Deena Bean, Morningstar Madness & Bare Bones Wyatt Earp

[Bob Boze Bell]

May 7, 2012

The Deena Bean turns 32 today. Happy Birthday California Girl! Seems like about two minutes ago you looked like this:

 

 

Spent much of the weekend seeking out the secrets of "Last Light On Morningstar". Even went up the road with my watercolor pad and sketched the scene from a variety of locations along the road. Whipped out a dozen more studies, like this one, number 93:

 

And this one, number 99, which I did this morning before coming into work:

 

Still not getting the glow of the last light right, but I keep pushing it. The design is better.

 

Meanwhile, trying to streamline and simplify my Wyatt Earp portraits for the Buscadero story:

 

 

Trying to strip it down even further with Patrick Nagel as my inspiration:

 

 

 

 

Trying to give Brett Smith some running room for color.

 

"Your spark can become a flame and change everything."

—E.D. Nixon

[Murray A. Gewirtz]

BBB, I love the mountains and the light on the houses in #93, but the sky could be a bit more dramatic. I also like the Wyatt with the cross-hatching. The last one is too spare.

[Sue Cauhape]

I like the top Morningstar study, but in both of these, you've got the light source coming from two directions. The study in the previous post showed everything dark or in deep shadow which popped the light on the side of the buildings. In these, the mountains are backlit while the buildings are lit from the opposite side.

[Vito Fashoda]

I like the Wyatt with the cross-hatching also.