tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64843385118561778632023-06-20T06:06:25.839-07:00Wildlife Art by Eunice YapEunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-31298813965970943942013-05-18T05:47:00.000-07:002013-05-20T06:59:57.050-07:00snuggle bears<div>
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oil on 22x26 canvas panel. aside from my main subject i wanted to show a bit of the cold and vast landscape of the polar bear's habitat in the arctic region.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52316483@N07/8414064574/" title="q by eymage, on Flickr"><img alt="q" height="382" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8414064574_af9daccac3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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i start by painting the clear blue sky background with one inch craft bristle brush. i noticed that i often find myself using this type of brush when i'm doing my backgrounds. i think this maybe my favorite brush to use in that area. :)</div>
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next i got to play around with some modeling paste for the snow's ground texture. i used the modeling paste to build up textured surfaces with this technique i achieved my soft chunky snow look. after this i proceeded working on the cub's face and did a bit of color testing in this area.</div>
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with all my colors figured out the rest of the bear's fur was easier to make. since i have a different way of painting fur i think i should start labeling my paintings as done in semi-pointillism style. up close it looks like a bunch of blurred dots but viewed from a far its rough outdoor fur. it has come to my attention that due to my different style in painting some people might think that the photo of my painting is grainy.<br />
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here's a look at the finished painting. :)</div>
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Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-3797318665538107732012-09-24T21:46:00.000-07:002012-09-24T21:58:11.506-07:00sos lynx<div style="text-align: center;">
oil on 18x24 canvas panel. a campaign support piece i made to promote awareness on the critically endangered lynx and the sos lynx conservation in portugal. the original plan for this painting was to make it on a 22x26 panel but at the last second i changed my mind thinking that a large portrait style of an iberian lynx is too much. at that time i was thinking that large canvases would be much better if it was filled with at least 40% background scenery. this lynx project of mine has approximately 20% of the background showing so a smaller and narrow vertical canvas would be a better choice.</div>
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using the same ivory black paint from the "watching you" painting i start by blocking in the dark parts of the lynx. its a little funny when i do this part because with all the pencil details i make. it sometimes gets confusing on where to put in the dark blocks and more that one occasion getting frustrated at myself because i forgot what some of the pencil markings meant. but usually after figuring this part out its so much easier to fill in the rest of the colors.</div>
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painting the background first before the subject just to get out of my routine of starting a painting with the eyes. in the background i tried to create the impression of a sunny close up grassland. i didnt put in much detail here to balance the painting out because the lynx was already heavily detailed.</div>
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doing the color test starting with the mommy lynx's ear then going down and across the head. i used lots of mixes between lemon yellow, naples yellow hue, raw sienna, raw umber, payne's gray and titanium white. there are also some blue hued glazing in some parts.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52316483@N07/8021829866/" title="Picture 004 by eymage, on Flickr"><img alt="Picture 004" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8315/8021829866_f871fb674e.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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painting the lynx cub's tongue and eyes last. this painting took thrice the time for me to finish. this probably is the longest time it took me to make a painting. there were lots of distractions and other prior commitments hopefully the next one will be a smooth sailing one.</div>
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Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-82491240804895647412012-03-25T07:47:00.000-07:002012-03-25T07:50:39.204-07:00adapting<div style="text-align: center;">
oil on 18" x 24" canvas panel. i find it interesting that i feel as if i've finished this painting in a remarkably short time. as i check my working time table records it seems that in the time i spent painting there was nothing out of the ordinary in the way i've paced myself compared to my other paintings. i guess this time i had a higher concentration level and i think i over estimated the time needed to overcome the possible painting obstacles i've forseen. </div>
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in my haste to start the painting i've forgotten to take a pcture when it was still in pencil so here is the next best thing... in burnt umber blockings.</div>
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i did my color test on the face first then on to the rest of the body. the palette colors i used are similar to the bunnies on my bunny burrow painting. i was aiming for a reddish brown fur instead of the usual ocher-tan.</div>
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next i worked on the grass starting from the upper right first going left. i've mixed some yellows and blues into the grass pigment for variety.</div>
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here the grass is almost done. only a twig and bits of earth to paint on the lower left part. </div>
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finished ^_^ i haven't used any black for this painting i'm still thinking on how dark i want my darkest hue on the painting to be. since i've only finished this painting a while ago i'll be thinking this over in a day or two. i'll be updating is entry with a picture if i do.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52316483@N07/7013941055/" title="Picture 019 by eymage, on Flickr"><img alt="Picture 019" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/7013941055_0498f7d594.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-8483412049240813902012-02-29T04:33:00.001-08:002012-02-29T04:52:43.007-08:00watching you<div style="text-align: center;">
back in black~ after choosing to paint without using black pigment for a while i felt that i kinda missed the color. although i know some combinations of other pigments that would give me a black tint, i've decided to consume my remaining tube of black oil paint before it goes stale. Here's a picture of my grumbacher ivory black before i started this project.</div>
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as i said earlier, i designed my next project to really use a lot of black paint. hopefully i get to consume the whole tube on this and have tons of fun.</div>
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starting with the eyes i wanted them to glow for a haunting look. i also tried to make the eyes intense, as if it was looking directly at the viewer. then i start with the color test on the upper left face furs.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52316483@N07/6784546842/" title="Picture 003 by eymage, on Flickr"><img alt="Picture 003" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6784546842_8eb57c4081.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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after painting the fur, i decided to block in my black paint so i can have a sneak preview of what it will look like finished.</div>
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i repeat the same steps from the picture above to the lower part of the painting.</div>
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Here's of my ivory black grumbacher again, more than half of it consumed, too bad there's still 1/8 of paint left in the tube.</div>
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i wasn't able to take many pictures of the process but i had a blast ^_^</div>
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<br /></div>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-47243658333041540892012-01-16T19:13:00.000-08:002012-01-25T01:42:07.050-08:00fishing king<div style="text-align: center;">
oil on 18 x 24 canvas panel. first painting finished for the year 2012!! hope this becomes a more painting productive year than the last one and hopefully i get to make lots of obra maestras (master pieces) too.</div>
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i started debating whether to paint this kingfisher on a 16x20 or a 18x24 inch canvas. the 18x24 won because i had more canvases in this size in stock than the 16x20. although the original idea was to paint a life sized azure kingfisher which is approximately 6 to 8 inches tall. a bird of this size and in my composition would still look small on a 16x20 canvas. as you can see i went with a larger than life scale ratio instead.</div>
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if you look closely, i made some mistakes around the early stages of penciling. usually making penciling mistakes on canvas are irreparable because no matter how much eraser you use the pencil marks will never be gone so its better you not try to use an eraser at all. thankfully, it was only a minor error and i didn't need to prepare a new canvas for a fresh start so i just flipped the canvas upside down and started again.</div>
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this is also the first time im painting in a vertical format for my oil painting collection.</div>
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choosing the right background color went through quite a lot of color changes. at first i used a mixture of french ultramarine and thalo green but it turned out to be too light in shade so i chose payne's gray as a top coat. i was aiming for dim aquarium lighting so i needed a dark bluish green background. at this stage i also covered up most of penciling mistakes from earlier too.</div>
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i chose the dim aquarium lighting mood to highlight the kingfisher's decent into the water to catch its prey. adjusting the real color of the azure kingfisher with warm yellow lighting was a fun experiment.</div>
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with all the right color mixtures in place it was easy to paint the rest of the body. using cerulean blue, cobalt blue, permanent green light with titanium white painting the bubbles was easy.</div>
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choosing color for the caught fish was a bit tricky since this is an underwater scene with dim yellow lighting the fish scales would be bouncing all sorts of color. i thought it would be fun to portray the fish to be somewhat translucent and glowing.</div>
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the last time i painted stone texture was on my curious kitty painting. instead of using sponges for texture again i decided to use colors instead. unlike the curious kitty painting the stones in this composition was close up and i think the sponges would not be able to bring out the textures i have envisioned. i think i did alright starting with the top most stone on the left going to the right.</div>
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the last stages in my painting usually involves a lot of glazing to adjust the light and dark of color hues. finally finished.</div>
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when the urge to draw / paint / create won't go away for months is the most wonderful feeling. i don't know if other artists feel this way but i just can't stand not drawing during these times. the only difficulty is having to ration the urge so that the "juice" wont run out during the last stages of the painting process. this inpired feeling really gives me the drive and patience i need to sit down for hours and paint.</div>
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finding the right art materials is half of the fun too when creating art. sometimes new art materials can be an inspiration to create. for this and every painting that i've done so far i usually use five to six pieces of # 3/0 synthetic brush, # 0 & # 2 flat synthetic brushes, flat hog bristle craft brushes and other objects that can bring out the effect i'm looking for in a painting like the hard bristle toothbrush or assorted sponges.</div>
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aside from this, i have my glass palette which i kept mentioning in my previous blog posts. in the following picture you can see how i mixed my color for the bear painting. i dont really have a system in placing my mixed oil paint on the pallette unlike some artists i've seen who place their oils in a rainbow like line. i usually clean my glass pallete a few weeks after a painting just incase i need a color chart to retouch parts of the painting. i also have my beloved pallette knife which fits my hand perfectly and has the right size in scoop length to mix my paint.</div>
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painting in my usual method, i've decided to skip over the parts where i show pictures on how i painted the sky, salmon and brown bear. the picture below shows how i work in sections on the bear fur. i paced myself setting a four by eight inch canvas space to paint quota per day. you can also see the brown towel i use to rest my arm while painting.</div>
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the most difficult part to paint was the water at first i thought i wouldn't be able to depict an accurate painting of the dripping, splashes and rippling of water but i'm glad to have pulled it off.</div>
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the final touches were of the water reflections which was a bit like my mama mallard painting. after one and a half months its finally complete ^_^v</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52316483@N07/6197111827/" title="f by eymage, on Flickr"><img alt="f" height="419" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6166/6197111827_f5190d0e92.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-30718969059398799112011-05-06T06:23:00.000-07:002012-01-25T02:31:23.186-08:00two hearts in one<div>
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oil on 16" x 20" canvas panel. i'm back to having green hues on my palette but this time it's on a smaller canvas. originally i was going to paint this on my usual 18" x 24" canvas panel but close up birds on that size of canvas would be too big so i had to settle for a smaller sized panel. i won't be posting the species of the birds. i noticed that friends have been referring to them as parrots and others say it's a pair of lovebirds. so i thought: wouldn't it be great to create a mystery for my audience by not confirming any of their answers. ( this is me trying to show art that makes people think :p )</div>
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in my lethal look painting experiment i covered the canvas in a toned color first. i was very satisfied with the result and decided to do it again using a mixture of titanium white, payne's gray and french ultramarine but only on the background.</div>
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next step is the color test on the bird's head on the right. i find that picking out the right colors to use is the most difficult stage in a painting. once i knew i had the right hues everything fell into place.</div>
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the bird on the left took half of the time to paint than the bird ont he right since they're almost mirror images of one another.</div>
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painting the branch was lots of fun i applied the same techniques i invented during my fox cub background painting.</div>
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the final step is the painting of the background. i opted to put down all my tiny #3/0 sized detail brushes and used bigger sized #2 flat brush for a hazy impressionistic background of foliage. using a bigger brush would prevent me from putting in so much detail.</div>
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finally finished ^_^v</div>
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oil on 18 ” x 24 ” artist canvas panel. after painting “ pair of rabbits”, “ mama mallard” and forbidden fruit” i kinda got tired of painting green. not that there is anything wrong with the color. i just wanted a different set of color hues on my glass palette. so i went with hues of yellows, oranges, reds and browns ang thought it would make a nice change. with this in mind i ended up painting a portrait of a snarling jaguar.</div>
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after drawing the jaguar in pencil i decided to try something new. based on an idea i got from reading whatever international artist or leisure painter magazine i could buy. in some articles, artists would talk about their process of painting in their desired medium in detail. from this i got the idea of toning the canvas with one color to unify all the colors in the painting. i experimented with this and toned my canvas with a thin glaze of light <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">naples</st1:place></st1:city> yellow hue then i waited for the whole canvas to dry before proceeding to the next step.</div>
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the result made my pencil markings hazy so i decided to block in the darker parts of my painting before anymore details are lost. the last time i blocked in a painting with a darker color first was when i painted my seaturtle painting. this process seemed appropriate with this type of painting but unlike the seaturtle painting i used burnt umber color instead black. lately, i find myself shying away from black. i think i was because i read in an article that there isn’t anything really black on earth because of all the bouncing of light and color and somehow to me this made sense.</div>
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next i did a color test on the eyes then proceed painting the jaguars nose then facial fur, ears, teeth then body. my style in paintings as you would have noticed by now is the "by section" type. as you can see on the pictures i’ve divided the jaguar in half and painted the upper part first. this is due to my aversion of using easels especially when i’m painting the top part of the canvas. for me painting the upper part on an easel even with the use of a mahl stick is like exercising with your arms stretched out. after 5 to 10 minutes of this my arm start to ache so much that i can’t paint anymore! usually i paint on an inclined drawing table and when i’m painting the upper part of the canvas i usually put a towel on the lower part of the canvas so that i wont smudge the pencil marks.</div>
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the lower half is still painted on an inclined drawing table and the towel is folded as i paint towards the left part of the canvas.</div>
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i painted the tongue and jaw for last because this requires a different set of color and there wasn’t enough space again on my glass palette. this jaguar portrait kinda reminds me of my snow leopard painting. both of them show only the head and half of the body. if you haven’t noticed yet i have a different style in painting fur. i don’t lke to paint every strand. i always thought that painting every strand of fur makes the fur look poofy. Even though my paintings are said to be realistic-like i paint impressions of fur and it can be seen clearly on this painting when viewed live and up close. :p</div>
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my first finished painting for the year 2011. yehay! i heard that in some countries raccoons are considered to be pests cause they break into homes and garbages and do all sorts of damage. in the philippines we don't have raccoons running around so we view them as sly and cute critters.</div>
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after putting down all the guide details i need. i usually do the color test on the actual painting because i don't like painting the same thing twice. this way the subject becomes more interesting because there will be a lot of colors on the board during this experiment period. the beauty with oils as a medium is that you can never go wrong. if you want to change color just let the part dry and put a new coat of paint on top.</div>
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this is my first time to draw apples. i guess i could also pass for a still life fruits painter because friends have commented on how life like the apples are.</div>
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painting the leaves one by one by one was really a patience tester. although i had a lot of fun playing around with yellow, green and blue hues. i was careful not to make the leaves in the foreground look lumped together. i wanted them to stand out individually. it took four times longer to paint the foreground leaves than to paint the raccoon and branches combined.</div>
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the branches were the last to be painted cause my palette was filled with so many leaf colors. finally finished ^_^</div>
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From one subject to two subject rabbits then ten cute ducks!</div>
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My process in painting is the same as before, starting with penciling in all the guidelines. this way would make me think and worry less about the placement of the subjects when i'm applying paint. i prefer to concentrate on what color to mix for my subject. and as always i begin with painting the main subject, mother duck. i wanted her feathers to look slightly coarse so i struggled a little while painting her feathers.</div>
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the duckling on the right was my test subject on which colors i would be using. after a series of trial and errors i found what colors best suit in the painting. after this the rest of the ducklings was easy to paint.</div>
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after the ducklings, i immediately started painting the reflection so that the leftover paint from the ducks can still be used before they dry up on my glass palette.</div>
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i painted on a yellow green wash all over the background to unify the colors.</div>
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painting the water ripples starting from the upper right to left was harder than i thought. i was going fo a slightly blurred background then a much sharper foreground and was having a hard time translating this idea into the canvas.</div>
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the next step was to define the details and adjust the color values.</div>
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It’s been a while since my last post. As much as I want to escape reality and immerse myself in painting, certain household chores and people with authorities always get n the way. It took me twice the time to finish this painting.</div>
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I began with putting in as much pencil detail as I can with a mechanical pen. after this I started putting in the oil paint colors. starting with the rabbit on the right side, I played around with the colors burnt umber, titanium white, flesh and yellow ochre tones to get the result that are to my taste.</div>
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This is the first time I’ve painted two subjects in an oil painting. I thought it would feel more homely if there where two of them in the burrow since rabbits live in groups. I made the second rabbit (the female rabbit) darker to depict it still inside the burrow where as the other one (the male rabbit) was slightly out. Its like he’s protecting the female and their home.</div>
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I didn’t take as many pictures as I would have I liked while painting the background. I sold my camera and was in the market for an upgraded one. Just like the seaweeds in the lionfish painting I painted the grass clockwise starting from the top right. It took more hours for me to complete the background than to paint both rabbits. I had fun while painting and I’m glad its finished ^_^</div>
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(its a psychological thing)<br /><br /><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1175.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 530px; height: 395px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_1175.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />as usual, i start with the eyes, then the nose and ears while trying to make the fur look a bit scruffy and coarse, outdoor cats can't look too groomed.<br /><br /><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1177.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 528px; height: 399px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_1177.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />i didn't really know how to draw scruffy fur. so the method you see here was done by trial and error. it took me a while to figure out how to do it too.<br /><br /><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1181.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 529px; height: 395px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_1181.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the fur at the back and sides of the leopard must have a coarse look while the chest and belly parts have a silkier look.<br /><br /><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1192.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 526px; height: 389px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_1192.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />i chose to blur the background because the snow leopard is already very detailed. having a background that has more details would make the painting unbalanced.<br /><br /><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1208.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 528px; height: 392px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_1208.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />with my experience from painting logs on the fox cub canvas, it was easier to paint the chopped of log under the snow leopard's paw. here's the finished painting ^_^v<br /><br /><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1213.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 531px; height: 395px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_1213.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-13749838601292733492010-02-20T05:40:00.000-08:002012-01-25T04:34:18.501-08:00fox cub<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">after painting the old sea turtle i decided to paint a young fox. something cute for a change.</div><div style="text-align: center;">usually after penciling a drawing i start blocking in the black paint but in this painting i had to put in so many black blocks that i decided to skip all of it and start with the main subject. painting the fox was a breeze, it was so cute i had fun painting it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1144-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 528px; height: 401px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_1144-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />next is the hard part, this was the first time i've tried to paint logs much less ones with grainy texture. experimenting with what color palette to use and in what order to apply it to the canvas was very tricky to figure out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1146.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 528px; height: 394px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_1146.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=IMG_1151.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 527px; height: 391px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/IMG_1151.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=IMG_1153.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 526px; height: 393px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/IMG_1153.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i think i did alright. while painting i usually view my work 5-6 feet away. this way i can see the grainy textures better. i put in the reddish twigs last because there just wasn't enough space on my glass palette with all the gray shades for the log.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=IMG_1159.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 526px; height: 393px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/IMG_1159.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">done.. ^_^v</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_1169.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 525px; 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oil on artist canvas panel. 22" x 26". i didn't paint until the edges of the canvas for my own peace of mind. This way, if i handle the canvas, i can hold it at the edges without worrying about embedding my finger print on the semi dry oil paint which will drive me crazy in trying to retouch (speaking from experience from the koi-chan painting). I also didn’t clean up the boarder for effect purposes. Besides, when I frame this the un-painted part will be over layed with an extender anyway.</div>
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the tiger is a female seberian that's why she's a bit smaller (average 7-feet-11-inches to 9-feet long and weigh 221 to 368 pounds) than the usual tiger pictures. siberian tigers usually have coarse fur during winter time, i hope it's slightly depicted on my painting.</div>
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i start with painting all the black parts in the painting. this way when i put in the flesh tone color of wash i can still see the details of my blacks. after this i worked in detail on the head.</div>
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when i'm satisfied with the outcome of the head i go to the body. starting with the tiger's left front arm drawing right to left because i'm left handed and to avoid any semi dry paint smudging.</div>
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next comes the background. i had a bit of trouble depicting the stone-like texture of the wall but in the end i just used sponges to bring it out.</div>
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">finally finished =^_^=</span></div>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-40422165505147355672009-12-16T02:21:00.000-08:002012-01-25T04:50:34.091-08:00mandarin duck<span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">the first time i saw a mandarin duck was on a duck species book my reaction was "is that for real?". it really looked like a cartoon and since then it was my favorite species of duck. it comes in different colors too. when i saw the announcement of an art gallery looking for visual artists to participate in a 12x12 canvas art show. i decided that this was my opportunity to oil paint my favorite duck.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=IMG_0940.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 530px; height: 395px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/IMG_0940.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">the adult male is a striking and unmistakable it has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers". the breast is purple with two vertical white bars, and the flanks ruddy, with two orange "sails" at the back. meanwhile, the female is similar to female wood duck, with a white eye-ring and stripe running back from the eye, but is paler below, has a small white flank stripe, and a pale tip to its bill.</span></div>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-51489170845076530272009-12-16T02:03:00.000-08:002012-01-25T04:55:03.783-08:00japanese koi<span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">paintings of carp fishes are very common in asia. so i decided this would be my next challenge to paint a subject that's common but in a different light. and this is what i came our with:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=IMG_0912.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 528px; height: 393px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/IMG_0912.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">a primarily red with black spots and white under belly carp fish said too be prized in japan. i may not be anatomically correct with my spots but this was how i understood it when i was reading articles on japan's nishikigoi (japanese carp or koi) criteria for judging best in show. i think this is what they call a taisho sanke variety. if i'm wrong please correct me.</span></div>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-74190391503716718962009-12-16T00:23:00.000-08:002012-02-14T07:31:25.419-08:00lionfish<span style="font-family: courier new;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">i've always wanted to do things that nobody or only a few have done. that's why for my next painting i've chosen an exotic fish to paint</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">the beautiful yet venomous lionfish comes in many colors (red, green, navy green, brown, orange, yellow, black, maroon, or white) and they also vary in size. generally they reach a size of 30 cm to 35 cm (12 inches), while smaller lionfish, like the fuzzy dwarf, are typically the size of a tennis ball, not including fins. while in the caribbean where lionfish aren't native, they grow to a size of up to 55 cm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">first i draft the painting in mechanical pencil 0.5 lead so that i can see all the details that i want to include in my painting. then i start with the head because the head identifies species from each other. after this i painted the body of the fish minus the spines. since i'm left handed i started the right side background of sea weeds as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">i continued on the background of seaweed until the lower left because i mixed too much paint and was in danger of the paint drying up before i could finish all the sea weeds part. mixing another batch of paint is not a good idea because i want all the shades to be uniform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">finnshed painting. 16x20" reeves oil on artist canvas panel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new;">another look at the painting this time this photo of the painting was taken outside the house under normal daylight.</span></div>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484338511856177863.post-49194212954069563012009-12-15T23:08:00.000-08:002012-01-25T04:58:27.895-08:00yorkshire terrier<span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">like all 1st day workshops the instructor will tell you to draw a sphere and put the correct shades on it</span>. <span style="font-family:courier new;">next comes the cube then a glass bottle test. to tell you the truth i do badly at these exercises because they're boring. but i understand why these tests are needed. it's for the instructor to measure your drawing abilities and to correct any flaws.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">usually the teacher gives you free reign on what u want to draw so i chose a simple drawing just to learn how to use the medium correctly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=IMG_0788.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 433px; height: 324px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/IMG_0788.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">cute yorky pup 8.5 x 10 reeves oil paint on canvas board</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">i started with a set of 12 reeves oil paint and cheap brushes that </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">i can throw away and</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> wont feel bad about it. in the end, i actually enjoyed oil painting and have decided to do more paintings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">during my painting lessosns i've learned that buying cheap brushes and have their hairs come of while painting can be pretty annoying and embarassing as the teacher looks at your painting over your shouder. no more cheap brushes for me!! right now, i'm favoring the synthetic kind from japan.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">prior to this workshop i've been experimenting on making animal paintings using pastel in hopes that i might have the talent to be a wild life artist. this is why i chose to do a dog to practice fur drawing on oils.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">here are my pastel works on animals:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_0745.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 437px; height: 582px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_0745.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">husky pup 15 x 21 rembrandt pastel on watercolor paper</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/?action=view&current=Img_0776.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 433px; height: 319px;" src="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/nesyap/Img_0776.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">chillin tiger </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">15 x 21 </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">rembrandt </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">pastel on watercolor paper</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span>Eunice Yaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03851128649495951876noreply@blogger.com0