Athlete Portrait: St. Louis Cardinals Outfielder Matt Holliday
I had a lot of fun working on the drawing of Molina I posted recently, so I thought I would give the rest of the players their due. Well, the Cardinals players that I had good photos of from the game I went to last season. I'm running out of reference photos, so I guess I will just have to go to more games next season! Shucks!
Materials Used:
Original Sketch:
- Strathmore Recycled Sketch Paper – Fine Tooth Surface
- Lead Holders w/ 2H lead and HB lead
Final Drawing:
- Wacom intuos 5 Touch Professional Pen Tablet
- Corel Painter 8
- Pens – Flat Color (for outline and base colors)
- Airbrushes – Soft Airbrush 20 (for highlights and shadows)
- Digital Water Color – Flat Water Blender (for background)
Time Spent: 15 hours and 56 minutes
Steps:
Up Next: Debating if my Adam Wainwright and Matt Carpenter photos are good enough to use as reference photos for more drawings. Anyone out there have any clear photos of any athletes that you yourself took (or know the photographer that did)? As a St. Louis girl I obviously would love to do more players for the area teams, but I'm open to others as well.
Until next time! Lauren H.
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