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WOW just WOW! I love it, I wish I had ANY artistic talent. | |||
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39 1/2"??  Superb work! Anders Hunting and fishing DVDs from Mossing & Stubberud Media: www.jaktogfiskedvd.no ..and my blog at: http://andersmossing.blogspot.com | |||
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Grafton, VERY NICE!!! I really like the "smoky/misty" look of the forest. Well done. Kathi kathi@wildtravel.net 708-425-3552 "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." | |||
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WOW that is great ! | |||
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Thanks for the kind words. The background was painted first before I really knew what the painting would be. After a few squirts from a spay bottle, the colors began to run, causing the "vines" to appear in the background. At that point it started to look like a quiet place where an old mt. nyala may be passing through. It is these "happy accidents" that are most enjoyable when painting. Sometimes you know what you want to paint and some times things seem to unfold on their own. I am happy with it so far. From my study of these animals, I understand that they live in some pretty steep country. You will have to imagine that just behind the "mist" there is a thousand foot drop off! | |||
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You have obvious talent, but your animal is still very flat. My art teachers would always mark down my paintings for being flat, they lacked depth. I think your having a little bit of the same problem. I don't know how to tell you how to correct it, and it will always look great to the "untrained" eye, but if you can pope out the muscles on that animal you will see what I am saying. Acrylic is great stuff, I worked with oils for years and was always pissed off with the amount of chemicals I was poisioning myself with. The right horn has a lot of "depth", as does the nose, and right ear. Your forground is good, as is your back ground. I used to paint 10 to 20 canvas boards a month, and I did it for 12 years. I would take it to an art supply store and ask what you can do to get that depth I am talking about. My local art supplier paints somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 to 6 framed canvas' a month, I got all my realy good tips from him. I hope that wasn't too brutal of constructive criticisim. Most people can't even make realistic looking animals, yours is great. | |||
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The last painting I did was bout 5 years ago, and it was a scenery shot of the tetons. It started out as a wildboar in the forest but the piggy just wouldn't come out. I can't relate to your pain. | |||
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I agree with what you are saying (animal is still very flat) I still have some work to do. | |||
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I would put it aside for a month and then come back to it. Your brain will really tell you how to fix it by then. I am amazed at how much a little time away from the canvas helped me figure it out. | |||
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refined anatomy/stance a bit. Still not quite there yet. Will post another photo when complete.  | |||
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Excellent  | |||
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You are not only a great artist, you are also a very funny person !!!  L | |||
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Grafton, excellent and if you need any anatomy questions answered ask Rich Elliot... Outstanding, Mike | |||
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Grafton, simply stunning. I always enjoy watching your work, thanks for sharing. Ahmed Sultan | |||
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Thanks for the comments. | |||
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Very nice! I'd like to have it hanging in my house  Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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