Category: Painting Animals
Painting Realistic Animals: Wildlife Painting Tips and Techniques
| June 8, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Painting Animals |
What makes an animal or wildlife painting great? There are several key elements as demonstrated in A Lion King by British painter Julie Cousins. It’s easy to get caught up in the surface details and forget the skeletal and muscular structure of the animal you’re painting. One of the strengths of this painting is the…
Flights of Imagination: Bird Paintings
| June 6, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Painting Animals |
Akhenaten Presenting a Duck to Aten c. 1345-1335 B.C. Painted limestone Metropolitan Museum of Art Birds have been featured as subject matter by artists in cultures around the world since early man first took charcoal to cave walls and depicted daily life. During his reign, Akhenaten elevated the sun-god Aten to the primary god he…
Animal Portrait Painting: Tips and Techniques for Creating Realistic Animal Portraits
| June 5, 2011 | Posted by Jacob Devies under Painting Animals |
Animals are some of my favorite portrait subjects and plentiful in the apartment I share with a mixed breed year-old dog, five full-time and 2 part-time cats, a parrot, and an iguana). Unfortunately, the cats take turns sitting on my shoulder, playing havoc with my keyboard and their favorite playthings – brushes and kneaded erasers.…
