One of my favorite actors, Alan Rickman passed on January 14th of this year. I’ve been mulling over doing a special piece dedicated to him and finally sat down last night to do so. I tried to using colors and shapes to represent joy rather than sadness since that’s what I feel when I look back and appreciate his talent. He was one of the few people I would have liked to have met.
I started with a color palette slightly different than my usual colors on 10″ x 14″ Watercolor paper using acrylic inks to create the wash.
Then added the ink framework and then the fills for balance.
Started to add light and color to further balance the image. I don’t usually paint with white but felt that light was needed.
Here is the finished piece.
