FINISHING THE ZEBRA

I am posting student work from this project because it shows how different we all paint but it still looks great.


THE EYE:

Miskit off a small hilight in the eye. When it is dry, paint the eye a dark blue, lifting a little paint from
the center to make it slightly lighter in the center. Add some purple in the outer edges of the eye to make it a little darker. This should have the effect of making the eye appear rounded. Dry it. If you need to darken it a little, do it after it is dry. Then remove the hilight.

THE MUZZLE:

Wet the muzzle, and apply blue paint, then drop in reds and then yellows where you want it a little lighter. While the paint is wet, use a thirsty brush to lift out the half-circle around the nostril where it should be lighter. Also, while wet, lift a bit from the upper lip. When it dries, darken the upper inside of the nostril. Then darken the line of the mouth between the lips, softening the bottom edge.

THE MANE:

1. Paint in the thin stripes of the main, using two colors in the stripes. They should be darker at the edge of the neck where the mane changes direction.
2. WET the tip of the mane from the front down the neck. Drop in wet blues and reds to create the dark fringe at the top of the mane.
3. After that is dry, use a stiff brush to lift and soften the stripes, working from the base of the neck to the brush on the mane.
4. You can use a fan brush to paint in thin lines to indicate more mane.