hi cindy your drawings are great and if I were to paint one, the way I would go about it, is start with a detailed drawing, this is no problem for you, when I am happy with this, I would trace it and transfer it to a board or some acrylic paper... this works two fold, 1 you dont ruin your original drawing, 2 you dont make mistakes on you painting surface... then using acrylic, I would paint using very watered down colors, building up the color in layers... once dry acrylic can be painted on top of acrylic without mixing together.... but keep the layers very thin and transparent.... if a mistake is made, simply paint over with titanium white and go over it to rectify.... lets see some more color, it is well within your abilities... you will love it... Paul
...I would trace it and transfer it to a board or some acrylic paper... this works two fold, 1 you dont ruin your original drawing, 2 you dont make mistakes on you painting surface...
Great advice, Paul. I love acrylics too.
Cindy... Most high school and college art labs have Art-o-graphs or other overhead projectors for transferring images onto other surfaces. Be creative... you don't have to work on paper or art board. Try wood, leather hide, ceramic plates/tiles, etc. I'm sure you've seen paintings done on goose feathers, yes?
Using the projectors, you don't have to trace over your drawing or chalk/carbon up the back of your original artwork to transfer it. You also can adjust the projector to enlarge or reduce the image to the size you want your finished work to be. If you mess up your work-in-progress and can't correct it, you can quickly transfer the image again on a new board or paper. You can transfer several reference photos/drawings you like (backgrounds, other subjects) onto the same art board to create a collage i.e. you have a hawk drawing, a rabbit photo, a background photo -- and combine them all into one creative piece.
I agree with Paul -- more color! Whatever media you're comfortable with... chalk, colored pencils, markers and blenders, colored inks, paint, air brush, mixed media, etc. Experiment with all kinds of media and work surfaces - just for fun.
Thanks for the advice. Yeah I always try to save the original, or else I scan it or photographic before I try adding color. So that way after i mess up I can always try again.