Animal and Wildlife Art Lessons
"Lioness"
By Jason Morgan
5 - Adding Background Details
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This detail of the scrub and grasses show how I am overlaying more detailed grasses over the blurred ones this is a very easy way to add depth and recession to an area and can be completed wet in wet for a more painterly effect or over dry paint if you want more distinct, sharper brush strokes. I generally paint the distant objects wet in wet, then allow the painting to dry before overlaying the foreground for this very reason.
I leave the painting to dry for a couple of days before carefully masking off the bottom area of the Lioness before applying a spatter to the foreground with a dark paint mix and a toothbrush. After dipping the bristles in to the mix I bend them back towards myself and then let them spring forward, by adjusting the thickness of the paint I can create different sized spatters. This gives a slight sandy texture to the soil. I have also began to paint another layer on the cat, this adds more solidity, enriches the colours and strengthens the lights.
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