It is amazing how the addition of the beginning of the otter's body brings a lot of this chaos into focus.
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| Otter addition - layer #1. Lights, darks and a face. Acrylic on Gessobord, cropped. |
The planning, ahead of time, to align the "wake" created by the fast-moving otter with the wave patterns in the water and reflected light has helped this work for me. I tried to strategically place the rock colors, as well, so that there would be contrast for the tail and body and more subtle proximity with the light facial hair.
Once again, the slickness of the otter's coat needed reflected light right away to help define the contour of the body. It will require more reflection and water movement to work.
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| More reflected light, ears back and bright eyes, plus the tail in action to steer the entire animal, just like a fast moving ship. The power of all four legs stays under the water all of the time. Acrylic on Gessobord, cropped. | | |
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| A little splashing water and more water action, and she is good.....done! Acrylic on Gessobord, cropped. |
This was a good study in reflected light and moving water. I would have to do more practice work if I were going to tackle an image like this on a larger canvas.
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