Final Smart School Assigment

Our final lesson for Smart School is this Friday. We will meet with David Saylor from Scholastic. He was the AD for all 7 US Harry Potter books illustrated by the wonderful Mary GrandPre. His assignment was for us to do either a book cover or poster for Harry Potter. He challenged us to show him in a different way. I ended up building on sketch I drew awhile ago with digital textures and color. This assignment challenged me more than any of the others. Here is the result. Thanks for all the instruction and guidance, Rebecca. We'll see how it goes on Friday.

Harry Potter

"The Boy Who Lives...On"

Harry Potter-Revision

After finishing the Super Hero panel, I've gone back to the Harry Potter one. I'm going to try to keep some consistencies in these portraits, namely the silhouette behind the figure, the more angular construction of the shapes, and the deeper tones of color. Unfortunately, these photos are not showing those colors as they look  in person even after fiddling with them in PS. But these will give you an idea of what I'm attempting.

I ended up putting the Sorting Hat down lower so I could show more of Harry's patronus. Also moved Hedwig on to the broom. Again, I began with a toned panel and I'm painting into glazes, trying to model the forms. This is after 2 layers of oil glazes. 

Harry Potter/ Grandson Portrait

First off, thank you for leaving your nice comments for the free print. 

Remember, you have until midnight MTS on the 6th to post a comment to win. 

MEANWHILE, I've continued with this little Harry Potter portrait for my grandson. I made some corrections and changes on the sketch, scanned it in and then printed in out on a sheet of watercolor paper. Next, I mounted it on a 6"x 12", 1/2" cradled panel, using acrylic matte medium. Applied two coats on top of the sketch to seal the paper. 

Next, I applied a coat of acrylic mixed with medium. It was too opaque, so I wiped most of it off and went over the lines with a sepia colored pencil. That way I can see it better when I apply the acrylic tone. I also added the name of the spell and the house....had forgotten he wanted that. I plan to do them very subtlety...with just a slight shift in value from the background so they don't stand out too much.  

Well, better get back to the children book. I have two more ready to be mounted and painted. Will post in a few days.