Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Finished


First Base
8" X 15"
Original Oil

Part way through this painting, I was again wondering why I would paint not one but two leopards on this scale. Now that I am finished it is one of my favorite paintings.
You can see I lightened and softened the "hip" shadow on the female. With only slight variations in coat color, getting the right value was critical.  There were a number of times I went back to areas to either lighten or darken them. I saved the male's tongue and whiskers for last.

2 comments:

naturegirl said...

I love everything about this. Wonderful.

Jeremy Pearse said...

Very nicely painted Linda, now it one of my favorites of yours too!