Mini-Paint: Admiral Ackbar Action Figure

Action Figure Painting:

Admiral Ackbar

Hey, it's another Action Figure Mini-Paint!  This time, it's everyone's favorite Mon Calamari (to paraphrase Homer Simpson: "Mmmmmm, Calamari"), Admiral Ackbar.

I have a small art show along with my daughter coming up in September 2019 at the Middleton Library in Middleton, WI.  It will be a mix of about five-to-six pen-and-ink drawings based on monsters and characters from Greek Myth, and about five-to-six paintings of action figures in the Children's section.  So, there will be at least a couple more Action Figure Quick Paints in the near future posted on the Blog.

Oh, and of course: "IT'S A TRAP!"

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STEP ONE:  I used a mixture of light-blue casein (sort of like an acrylic paint, except it uses a milk-based protein as the binder) and matte medium on a 6" x 9" piece of Canson XL (#140) watercolor paper.  I then used a colored pencil to draw out the image.

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STEP TWO:  Here is about the halfway point--just a quick laying down of the colors to give a sense of what it will vaguely look like, and also to give the gouache paint something to "stick" to.  It helps to have a thin layer of paint down, then it allows you to paint more opaquely over top.  Otherwise, it can become something of a streaky mess--um, just like the painting above, in fact.

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STEP THREE:  And, after lots and LOTS of back-and-forth, painting and re-painting, here's the finished effort.  An Admiral Ackbar action figure painting, done after about 5-6 hours.

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Done with gouache on 6" x 9" Canson XL (#140) watercolor paper.

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