Elephant's at Sunset

Elephant's at Sunset

 I've continued working on the elephant's and at the same time I'm building up the grasses in the background and foreground

Elephant's at Sunset

Started blocking in the main elephant and began adding some detail and color. Next, I will continue to work up the grasses and the other 2 elephant's.

Elephant's at Sunset

I've begun working up the background, layering more and more detail and texture. Next I'll begin adding the grasses to the right and left and start blocking in the the elephants.

Elephant's at Sunset

I began this small elephant painting yesterday for an upcoming miniature show. I worked quickly to lay in the sky with the salmon color adding a touch of yellow near the sun. I then blocked in the background trees and foreground grasses around a rough sketch of the elephants.

Siberian Hunter

The finished Painting

I recently posted this Siberian tiger and coyote painting on my facebook page and have gotten a few emails about painting snow. I must admit at first, painting snow in acrylic's was a little intimidating, so I did these studies to decide on a composition and practice rendering a little. When I realized that snow was everything BUT white, I got a little more comfortable. 

First, I decided on the second study to go ahead with. Second, I made 3 container's of a light, middle and dark value of the overall snow colors. That helped keep the right consistency throughout the painting. Then I was able to slightly vary the values of those 3 main colors to help make smooth transitions. I did a lot of dry brushing and quick wet into wet blending to get the right effect. Lastly, with a slight turn of the tigers head, I painted him in.  Although the coyote painting had much stronger light, I used the same steps to create it. 
I hope this was helpful to some of you out there. Come on Spring!!!

Siberian Hunter Study

Siberian Hunter Study2

Coyote in Winter