I finally got done processing all of my photos from the Will James Roundup I was at a couple of weeks ago in Hardin, MT. I took about 400 photos and have been busy converting them all to something useable, selecting the best, cropping, enlarging, etc. After making one initial pass through the results, I have 77 photos right off of the top I can use for reference for some great paintings, in both oil and watercolors. I also plan on doing a series of pen and ink sketches of many of these images.

The trick here is going to be to to capture the fluid motion and not just make an accurate illustration of the image. Drawing an accurate rendition of the image is easy. I want to create something that depicts the motion. That’ll be the hard part. There are some great action shots and I really need to experiment with some technique to pull it off. I’m thinking kind of loose and sketchy with just a hint of detail.

I’ll start with this one, titled, “Just a Miss”. Because I’m only using the information presented to do the art, it would be very tempting to move the loop a bit so it is a “catch”. We’ll have to see what I decide to do.