A New Giraffe
I decided I needed a quickie, (in terms of artwork that is.) So I pulled out the photos from my recent Blank Park Zoo trip and selected a fun angle. I’ve done four giraffe paintings and am feelin’ the need to have another in the gallery, as the others have long since gone to their new homes. The upper left photo is about 1 hour of playing around. This again is another one done on the handmade paper, so it is 10 1/2″ x 13.”
Here, I have about 2 hours in. I changed the mouth. I had planned on having it open and chewing on acacia, but then opted for a more dignified look. Thus without the branches coming in on the right, my giraffe is now a little off center (kinda like the artist I suppose.)
I may well just change my mind again in the morning and have her blissfully chewing away by the time I finish her up, which hopefully will be tomorrow.
Tags: Giraffes, oil pastels, WIP
It’s looking great so far! Which medium did you use for this one?
Sorry, I just noticed the tag “oil pastels” as I hit the submit button!
Looking great. Love the pose and love his eyes. Happy Painting, Angela
Hey Undaunted, if your out there? I just wanted to say I tried to leave a comment on your blog and was unable to see the verification code, so couldn’t. Probably just me and my software again, but thought I’d let you know.
I think it does that sometimes, so it’s probably not you. I think it’s because the page hasn’t loaded properly or something. Do you get a little box with a red x in it? That’s to indicate a broken image. I usually copy my comment, refresh the page, and then paste it back into the comments box and that usually fixes it. I hope that helps
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