Finding Silver In Thin Water – Sportsman's Palette, Inc.

Stage 07 – Tidying Up

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Feb 28, 2020

This is it – the final stage of the Masterpiece; the culmination of nearly a year’s worth of patience, dedication, ...

Stage 06.1 – Finishing the Sky

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Feb 21, 2020

Cardnell: Prior to the annotated image, I did considerable work on the sky and A LOT of work on seabed ...

Stage 05.2 – Corrections & Enhancements

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Feb 19, 2020

To the viewer’s eye, Cardnell’s Masterpiece very well could have been complete in Stage 05.1, or even Stage 04.3. To ...

Stage 05.1 – A Cloud Is Not Just A Cloud

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Feb 14, 2020

Cardnell: I have had another run into 3am and then again more work this morning. Five thousand more micro brushstrokes ...

Stages 04.2 – Bringing The Seabed to Life; and 04.3 – “Laying Out The Pin-Sharp Seabed Highlights”

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Feb 12, 2020

Bringing The Seabed to Life Cardnell: I now have 10 roughed in Bonefish swimming out from the bottom left hand ...

Stage 04.1 – Bringing the Composition to Life

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Feb 7, 2020

Another unique aspect to Cardnell’s approach to Sporting Art is the size at which he is willing to work. He ...

Stages 03.2 Cont’d – Graphite Angler & Guide Composition; and 03.3 – Explaining Seabed Details

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Feb 4, 2020

Graphite Angler & Guide Composition Cardnell: Head buzzing so got up and started painting at about 2:30 AM. Now 4:30 ...

Stage 03.2 – More Clouds and Production Plan

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Jan 31, 2020

More Clouds Cardnell: Please note that I have only worked on the clouds. I'm quite happy with the result so ...

Stage 03.1 – Reworking The Sky

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Jan 28, 2020

The element of reality is as fundamental to Cardnell as the canvas is to the existence of a painting. That ...

Stage 02.3 – Moving on from The Seabed

By Sportsman's Palette, Inc. | Jan 24, 2020

Cardnell: After what must have been 20,000 brush strokes, I believe I've taken Stage 02 as far as I can ...