other gouache gurus out there have a tough time getting the lighter blues to play nice with white paper? They do fine for me on toned paper, and the darker blues (ultramarine, prussian) do fine on white paper. But the lighter blues (cerulean, cobalt, and turquoise somewhat) just don’t want to smooth out. They tend to look blotchy, and get looking kinda chalky when layered. I’ve tried several brands of each and it’s repeatable across brands. Anyone?
I feel fairly good about this one, but I got the effect after much fiddling. I ended up laying it down out of the tube, evenly over the entire blue area. Then I scrubbed most of it off with a paper towel… and repeated the process over and over again. The paper took a beating well, so I got lucky. I guess that’s the way a lot of paintings work, isn’t it?
Was great! Thanks to everyone who stopped to ogle the art. To those of you whose commissions I had to take home, I’m working on them and will be in contact ASAP. Thanks again!
Oscar by Meg Lyman
9×12″ gouache on paper
Pet portrait commission
I’ve done quite a few commissions for people with animal characters, hence the cephalopods with ears. This one is a white lynx with blue hair. Very fun to do!
For Ben, of his raccoon character
5×7″ gouache and ink
This is one of the first time I made use of my neutral, warm, and cool grey tubes of gouache. They’re from Daler Rowney and very fun to use in experiments. I especially like seeing how they mix with various colors, changing value and chroma. The biggest challenge with them (as with other gouaches, but it’s more noticeable using grey) is the tendency for darks to dry lighter and lights to dry darker. It makes planning your piece’s values more difficult, especially when you mix colors on your palette that dry lighter than you expect. But… who doesn’t like a challenge?