Harvest Moon Antlers

I sketched in fancy elk antlers. I sketched in a full moon top central of the painting. I painted the background from dark to light. The top is dark purple, the middle is medium, and the bottom is light purple. I painted the top four times to make it dark. The middle and bottom I painted three times to make it more intense. It took a very long time because I had to paint around some thin antlers. I painted the two antlers at the top neon red. I had to paint the antlers four times to make it very bright. It took a very long time because I had to paint each tine very carefully. The neon red pop out against the dark purple sky. I painted four antlers toward the bottom. The antler on the left is pure bright red. The second antler is mainly red, but the parts of the down tines are dark brown. The third antler is bigger and the top is neon red, the middle is red, and the bottom is dark brown. The fourth antler is tiny and the top is neon red and the rest of it is red. I painted the antlers four times to make it more vibrant. That took a long time. I painted highlights on all the antlers. The highlights is where the moon is hitting it. I painted all the stars bright yellow orange. I painted the dark side of the moon orange. The light side of the moon is bright yellow orange. I painted the moon twice to make it bright. This painting is called Harvest Moon Antlers. I finished this painting on October 11, 2012. I like how the neon red and dark purple stand out. I like how the light purple and the dark brown stand out. This painting reminds me of a fall or Halloween moonlight night.

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Moose in Love

I sketched in a moose and a moose head on the other moose's back. The other moose's legs come out under the main moose's belly. I started painting the background pure yellow. I painted the background again to make it brighter. I painted the big moose purple jam. I painted the big moose's antlers dark purple four times to make it dark. I painted the little moose dark purple three times to make it darker. I painted the little moose antlers a light purple. I repainted the big moose three to make it more intense. I repainted the little moose's antlers dark purple blue three times. I repainted the little moose face and leg's dark purple. I repainted the little moose's antlers dark purple three times. I painted the moose's eyes and mouth light green twice. I painted the pupils on all the moose. I painted teeth on the big moose. This painting is called Moose in Love. I finished this painting on October 12, 2012. I like how the purple stands out against the yellow background. The two moose's are in love like they're brothers.

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Bobcats Hershey Kiss Antlers

I sketched the Hershey kisses antlers in. I painted the whole background a neon yellow. It took me a long time because I had to paint the narrow spaces in between the antlers very carefully. I repainted the whole background neon yellow twice to make it brighter. It took a very long time because I had to paint around the antlers very carefully. I painted all the antlers blue. I painted the antlers three times to make it more intense. It took a very long time because to paint some of the tines were very narrow. I painted highlights and shadows on all the antlers. The highlights are a lighter blue and the shadows are a dark blue. All the highlights are on the left sides and bottom. All the shadows are on the right sides and top. It took a long time because I had to paint the shadows and highlights on all the antlers very carefully. I painted the part of the skull on the big antlers dark blue three times to make it dark. I painted the shadows and highlights twice. This painting was finished on September 27, 2012. I like how the bright yellow background contrast with the darker blue antlers. The colors remind me of MSU's football team colors. This painting is called Bobcats Hershey Kiss Antlers. I saw the Hersey kiss antlers at the Antler man's display in Three Forks. He is very famous in Montana for all his antlers. He has over 15,000 antlers.

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Romantic Rhinos

I sketched in two rhinos from two different photos. I painted the background yellow white twice to make it brighter. I started painting the rhino on the left. I painted some of the area on the left side mostly yellow orange for dark shades. Some of the wrinkles on the body are yellow orange with a a little of purple for the darkest shadows. I used yellow on the area close to the leg and on the upper leg and blended in some yellow orange. I painted most of the rhino on the right. I painted most of the rhino's upper body yellow, but little bit of white yellow on its back. Most of the rhino's lower body is yellow orange and darkest yellow for shadows. The top of the ear is white yellow, yellow, then the rest is yellow orange, and dark yellow along the edges. The wrinkles on the his belly are darkest yellow towards the top to yellow at the bottom. The wrinkles toward his head is pure dark yellow. The wrinkles on his muzzle is yellow. The nostril is yellow. The mouth is dark yellow toward its eye and white yellow towards its nostrils. I repainted the whole rhino twice to make it pop out. I made all the shades of yellow lighter because the rhino is further away in the background. All the darkest area on the rhino like his face, underbelly, and legs are a lighter dark yellow. The dark areas like his upper face, legs, and parts of his belly are a lighter yellow orange. The light area on his body like his upper belly, back and a little on his head is a lighter yellow. The lightest parts is his ear, back, and a little bit on the mouth. The mouth is a very white yellow for highlights. It took a long time to paint because all of the details. I painted the rhino on the left in darker shades of yellow because it's closer up and the other rhino in lighter shades because it's further away. The darkest is dark yellow brown like his ears, muzzle, shadows on his horns, wrinkles on his body and leg. The next darkest is dark yellow orange like most of his body, part of the leg, parts of his horns. The lighter color is yellow like on parts of his leg, parts of his face, horns and the wrinkles on his muzzle. The lightest color is light yellow a little more darker than the highlights on the rhino on the right. The lightest yellow is the highlights like above the eye and the top of his horn. This painting is romantic because the rhino on the left is the husband and the rhino on the right is the wife. It looks like they're in love. I like how the the dark color on the rhinos contrast with the light background. This painting is very peaceful. This painting is called Romantic Rhinos. This painting was finished on August 2, 2012.

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