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Little Elk painting I did for Fiance's Valentine's Day present
- Thread starter Flippper
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sthrnfriedrocker
Veteran Member
It's really good. 
Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
I LOVE it! The horns are NOT wrong. That elks horns look exactly like that. Nature is not perfect, remind your fiance of that fact.
For some reason makes me think of an elk in a time looooonnnnnggggg ago, around glacier times.......
For some reason makes me think of an elk in a time looooonnnnnggggg ago, around glacier times.......
Leigh19717
Senior Member
you are very talented Flippper! Just beautiful and remind him you created it in love lol
imaginative
keep your eye on the ball
Beautiful gift. And the antlers look just right...
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I did this in Feb. it's 5x7 inches, acrylic and my first elk. Showed the drawing to him and he said it looked good. After I got done painting it he informed me the horns were wrong.
I feel justified centering the butt as the focal point now.
beautifully done, which brand of paints did you use? Do you do a final varnish glaze on your paintings? As for the antlers not being right they look fine to me and you can always tell him the same thing I tell OC when he knit picks one of my paintings... then paint it yourself!
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Amberglass
Inactive
Gorgeous!
Flippper
Time Traveler
Been a while since I've been in this forum-I appreciate all the kind comments! And thank you for the elk photos-I saved them for future reference. Grantbo, the grass was the fastest and easiest part of the whole painting!
I used cheap paints, acrylic, though some were Grumbacher, Windsor & Newton and others were the stuff Walmart sells in craft.
Packy, I do usually use the glaze after a painting is done, it brings out the richness and color is more saturated plus it looks like an oil painting (I glaze my oils too, it's my very favorite step in painting). The downside to acrylic is, the glaze makes it sticky, so if you put a frame on it, the paint will stick to any part that touches the frame, if you want to change the frame, you often must deal with peeled off paint around the edge of the painting.
Debralee, I've taught mechanics to draw, and like anything else, good bones make a good end product, if you can draw you can make a good painting, and if you can write your name in cursive, you can draw. If you can print your name you can draw. It's building block learning steps, just like anything else.
Packy, please post your paintings, I'd love to see them. People were posting some really wonderful things in this forum but it's been pretty slow for some time now. Did you guys see the ultra cool coat Grantbo made from a Pendleton blanket? I can't remember if he posted it here or not (he should have). There are so many uber talented people here, it's amazing, wish they'd share more.
I used cheap paints, acrylic, though some were Grumbacher, Windsor & Newton and others were the stuff Walmart sells in craft.
Packy, I do usually use the glaze after a painting is done, it brings out the richness and color is more saturated plus it looks like an oil painting (I glaze my oils too, it's my very favorite step in painting). The downside to acrylic is, the glaze makes it sticky, so if you put a frame on it, the paint will stick to any part that touches the frame, if you want to change the frame, you often must deal with peeled off paint around the edge of the painting.
Debralee, I've taught mechanics to draw, and like anything else, good bones make a good end product, if you can draw you can make a good painting, and if you can write your name in cursive, you can draw. If you can print your name you can draw. It's building block learning steps, just like anything else.
Packy, please post your paintings, I'd love to see them. People were posting some really wonderful things in this forum but it's been pretty slow for some time now. Did you guys see the ultra cool coat Grantbo made from a Pendleton blanket? I can't remember if he posted it here or not (he should have). There are so many uber talented people here, it's amazing, wish they'd share more.