Reference Photos For Latest Giraffe Painting
Creature Comforts (work in progress)
Watercolor Pencil on Suede Board
20 x 22
Here’s my primary reference photo for this painting. (The photos scanned in lacking saturation.) I tipped their heads a little to show more eye because, well . . .that’s my thing.
Problems With My Time-line.
Okay so once again I over estimated my abilities. I am mildly sick and since I don’t want that to escalate into really sick (beside for the obvious reasons I have plans for the end of this week that I don’t want to miss) so I am taking it easy for a bit. Today is Sunday and though usually working on art would be considered resting, I’m taking it a bit further and spending the day on the couch wacthing some old horse movies and of course writing (blog, squidoo etc.)
I was recently asked to write for an online art community and forum, but am thinking it over as at the moment I spend way more time writing about creating art than actually doing art. On the other hand, writing is also an artistic endeavor so it’s all good.
This bottom most photo was also intirgueing for me as a painting but I just couldn’t get it to make sense. I may try some variation of it in the future.
Thanks for sharing your reference photos. The bottom one looks warm and affectionate too, but I can see the difficulty untangling it and figuring out what’s whose face or body part.
Don’t overdo it, everyone needs some rest sometimes. Watching old horse movies and writing is relaxation too. Writing is another creative endeavor and for me it’s my main goal, but I have to pace myself or I will get too tired to do either and wind up just sick. Sometimes you have to just recharge. Also sometimes it’s important to pace yourself and not make too many commitments so that you don’t have time for all of them unless you’re in absolute peak condition every single day and nothing goes wrong in life, which does not happen.