Waiting For a Prince

Since my trip to Disney (and a long talk with one of their artists), my desire to become a Disney Fine Artist has gotten even stronger. I am absolutely determined to get a contract with them! They'll beg me to sign with them, I'll move to Orlando and have the Castle in my backyard. Yes, it will happen! I will MAKE it happen!

To start what will turn into an epic series of Disney paintings, I'm beginning with Sleeping Beauty. It's no secret that this is my favorite Disney movie, and Princess Aurora is my favorite Disney princess (I may be Tinkerbell, but every girl has their favorite princess!). I'm trying to do some creative and unique takes on these paintings, to hopefully catch Disney's eye. So, here we go!

This time I'll take you thru the whole process...

Here's the screen shot I started with...

And then after I performed some photo-shop magic.

Then, I put the above picture onto my iPad and prop it up on the table I paint on (propped against a mason jar of whiskey...best use I've got for the stuff!). This way I can keep glancing at the iPad while I sketch and paint.

I completely winged the entire background. I just put branches where I felt like it. I'm really happy with how I was able to give it some depth with various shades of gray for the trees. Totally didn't plan that until it happened!

And finally....

"Waiting For a Prince" - 18" x 24" Acrylic Original

I'd day it looks really close to my photo-shopped pic.. Here it is again for you to compare!

Next up, an interesting take on Cinderella.