How To Paint Snake Scales

The body scales of the Ring-necked Snake below are simply an X hatch overpainted with watercolor and little highlights added on each scale with a white colored pencil. Music byLar Clobsay - PharoahXytum - Intro.

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If its a smooth scaled snake then the scales get a shallow undercut.

How to paint snake scales. Required Materials 2 Contrasting colors of spray paint or another spray medium ie. Bill Flowers also known as The Snake Artist has had a passion for. This is an original acrylic painting of a Corn Snake done on a freeform rock found locally near my home in North Central Washington State.

The artist Bill Flowers covers every step method and process that is involved in drawing a snake scale. This painting is based on the Australian Copperhead. Spray a coat of the paint in a side-to-side motion.

Pull back the can approximately 16 inches from the stencil as you continue to spray. Handy tips for intermediate to advanced artists on how to paint a snake or any scaley animal. Keeled scales refer to scales that rather than being smooth have a narrow ridge running down the center eg.

Airbrush paint gun A clear coat spray paint I like preserve it for most NON-automotive projects like laptop covers A pair of fishnet stockings the larger the diamond pattern the better really any diamond shaped pattern netting will produce the effect and you want get the weird looks like youd get being a guy asking for stockings. Use the HB pencil and the ruler for this and dont press too hardthese lines must be easy to cover later. The scales should be pressed in the body of the snake using a size 3 V-shaped wide-cutter.

Start by drawing the boundaries of the body with a line in the center. The underside is painted black and has been signed. Brush dragon lizard pts reptile resource scale scales snake texture painttoolsai paint_tool_sai jaclynonacloud These are for Paint Tool SAI Paint Tool SAI 2 I was trying to find a scale texture to use in some of my dragon artwork but I didnt really find anything freely available that I liked OR that repeated.

More specifically Tiger Snake scales. It has been sprayed with an indooroutdoor protective sealant. In this three minute long video the host Bill Flowers provided a simple process approach to drawing snake scales.

The final undercut of the scale depends on what type of scale the designed snake has. Step 1 The trick is to bend the initial line a little to an opposite direction at both halves. Each scale is individually hand painted.

Heres the steps you need to make your scales contour to the snakes body and appear more life-like. Each of the scales will fit into one of the spaces between the lines. Make a stop cut on each side of a scale after pressing them in.

This rock measures approximately 4-14x3-14x1-12. Step 2 On the top draw the first scale. The spray coverage spreads as you pull back resulting in an uneven snakeskin.

Draw an x pattern over the back of the snake. This tip forms a realistic keeled snake scale mimicking the real thing. Hold the dark gray spray paint can approximately 12 inches away from the stencil.

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