Mr. & Mrs.
I know this is elementary for many of you, but it required a "happy dance" when I accomplished it. You might recognize Iblis from a pastel value study I did of him back in June, I think. Well in GIMP I combined Iblis with another photo of a female lioness that I have been wanting to do. I found a really good YouTube video that used the eraser for getting rid of the background and boy was that easier than cutting around her. I kind of like the two different effects of B&W and color together, (actually thought about doing it that way) but hubby said too distracting. Since I have one in color and one in B&W I am doing this pre-painting study in graphite to get a good strong value study and I can utilize a limited palette when I go to color. This is being done on a piece of mat board that is kind of bright orange which is kind of the body color of a lion. But for some reason the camera isn't picking t...