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TreasonousBastard

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12. Any museums around you? Strange as it may sound, the old....

Reply to samplegirl (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2022, 04:06 AM

Dec 2022

ways are sometimes the best.

You've got a great start, but a close look at the brush work and how the originals react with light can be revealing. The museums of France and Italy constantly have students studying their works. (New York, too)😁

Anyway, you've got some serious talent, so listen to your muse.

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Trying to learn how to paint fur [View all] samplegirl Dec 2022 OP

That's a marvelous pair. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #1

recommend you look at detailed illustrations to get the feather pattern and direction. mopinko Dec 2022 #2

Thanks will samplegirl Dec 2022 #3

Fur and feathers can be tricky. I just signed up for a video course Ocelot II Dec 2022 #4

Thanks for the link. sorcrow Dec 2022 #6

thank you samplegirl Dec 2022 #7

Great work after only 6 months! Ocelot II Dec 2022 #9

Yes I need to keep samplegirl Dec 2022 #14

Don't have knowledge to comment re the feathers but yorkster Dec 2022 #5

I don't classify myself samplegirl Dec 2022 #8

Well, keep on keeping on. You're doing quite well....n/t yorkster Dec 2022 #10

Thank you samplegirl Dec 2022 #11

Any museums around you? Strange as it may sound, the old.... TreasonousBastard Dec 2022 #12

Thank you samplegirl Dec 2022 #13

Very nicely done! bif Dec 2022 #15