Close up
Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.
This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Bonnie was the great hostess. Thanks for the terrific reference photos.
I really like working from photos. But never copy slavishly. Turn the photo into a painting!
Here's the original photo to illustrate the changes I made in cropping and color.
Pelicans are fascinating critters. There is a prehistoric manner about them.
First I answered Bonnie's challenge to crop. Then I challenged myself to push the chroma and texture in this one. I also changed the lighting in order to dramatize the color. As of now, I'm pretty satisfied with the results.
Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com
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Really nice. I love the amount of paint used in this one.
ReplyDeleteLove the strong highlights.
ReplyDeleteDean.. I love pelicans.. and yours is gorgeously done!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully painted, Dean. I love the colors in the water and the feathers are beautifully painted as well..
ReplyDeleteYour interpretation of the photo is beautiful, Dean. I think the pelican itself is beautiful and the way you've handled the background is both inspired and magnificent.
ReplyDeleteExcellent painting Dean! wonderful brushwork
ReplyDeleteDean, I LOVE the colors you brought into the pelican, and how you used your brush-strokes with the feathers. It's a real beauty!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pelican !
ReplyDeleteTim...Thanks for noticing. It's inspiring when it goes down more or less right.
ReplyDeleteI had noticed this type of lighting in one of my previous paintings as I looked through my blog. I'm glad I tried it again.
ReplyDeleteOoops...the previous statement is in reply to Pam...I hit the send button too quick....Thanks, Pam.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Catherine!
ReplyDeleteThank s, Hilda! I was afraid I might overdo the strong color. Glad you like it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sherry! I'm very happy that you like the changes I made from the photograph.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Brad, my friend! I appreciate your kind comment.
ReplyDeleteKathryn...Thanks for those much appreciated supportive words!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Viviane!
ReplyDeleteHi there Dean!... You certainly transformed this fellow drastically... and more interestingly as a subject by cropping!
ReplyDeleteEverything necessary to read pelican... is there... front and centre... on a postage sized format!
Good Painting!
Warmest regards,
Bruce
Love the pelican. Your painting sure inspires me.
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