Animal & Wildlife Challenge, August 2024

[Joy]

Vivien -Roo was quite popular this month! They eyes are great, and I especially enjoy the soft blending on the paper of cool and warm colors on the chest fur.

Mosc - Absolutely outstanding! The values, the eye sparkle and the directional strokes are really fabulous. This is like an example in a book. Having never tried oils, this must be very difficult.

 

[Queen Bee]

Chrisine, Love the eyes, highlights, and fur in your improved version kangaroo.

 

[Queen Bee]

Joy, Your crestedtit is beautiful.

 

[PaintBoss]

Thank you Bee.

 

[PaintBoss]

PaintBoss, thank you!

I love that little painting! It has the force of the cat’s personality. Not just a careful rendering.

 

[moscatel]

Joy, thank you! Glad you like it.
PaintBoss, thank you!

 

[Vivien]

Moscatel - Wonderful cat! I really liked your progression from Gouache sketch to finished oil painting! Thank you for your comment on my Kangaroo.

 

[Queen Bee]

Vivien, I love the softness of your kangaroo and the way you did the body fur.

 

[Queen Bee]

Moscatel. Love your cat. The softness of the fur. Your kitty doesn't look like it was done on poo.

 

[Queen Bee]

I hope to post something in the next day or two. I got bogged down with a painting I just finished. Threw my first start away.

 

[Vivien]

Queen Bee - Thank you. My watercolors never come out the way I planned - they aways take off and have a mind of their own!

 

[moscatel]

Vivien & Queen Bee, thanks!

 

[moscatel]

"Gentle Kind", 15x20 cm, oil sketch on paper.

 

[Joy]

Mosc - Wow! It amazes me that you can do so much quality art. How long doe this take for you? Of course, you are accomplished and skilled, so maybe you can paint faster. My fave thing about this is the colorful warm greens that you so creatively chose. The BG and subject are really well integrated. Since you have "C & C welcome" (as do I) the only improvement I would note is the proportion of the head. It seems a bit too long. The space between the smaller horn and the ear (the forehead area) is the area that could be shorter.

 

[joe1It]

Moscatel, Joy, Paintboss, Vivien, wonderfull art. Thanks for the references. Patricia, thanks for all the work to continue the challenges in these 3 years. best wishes.

 

[PaintBoss]

Thanks Joe.
Love the rhino! Great job on this subject Moscatel! Really like the green/ yellow undertones and background.

 

[Vivien]

Moscatel - Lovely work on the Oil sketch of the Rhino, and I do love your mix on the greens!

 

[Jo Castillo]

I thought I had commented here, guess it was just in my mind. Fun paintings.

PaintBoss, I love the kangaroo. Great eyes.

Joy, great job on the little bird.

moscatel, aww, look at the cat in gouache. Such life! The cat in oil, looks ready to jump. Nice!!

Vivien, hey there. Lovely kangaroo. Guess you have seen a few!

 

[PaintBoss]

Thank you Jo.

 

[Vivien]

Jo - Hi there!