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KaceyM — Gathering Flowers
Published: 2006-10-12 19:46:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 13230; Favourites: 335; Downloads: 143
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A commission for Nyghtwulf of her taur self out collecting flowers with her dragon companion Skai. Characters are copyright Nyghtwulf.I always try to pose a new challenge to myself with each new painting that I do - the challenges here were trying to make the flowers non-standard (like, not daisies), and trying to make the forest look like more than just a row of trees. I also played more with reflected color - esp. on Skai and the saddlebags reflecting the greenery.
And the piece is done with Microns, acrylic paints, watercolors, and a little bit of marker on 9"x12" illustration board.
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wonderfull, the snout colour looks odd, blue...
but for the rest magnificent. keep up the good work.
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I'd say you were very successful in your challenges. It's a very beautiful piece, and I like the background a lot. I think I've just learned something for any forest backgrounds I do in the future.
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I love this!! It's beautiful!!!!! It's simply magnificent!!!! ^w^
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Whoa, this is pretty incredible! Hehe, I could never paint, but this work is beautiful 
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Wow.. <3 Awesome. Lovely composition and all that. And the color.. It's so bright and cheery. ^^
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I really like how glassy and tranclucent the dragon's wings look. You did an awesome job on this!
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Wow. That is very, very, VERY good. It's so tranqual.
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It looks so real, especially the wings of the dragon. Wonderful painting.
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Great detail, very nice! I definitely think you succeeded with your goals for the flowers, forest background, and reflected color. The only advice I can think of is to try to push the colors more in your work, since acrylic paints are a great material for doing that and I think you have the skills needed for it. For example, grey fur isn't just shaded light grey, medium grey, and dark grey. There are lighter shades that have maybe a slightly yellowish or warmer tint, reflective areas with a lighter, cooler tint, darker areas may look rich and warm or cool and blueish depending on the lighting, etc. There are very subtle color variations everywhere, just as there are value variations. Just a thought! I saw that you were exploring something similar and thought you might want to try this as well.
Not that I've mastered this either...but it's what my professors keep telling me.
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I agree completely - thats something I should work on... I need to be less timid with my use of color ^.^
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I love the flowers, you did wonderfull! And ofcourse, I love the actual characters even more, beautiful!
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exquisite spring colors! its wonderful u can paint so well a scene regardless of the actual season. ^_^
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