Channel: Kelly Eddington Watercolors

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Description: I've been a U2 fan since 1983, and I work for atu2.com, a U2 site that has been around for over two decades. I create its U2 comic and have done so since 2002 (!), so at this point painting Bono is almost second nature to me. This painting is part of my upcoming comic that I am still working on as of today. The name of the cartoon is Achtoon Baby, and someone else came up with that title long before I started doing it. I kind of hate the name, but what can you do? One question people always ask me: have I met U2? Sadly, the answer is no. But I have reason to believe they know what I'm doing. I can't wait to see U2 when they bring The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 to Chicago this June! Maybe I will meet them then. Thanks to my long-suffering husband Jeff for going to their concerts with me and for being an unbelievably good sport about my U2 lunacy. This painting took around two and a half hours to create, so to edit it down to a manageable length, I had to speed it up quite a bit (18x!). I hope this might give you a glimpse into my painting process. I'm using just a few colors here, see below. I have looked far and wide for the photographer responsible for my reference photo, but I have had no luck. Please let me know if you have any information! As far as I can tell, it's a press photo from 1987 that was used in French music magazine. Please support me on Patreon! patreon.com/kellyeddington Contact me about a commission! kellyeddington@gmail.com Prints of Turquoise Bono are available here: imagekind.com/Turquoise-Bono_art?imid=baacd47c-db0f-42c6-98c8-1e855849b80b All prints: KellyEddington.imagekind.com New! LEARN TO PAINT WITH ME! MY STRATHMORE LEARNING SERIES WATERCOLOR PADS ARE NOW AVAILABLE. More info: youtube.com/watch?v=6QRhCDem2oU strathmoreartist.com/learn-to-paint-watercolor-basics.html strathmoreartist.com/learn-to-paint-watercolor-flowers.html Join me on Twitter! twitter.com/kellyeddington Facebook: facebook.com/kellyeddingtonwatercolors Pinterest: pinterest.com/kellyeddington Website: kellyeddington.com Tumblr: kellyeddington.tumblr.com INSTAGRAM: @kellyeddington Colors used: turquoise, magenta, phthalo blue, ultramarine blue, and dioxazine mauve, all by Old Holland. Opera by Holbein. Cobalt blue by Winsor & Newton (Cotman range). Paper: 8"x10" 140 lb. cold-press watercolor paper by Strathmore (300 series). Masking fluid: Incredible White Mask Liquid Frisket Brushes: #1 American Painter 4000 round, #6 round brush by Escoda Perla Sintetico. 3/4" flat brush by Sax. Preliminary drawing: 4H drawing pencil by Pedigree. Palette: Eldajon from Jerry's Artarama Music: "Groove Grove" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Music: 36122413: Dramatic, Determined & Inspirational (Ambient Instrumental Background) by Ricky Valadez Music at at Pond 5 pond5.com