Fur In The Paint

20 x 22 3/4
Inktense and Watersoluble Pencil on suede board

Framed and Sold
Yup I went ahead and send an email to the person on the top of my giraffe list. About 5 minutes later I got a response. These two are now going off to live with many of my other giraffe works. This makes me happy and just a tiny bit sad as well. While I wasn’t totally ready to part with them just yet, I also am not heart broken about it. The biggest challenge will be getting prints made before the delivery date.

So anyway I thought I’d do the start to finish thing with this painting since it took me so long to actually finish it. I had wanted to do more tweaking on them but there just is no more time so, it is what it is.

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.

Well I did actually finish my Flamin’ Sheep painting but I am just too sore and tired to get it scanned and posted tonight. I’ll get them posted when I get back.

As you may have garnered from the title I am once again heading out for an art event this weekend. Weather outlook is good. See you all on Monday.