Leaps and Bounds (The Impala)
Leaps and Bounds-The Impala : about 23 × 30 inches or so.
Ink, Tea, Coffee, Liquid Gold Leaf, Gold Paint Pen, Black Gouache and White Acrylic on white Stonehenge and handmade deckled cream-colored Punjab paper.
I started off with a sketch of the impala on the Stonehenge paper. After inking in the outlines and some initial work on the head, I accidentally tore the paper and rather than throw it all away, I cut out the impala shape, which the tear hadn’t reached, and then pasted it on the handmade Punjab paper. Before pasting it on though, I stained the Punjab paper with tea and coffee, which, with the deckled edges, kind of almost gave it an animal hide look.
I kept the colors to strictly browns, gold, creams, ivory and black for an overall earthy tone.
Some WIPS and the final artwork below:
The Sketch
![stylized animal](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/art-japanese/mixed-media-painting-demo/drawing.jpg)
![drawing animals](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/art-japanese/mixed-media-painting-demo/initial-sketch.jpg)
After cutting out the Impala shape, shown against pre-stained Punjab paper:
![modern drawing](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/art-japanese/mixed-media-painting-demo/stylised-art-demo.jpg)
![impala drawing](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/art-japanese/mixed-media-painting-demo/original-art-instruction.jpg)
Adding liquid gold leaf
![gold leaf in art](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/art-japanese/mixed-media-painting-demo/gold-art-painting.jpg)
Next to Harley Cat, for scale (Harley Cat is not terribly impressed)
![cat likes modern art](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/art-japanese/mixed-media-painting-demo/art-demo-online.jpg)
![mixed media technique](http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/art-japanese/mixed-media-painting-demo/free-art-lesson.jpg)
Adding patterns:
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