"A Powerful Presence"Watercolor on Arches 140lb paper 12"x18"
This painting evolved from my love of wildlife. I also have a couple of friends who supplied me with photographs of grizzlies. This pose was the best at portraying such a grand creature. I also worked on the nice sunlight hitting his fur, and gave him varied color for interest.
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7 comments:
And, portray him, you did! What a wonderful painting, Debra. One of my favorites.
Happy New Year Deb! You sure did capture his power. Fantastic!
Powerful presence, powerful painting! This is one gorgeous Grizzly!
Happy New Year everyone. Thanks for your encouraging comments.
Great painting- and brings the Grizzly to life. I love the way you have cropped the painting for dramatic affect. I just finished 2 art classes of sketching wildlife at Messiah College's Oakes Natural History Museum through Mechanicsburg Art Center. They have a great collection of North American and African animals to sketch from real animals - and they pose very still!They have a great bear collection. I did a study of a Cinnamon Bear, myself. I got interested in the class to do a painting of a buffalo for my sister- she lives in Buffalo, NY. It is a great way to study animals.
Thanks Thom. I'll have to check that out. That sounds like a great class.
I love this - he is so majestic! It is a wonderful composition, and he is painted masterfully!!!!
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