The term “graceful as a swan” is quite fitting for this image, a beauty to behold. This artist is very new to FAA, stop by and welcome her. I am looking forward to viewing more of her work. “I am a wildlife artist, specializing in acrylic paintings of endangered species; I also paint pets, and accept commissions for paintings of pets or wild animals. I donate prints and original paintings to various conservation organizations around the world.”
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For the next stage, I used a darker mixture of transparent burnt umber and indigo with the sea sponge to emphasize the darker areas, then I used transparent raw umber for the lighter areas.
I emphasized the cracks, crevices and hollows with a mixture of burnt umber and indigo, using a dagger brush.
This is the first picture of my work in progress, Mountain Goat in Shadow. The most important thing to do when starting a painting is to draw out the main elements, in this case, the goat and the cliff face that the goat is laying on.
Next, I layed down the shadows of the rock, using Payne's gray. The key to getting the effect of granite, is to use a sea sponge. For the underpainting of the granite, I used transparent burnt umber, mixed with [russian blue. Then I used the sea sponge to dab on the mixture, varying the thickness to give an idea of depth.
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