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Published: 2008-01-09 03:13:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 4176; Favourites: 191; Downloads: 0
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It was the old lion's time to go, for angels come in many guises.I've added a few highlights. I'm gonna call this one finished for now. I may fine tune it in a few days, once it has settled down.
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Very nicely done! The hairs on the lion's mane and face really look nice.
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Huh, what a great illustration! I love the concept and lion's mane 
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No worries, thanks for the feature.
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Well I avidly read all your WIP's for this one, I love it. I really like the blue sky it really sets the whole thing off. Im with you with glazes and washes in oil, I have just started to paint in oils and have on my easel at the moment a Tiger we shall see how that turn's out.
Anyway fab job and I love the feel and the colours of this one
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Thanks for that. I'm glad you like it.
It's always appreciated when people actually read them.
Good luck with the tiger and if I can be of any help with the oils, give me a shout.
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Thanks for the offer
The tiger is coming along, and in between waiting for him to dry I have began another animal oil of a baby Orangutan, only this time I have gone bigger as I am finding the small detail with the Tiger a little hard as the canvas isnt so big. So the baby Orangutan is larger and just a head shot. I want to see how detailed I can get if I put my mind to it. I have taken some shots but the camera isnt so good and there was some bad glare back from the wet paint. I have the blocking in so many more hours to go.
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Hi! I just featured this in my first journal of 2009 . Please stop by, when you have time, to look at the other Canine and Feline Art displayed there. Happy New Year!
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Cheers for that.
Belated Happy New Year too.
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I really love seeing your WIP... it's really nice knowing how the painting came to be. And very helpful too! Thanks!
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Cheers. I'm glad that you found it useful.
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I love the soft earthy colours! And it's got nice movement, i like your use of the rule of thirds! Tis awesome!
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Thanks. I didn't really use thirds though, not intentionally anyway. I guess it just comes naturally after painting for so long.
I did want to paint this on a longer canvas, but I didn't have one at the time. I didn't think it would work like this, but it turned out OK.
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Incredible as per the usual for you.
It made me think of the Aesop's fable where the mouse pulls the thorn out of the lion's paw or something like that.
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Thanks. Yeah, that has been mentioned and I do sort of remember the fable.
It was an original idea when I came up with it, but maybe this was lurking deep within my subconscious.
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Beautifly done
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wow thats adorable!! I only JUST noiced the mouse as well.
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Cheers. I tried to make it so the mouse didn't jump straight out.
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Poor little mousie...
I know jack about painting. Looks good to me, though.
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Same one as before. I just updated the photo.
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nice work.. I like the hints of brown in the sky, and the fur of the mane
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You noticed the sky, well done. That was laziness. I couldn't be arsed to cover it with oil. Well, some of it was meant, hehe.
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I really love this, you do such beautiful paintings.
on a side note, fab avvy
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It's great! Maybe a highlight or two on the mouse, just a tad; I think it's wonderful that you only notice it at second glance, but it's still a bit hard to see.
By any chance inspired by the fable of the Lion and the Mouse?
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I tried highlighting it and it looked too obvious. I could fiddle and fiddle with it. There are lots of little things here and there, but I wanted to leave it in a fresh state. It works, so leave it.
I came up with the idea on my own. Since then the fable has been mentioned quite a bit, so maybe it was deep within my subconscious. Who knows.
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