Smoking Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland painting

This is the finished painting at least for now. Might do some extra tweaking before the show in November. I really wanted to have the caterpillar spewing out smoke but after much trial and error I ended up with this. Really like how the hookah and the caterpillar turned out. MIght see if I can get a better photo tomorrow. Next I'll be working on a pet portrait then I'll start the next Alice in Wonderland painting. Thinking about doing the Queen of Hearts next.

Smoking Caterpillar painting progress 1

Finished with the caterpillar but might have to change the color of the caterpillar to blue digitally when it gets put into book form since it specifically says the caterpillar is blue in Alice in Wonderland. Should be fine to display though. The caterpillar that I referenced for the painting is called a Common Yellow Swallowtail. I'm very happy with the mushroom. Can't wait to get to the background with all the smoke around poor Alice.

She must be a little frightened.

Smoking Caterpillar sketch for Alice in Wonderland painting

Decided to go with a realistic caterpillar looking over a mushroom at little Alice. The caterpillar is blowing out smoke which should make a neat background for the painting. The caterpillar will be very detailed and mostly white with orange, green, and black in it.

Stay tuned for more Alice in Wonderland!