Thumbnail drawings trying to decide on a composition for my new version of Valiant Duel Illo.
I finished this about a week ago, but I have been sitting on it since then thinking what else I could do to it. I think that I'm going to add additional foreground plants in the lower left corner to increase the plane depth.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Once in the canvas ( which I had previously toned) I started by working in the background.
This is the same new composition in its final size of 14" x 20", drawn in tone paper. From here I transferred this drawing to the canvas board of the same size.
In a 11" x 17" toned sketchbook, I drew my idea for this new composition in the form of a tonal study. Satisfied with this, I went ahead with the final drawing at the canvas size.
Several studies later, I went for the standing pose for Jane first and the ape-like pose for Tarzan.
I several pictures of my model, but I chose these two as my main reference. At this moment I had my heart set on the standing position for my model, but I still played with the idea of painting the kneeling one on top of the original piece.
