Western Art by Denny Karchner – pencil illustrations, oil and acrylic paintings and prints – Welcome to KarchnerWesternArt.com

This painting is traditional oils on museum-grade Masonite. The finished size is 20″ x 16″.

Here is version one. I laid down the base coat for his helmet shell. A lot more detail to come!

This is day two. After his helmet and cage dried, I was able to paint the melted snow droplets on the surfaces. I also roughed in Ben’s face and added the Duke Football.

Day three. Here I roughed in the upper part of his jersey, his long sleeved turtleneck shirt along with his leather gloves.

Day four. I spent the day roughing in the front of Ben’s jersey that is a nylon mesh. I also added the Pittsburgh Steeler and NFL Equipment patches to his jersey.

Day five. Today I added a lot of the creases and folds in his jersey. I also added the faint white dots which shows his white shoulder pads underneath. I painted in his number 7 to his jersey as well.

Day six. I spent the better part of this day painting in all the black mesh holes in Ben’s jersey front.

Day seven. Here, I laid in the background color.

This is the final version. As you can see from the detail, you can probably tell this took many hours to paint in all the flakes of snow.

Here are some close-ups of my final version to show all the detail.

Thanks for riding along. There are many more of my works in progress to come.

Denny

Roethlisberger earned the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2004 and his first Pro Bowl selection in 2007. He became the youngest Super Bowl-winning quarterback in NFL history, helping lead the Steelers, in his second professional season, to a 21–10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL at the age of 23. Roethlisberger led the Steelers to a second Super Bowl title in four seasons as they defeated the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII, 27–23, after completing a game-winning touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes in the final 35 seconds.

Roethlisberger has been one of the most efficient passers in NFL history. He currently ranks 10th all-time in NFL passer rating (92.9), 5th in yards per attempt (8.06), and 11th in completion percentage (63.24%) among quarterbacks with a minimum of 1,500 career attempts. He has the fourth highest career winning percentage (.710) as a starter in the regular season among quarterbacks with a minimum of 100 starts.

Known for playing outside the quarterback pocket in what he calls “backyard football”, Roethlisberger also grew up idolizing Pittsburgh area native Joe Montana. Roethlisberger wears number 7 in John Elway’s honor.

This painting is traditional oils on Ampersand Gessobord Masonite. The finished size is 20″ x 16″.

Write-up courtesy of Wikipedia.

Coming soon! Sterling Silver and 14k yellow gold combination as well as a full 14k yellow gold version.