Painting #16

Tiger
Photo by: Kaz Turner
Oil on canvas paper
50x65cm

Maybe some of you have been thinking why I haven't posted anything new lately. The truth is that I purchased an e-book so that I could learn how to paint animal fur. So most of the time I have been doing some research.
Today I finished my first painting where I applied all those methods that I learned. First of all I painted the background. After that I made the ground and then I started painting the tiger.
I like the way this painting turned out. I really enjoyed this one.

Here are some work in progress shots:

And a close up of a tiger

Painting #15

Lion
Oil on canvas
60x80cm

Painting a lion has been a longtime dream of mine. So finally I decided to give it a try.
I started my painting by making the background. And then I continued my painting by painting lion. I began with lion's head. I really enjoyed painting lion's eyes.  I love the intensity of this lion's eyes.
I'm planning on painting some more lions in the future because I discovered that I really enjoy painting this beautiful big cat.
Also in the future I'm planning to improve my animal painting skills by taking some painting classes or by purchasing some e-books which would help me to learn how to paint the fur. Because I want to get better and better every day.
There is one quote that I really like:
" I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"- Maya Angelou

So with this painting I tried to paint with colors which would inspire happiness in people.
Here are some work in progress shots:

Painting #14

Zebras
Oil on canvas
60x80cm

 I seem to get more and more african theme painting ideas these days. I think African theme paintings are my new favourite.
This is actually the first time I painted the zebras. At first I was thinking about painting only one zebra but then I thought that it would look so much better if I paint a family. I like the grass that I made. I'm quite pleased with the outcome.



And here are some work in progress shots:

Painting #13

Giraffes
Oil on canvas
60x80cm
SOLD

Painting elephants I figured that I should paint something new. This time I decided to paint giraffes. I had to study their bodies before I started to paint them. This took me a while.
I started with sky and then I painted the sand. I wanted to make more trees than on the previous paintings. And in the end I painted the giraffes. I spent many hours working on this, and am really pleased with the outcome.
This painting makes me happy. The way they are walking there, enjoying their freedom.

Here are some work in progress shots:

Sometimes I like to paint on the floor.

Painting #12

Happy elephant
Oil on canvas
60x80cm

This time I wanted to paint just one elephant and concentrate more on details. I started with the background. I wanted it to look warm and positive and I used really warm colors to create it.
It took me hours to finish the elephant's ears. I guess this was actually the most complicated part of the elephant.
I spent 3 days working on this. I love this piece!

Here are some work in progress shots.

Work in progress video of painting #11

Painting #11

African landscape
Oil on Canson paper
50x65cm
SOLD


African music, African culture, arts and crafts fascinates me. I've wanted to paint African themed painting for a while. I guess the time just wasn't right.
One day while I was in my room listening some African songs, the light pulb went on and the African landscape painting was born.  I guess the right music plays a big part in my painting progress. I have had many times when music made me feel really good and inspired.
So the first thing that came to my mind, was beautiful African landscape, with warm colors and with 2 elephants. I started to paint. I was in a really good mood and excited about my painting. It took me few days to finish the painting.
One of my goal is to learn to paint elephants because I will certainly do some more African paintings in the future. So far this is my favorite painting.

Here are few work in progress shots.

Painting #10

The secret waterfall
Oil on canvas
60x80cm

On 2011 I painted my first waterfall. It didn't quite turned out the way I expected. So now I wanted to paint a new waterfall and give it another try. Also decided to paint mysterious trees to the background. It took me many hours to paint those trees.
I learned that little touches can make a big difference- adding light spots on the water made it look more real and added to the feeling of the movement.

Painting #9

Autumn trees
Oil on canvas
60x80cm


Here in Estonia its autumn and I decided to make an autumn painting. While I was walking outside, I saw so many beautiful colored trees which inspired me a lot. It has been really warm and sunshine autumn here in Estonia. In my opinion it's one of the warmest autumns in years.
 I guess I should have used red color to make the leaves, not purple.My favourite part of the painting is the river.  Also enjoyed painting the grass and rocks. Hope you like it.

Painting #8

Mountain valley
Oil on canvas
60x80cm


With this painting I tried to study how to paint the mountains and rocks. Before I started to paint the mountains, I looked many different mountain's pictures on google.  I think all the colors on this painting work well together.
This painting was unbelievably fun for me. I look forward to paint something similar like this.