Part 29 — Lettering Is Not for Sissies

This is my final piece to paint on the actual painting! The letters going across can really set the tone for the rest of a painting, so I take this part of designing my painting very seriously.

I used clouds for letters in African Animal Sights; bubbles for letters in Fish Tank Favorites; and hanging vines for letters in Rainforest Roundup.

I spent many hours trying various ideas for letters for Barnyard Adventures, then decided to make them look like wooden fencing. This ties in with the barnyard scene, plus I already have fencing throughout my painting.

Then came the decision: Should I make the letter highlights yellow? And if so, what shade of yellow?

You may remember that I said I was taking my painting to a printer to have it scanned and printed. The picture you are looking at is from my "working page" print. On it, I tried various ideas and practiced before completing the final painting on a paper print to bring back to the scanner/printer.

However, painting on paper is VERY unforgiving. It cannot simply be wiped off with a damp cotton swab like an acrylic painting can. After several tries I finally painted the complete letters.

Next up: Hiding the objects!