A few weeks ago I attended a conference in Dallas with the Texas PPA. I arrived a day early so that I could go to the Fort Worth zoo. While there, I spent a bit of time at the Gorilla exhibit. The mature female there is absolutely hilarious. She has some the best facial expressions. I could have spent the entire day photographing her. Here is just one of my captures that I’ve started to paint.
I used the mixer brush on the face and skin and I will paint in all the fur by hand. I generally paint 2 or 3 layers of fur, starting with my darks. Then, if the fur is complex I will add a layer of mid tone colors and then the lights. These layers go in different blend modes or opacities. The final steps will be the fine hairs on top which are not painted in yet here even on the head which has the three layers of colors finished. Here is what I have completed so far.
This one will take many more hours to completion… just love her expression!
Hope you like it! Let’s go paint!
Galleries: The Pixel Mixer. Fine Art America.
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