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Jan 21 2019 Rhino wrinkles, lots of wrinkles. I always find it fascinating how the illusion of a grey rhino is definitely not grey on the palette.
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January 16 2019 Layer upon layer of grass ,starting with deep shadow colours building to beautiful golden highlights to create the depth and detail that I love.
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December 14 2018 Some more progress blocking in adjusting tone, colour and a little grass texture and perspective just to make sure things are working. Lots more to come.
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December 11 2018 Starting work on this painting, the early stages, blocking in the tonal range. 1.5 meters long so plenty of detail to follow. A painting of five orphaned rhino. “The Lucky Five” More […]
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October 30 2018 Still a way to go but this carved vessel is progressing nicely, I really enjoy the excitement that builds as a piece of artwork comes together.
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October 25 2018 Now for the exciting bit, the colour. The airbrushing goes quite quickly. The brushwork will take many days of painstaking work, a fine balance between tone, colour, positive and negative space, highlight […]
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October 19 2018 At last the elephant giraffe and zebra are being carved, this will really start to bring this carved vessel to life.
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October 17 2018 Baobabs are carved, now for the wildlife.
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October 9 2018 Steady progress the baobab trees are starting to look life like now.
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September 27 2018 The slow process of bas-relief carving .. determination required here An exacting process at this scale.