Acrylics on Canvas.
Personal Artwork – 2008.
The beginning of a new series – Dragon Gems.
“The amethyst dragon jealously protects her prized collection of crystals, viciously attacking any who dare enter her clouded kingdom in the hope of catching a glimpse of her fabled purple hoard.”
You can see the Original Sketch Here, and the Work in Progress Here.
I transferred the sketch to an 8×10 canvas and he looks so cute at this size! ^^ I didn’t bother sketching the leaves in as the background will be figured out as I go, but I will be doing the same leaves as in the sketch.
Started another post because the other one was starting to look a bit crowded.
You can finally see what I have planned colour-wise for the dragon and look! There’s even a pattern! :O And before anyone comments on the lack of scales – she doesn’t have any. She has more of a fur/hide thing going on, kind of like a horse; she will also have a mane.
EDIT – 13th March 2008: Below is the last WiP image for this artwork, I don’t have a huge amount to go but everything seems to be taking forever….. >_> Anyhoos that’s okay because I don’t want to rush this one.
Along with a series of dragons and pretty gemstones, I intend to do a series of dragons with my favourite flowers and another series of dragons with my favourite trees. This is the first of the tree ones…der.
They’re gonna be painted over a long time and I don’t have a finish date as such, I’ll just add to the paintings as I feel inspired.

Thought I’d better post some progress shots. ^^ I’m still playing around with the background and I have a fairly good idea of what I’d like it to be…so Ima have to paint over it! >< Ah well, it’s all good.
Okay, I’ve played some more with the background and am much happier with where it’s going. I still have to refine the clouds some more, but I’m getting there.
My next acrylic on canvas, also at 16×20 inches! ^^ The background will be all purples, burgundy and pinks. The crystals will be like amethysts in a light purple sort of colour…I’m not sure how I’ll go with the shines and reflections but hey, I’m gonna try.
And Amethystta herself I’m not exactly sure of yet. I need some contrast between the background/crystals and her so I’m not sure whether to just go with yellows or a combination of yellows/pinks/purples. I’ll figure it out as I paint, it’s always easier to match and blend things once I can see the actual colours on the canvas.
PS – Please excuse the roughness, I sketch rough and make a mess as I plan my artworks. Always have and probably always will.
Yay!!
First one for 2-0-0-8 and it was so much fun! ^^ I used a stock photo by Mizz D as a reference for the pose – thank you!
