9/26 Wildlife
Animal Portraiture
Warm-ups Blind Line | 2 Minutes
Contour Line | 10 Minutes
Nose
A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw. In many animals, the equivalent structure is called a muzzle. The snout is considered a weak point on most animals: because of its structure, an animal can be easily stunned or knocked out, or even have its snout snapped by applying sufficient force.
Composition
What is the relationship between the mouth, eyes and nose? Distances/proportions.
How far above or below from the horizontal midline?
Shape
What is the shape of the nose? Box-like? Cylindrical?
Do they protrude from the head? Are they sunken?
Function
Why is the snout shaped the way that it is? Is there an evolutionary significance to the animal you are painting? In mammals, the rostrum is that part of the cranium located in front of the zygomatic arches, where it holds the teeth, palate, and nasal cavity.
Painting Demo
Palette:
Raw Umber
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red (medium or light)
Titanium White
Lamp Black
Dioxinine Purple
Brushes:
Small Flat
Small Bright
Small Round
Extra Small Round
Block in darks
Paint in nose shape with mixture of ultramarine blue & raw Umber
Paint in nostrils with lamp black
Create a gradient of gray values using both your ultramarine and raw umber values along AND your lamp black. Use the black gray mixtures to paint the roundness of the lower levels of the nostril, while using the blue-gray mixtures to paint the upper levels that divide the space between the nostrils and the snout.
Back and forth for softening and blending
Add wet reflected highlights whereever the light is hitting the snout with your purles and gray-purples.
Make shape adjustments
Add Reflections
Blue/white adjustments
Final highlights
Warm-ups Blind Line | 2 Minutes
Contour Line | 10 Minutes
Nose
A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw. In many animals, the equivalent structure is called a muzzle. The snout is considered a weak point on most animals: because of its structure, an animal can be easily stunned or knocked out, or even have its snout snapped by applying sufficient force.
Composition
What is the relationship between the mouth, eyes and nose? Distances/proportions.
How far above or below from the horizontal midline?
Shape
What is the shape of the nose? Box-like? Cylindrical?
Do they protrude from the head? Are they sunken?
Function
Why is the snout shaped the way that it is? Is there an evolutionary significance to the animal you are painting? In mammals, the rostrum is that part of the cranium located in front of the zygomatic arches, where it holds the teeth, palate, and nasal cavity.
Painting Demo
Palette:
Raw Umber
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red (medium or light)
Titanium White
Lamp Black
Dioxinine Purple
Brushes:
Small Flat
Small Bright
Small Round
Extra Small Round
Block in darks
Paint in nose shape with mixture of ultramarine blue & raw Umber
Paint in nostrils with lamp black
Create a gradient of gray values using both your ultramarine and raw umber values along AND your lamp black. Use the black gray mixtures to paint the roundness of the lower levels of the nostril, while using the blue-gray mixtures to paint the upper levels that divide the space between the nostrils and the snout.
Back and forth for softening and blending
Add wet reflected highlights whereever the light is hitting the snout with your purles and gray-purples.
Make shape adjustments
Add Reflections
Blue/white adjustments
Final highlights
