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dittin03 β€” Royal Stag

Published: 2010-12-16 18:16:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 2426; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 0
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Description I had a lot of fun with this feather painting. For one thing, it's the first time I've used pieces of antler in a framed painting. I also painted little deer hoof prints on them! I tried something a bit different with making the decorations asymmetrical. The whitetail deer is painted on a fan of two huge turkey tail feathers. Jutting up into the left-hand corner are two pheasant tail feathers. On the end of the leather cord are four wooden beads topped with peacock and turkey feathers. You can almost see the rainbow effect for the little turkey feathers in the scan. As always, I hand-cut my matboard to match the decorations within.

This painting is a commission for and will be given as a Christmas gift. The inside area of the shadowbox frame is 10"x20". I'm still open for commissions so let me know if you'd like to get your very own feather painting!
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Comments: 35

Rock-Music-Angel [2014-09-03 01:16:27 +0000 UTC]

love it!!! Β i like how you add the hide string and beads and the antler pieces. Β and its really neat how you cut the matte like a unique frame

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kiki-doodle [2011-02-06 22:26:31 +0000 UTC]

I really love the design of the feathesr. Great job putting this together.

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dittin03 In reply to kiki-doodle [2011-02-07 18:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! This was one of my favorite ones!

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OfOneSoul [2010-12-30 01:57:30 +0000 UTC]

interesting style i especially love the deer head... the color looks great, just love the brown tones awesome

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dittin03 In reply to OfOneSoul [2011-01-03 23:19:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! This is one of my favorite of the feather paintings I've done recently. It was a lot of fun to make.

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Cfitzgerald36 [2010-12-26 20:51:20 +0000 UTC]

this is really interesting. well done. and great skill

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dittin03 In reply to Cfitzgerald36 [2011-01-03 23:20:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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AnimalArtKingdom [2010-12-19 22:35:46 +0000 UTC]

This is so amazing!

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dittin03 In reply to AnimalArtKingdom [2010-12-20 18:09:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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KreepingSpawn [2010-12-18 00:09:09 +0000 UTC]

beautiful work. and well balanced.

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dittin03 In reply to KreepingSpawn [2010-12-18 00:23:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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KreepingSpawn In reply to dittin03 [2010-12-18 01:34:02 +0000 UTC]

the antler slices really add a great dynamic and texture.

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dittin03 In reply to KreepingSpawn [2011-01-03 23:28:59 +0000 UTC]

I thought so too! They really add to the painting.

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Gray-Ghost-Creations [2010-12-17 03:18:38 +0000 UTC]

Just stunning!

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dittin03 In reply to Gray-Ghost-Creations [2010-12-17 22:06:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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KuddleyKoshoo [2010-12-16 23:32:01 +0000 UTC]

So awesomeee! I love the antler pieces and how you did little hoof prints! Its soo awesome!

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dittin03 In reply to KuddleyKoshoo [2010-12-18 00:23:43 +0000 UTC]

I'm so happy you like it! And it's so much better in person! Can't wait for it to arrive with you guys!

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Sakura-Koi [2010-12-16 21:04:50 +0000 UTC]

wow, now this is totally one of my absolute favs! you know you should try doing some art on deer antlers like you did with the bear jaws!

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dittin03 In reply to Sakura-Koi [2010-12-16 22:39:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I've been really experimenting with the decorations lately!

Yeah, I actually have already thought about painting on antlers. What I'd really love to get a hold of would be some moose antlers.

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Sakura-Koi In reply to dittin03 [2010-12-17 02:23:34 +0000 UTC]

that would be awesome!

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Featherologist [2010-12-16 19:54:59 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely stunning, the details on the eyes are incredible! I love the overall colours and theme of this one.

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dittin03 In reply to Featherologist [2010-12-16 23:21:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad you like the colors! I tried to choose feathers that seemed to go together well.

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UrnesAshTree [2010-12-16 19:17:02 +0000 UTC]

I'm normally not that big on feather paintings, but this one caught my eye because of the arrangement. The antler slices really add something special to it. Huge thumbs up

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dittin03 In reply to UrnesAshTree [2010-12-18 00:51:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm glad I did well with the arrangement. Trying new things is always taking a chance on something looking or not looking right. One of my favorite things about doing framed feather paintings is experimenting with the decorations.

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UrnesAshTree In reply to dittin03 [2011-01-02 23:28:08 +0000 UTC]

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cloudstar-wolf [2010-12-16 18:59:38 +0000 UTC]

Well done! Love that stag there- and the use of the antler slices! I love the look of life in the buck's eyes.

and I still think you're nutty for the matt because it's so frickin' crazy and cool!

awesome piece!

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dittin03 In reply to cloudstar-wolf [2010-12-18 00:52:31 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks! I'm glad you like it!

And the matboard cutting! It's actually quite enjoyable, especially that last cut where the middle of the board (hopefully) falls away and leaves an interesting shape.

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cloudstar-wolf In reply to dittin03 [2010-12-20 18:35:48 +0000 UTC]

the back of my mat board looks like some strange picasso type architect was trying to design a building and got lost in the middle of the process XD

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dittin03 In reply to cloudstar-wolf [2011-01-03 23:25:56 +0000 UTC]

Lol. Mine aren't so pretty on the back either. I mostly scribble the main shape before getting too decided on which lines to use. It's all a part of the creative process!

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cloudstar-wolf In reply to dittin03 [2011-01-07 15:29:49 +0000 UTC]

TRUTH.... I need to take a picture of mat I did all that too Xd ... and it's not a shadow box- so it's all squished *is lame* XD

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SirNeo9805 [2010-12-16 18:40:51 +0000 UTC]

out of curiosity lol since you do so many, where do you get your materials? and are they real?

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dittin03 In reply to SirNeo9805 [2010-12-16 18:55:55 +0000 UTC]

All of my materials are real, yes! They come from all sorts of places. Which ones were you wondering about in particular?

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XenoFrobe In reply to dittin03 [2010-12-16 19:59:49 +0000 UTC]

Out of curiosity, where do you get all those different feathers?

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dittin03 In reply to XenoFrobe [2010-12-16 22:32:44 +0000 UTC]

They come from several places: Stores, pet owners, family, friends, trades, hunters, collectors, the birds themselves... The list goes on.

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SirNeo9805 In reply to dittin03 [2010-12-16 19:08:04 +0000 UTC]

there were none in particular lol. i just find them all so interesting and to know you do soo many i was interested if they were real. Thats really cool though.

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