"Destination: Coors Field" - Watercolor & Acrylic  Paint / 18x24 / 2005

This is a watercolor painting of Colorado Rockies top prospect, and Baseball America #4 overall prospect, Ian Stewart.  Ian's currently playing with the Modesto Nuts of the California League (High A), and is batting .274, with 17 home runs, and 86 RBI's.  I'm using a great picture from sports photographer, Bill Nichols, so, thanks to Bill for the great shot of Ian!  At this point, I've finished most of the preliminary drawing,  so I've started adding the background elements.  For example, the wall in the top right-hand corner, and the advertising on the outfield wall.  I've also started to add the trees behind the outfield wall.

This is just a closer look, at left, of the details I've added so far.  The photo, at right, shows a bit more progress.  I've added the initial shading and coloring to the outfield grass, and infield dirt.  I've also almost completed his hat -- the Modesto Nuts.
Here, you can see I've started to add a lot more shading to his uniform, but have a long way to go.  The photo, at right, is merely a closer look at the photo on the left.  

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At left, you'll see the painting nearing completion.  I've completed some initial shading on his uniform, and have started adding some base colors on his face, the infield dirt, his glove, and the outfield grass.  

On the right, you can see the "finished" product as it currently remains.  

These are essentially the same photos from above, just a bit closer.  As you can see, I've added more of the details to the outfield wall, and have started to lay some more "groundwork" for further coloring and shading.  These photos are displaying the "finished product".

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