Jordan Zebra

11"x14"

I sketched a zebra head with non-typical antlers. I painted the background a light cotton candy pink two times. The antlers are a light green. One of the antlers is darker than the other. I painted the antlers one more time, and then I painted the zebra's stripes a light turquoise and purple. I painted the muzzle neon yellow and the eye and mouth purple, light purple. I repainted light blue on the stripes that are on the neck where the shoulders join. The stripes on the zebra's neck are a little darker blue. The other stripes on the zebra's neck are a light blue. The other stripes are a light purple. The muzzle and the left antler are light neon yellow. The right antler is a lighter green. The eye and mouth is a light orange. The iris is a lighter blue. The pupil is a white dot in the middle. This painting is called Jordan Zebra because of the candy Jordan that looks like Easter. I finished this painting on October 28, 2013. This is a pastel painting because all of the colors have some white in them. 

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Completed: October 28, 2013
Stretched Canvas: 11"x14"  

Elk Zebra

              

14"x11"

I sketched out a zebra with elk antlers. Then I painted the zebra's stripes in shades of pink: dark pink, medium pink, light pink, and pink. I mainly did the body and the front legs and then started the back legs. I repainted all the pink stripes again to make it stand out better. The orange stripes are bordering all the pink stripes. The stripes are in different shades of orange. The stripes go from dark at the top and to light at the bottom. The colors are: red orange, orange, light orange, and white orange. I repainted all the orange again. I painted and repainted the stripes on the body and legs. I painted the zebra's face mainly orange. The muzzle is red orange. The nostrils are white orange so is the eye. The inner ear is red orange. The top of ear is white orange. The tail is white and red orange. I painted everything two times to make it stand out. I painted half of the background yellow orange. I finished painting the top of the background orange. I painted the whole background orange again to make it brilliant. I painted the zebra's antlers and hooves turquoise blue two times. I painted over the peachy stripes with white. The eye is turquoise blue. I painted the tips of the zebra's antlers white blue. I painted the antlers two times. This painting is called Elk Zebra. This painting was finished on September 21, 2013. I like how the antlers and hooves   stand out against the background.        

 

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Completed: September 21, 2013

Stretched Canvas: 14"x11"                        

Starry Night Antlers

20"x16"

I sketched in mountains and elk antlers standing up vertically. The antlers have flowers on the end of them. The antlers are in the foreground. Then I painted the sky purple two times to make it dark. The mountains are baby blue. I painted the mountains baby blue again to make it vibrant. I then painted the foreground blue green. I painted the foreground two times to make it darker. I painted the antlers white two times. I painted flowers petals on the tips of all the antlers. The petals in the purple area are in a light baby blue. In the baby blue area the petals are blue green. In the blue green area the petals are light purple. I finished painting the petals one more time. Then I blotched a white center for the flowers. Then I painted white stars in the sky. In the purple background area the centers of the flowers are yellow. In the blue background area the centers of the flowers are orange. In the blue green background area the center of the flowers are red. This painting is called Starry Night Antlers. This painting was finished on August 9, 2013. The flower centers are complementary colors with the background. I like how the white antlers are against the darker background. I painted the background and the mountains from a photo.

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Completed: August 9, 2013

Stretched Canvas: 20"x16"

Save the Rhino

I sketched in a rhino face.  The first horn has antlers growing out of it.  I painted the background on the left side and under the rhino a greyish green by adding more green than red.  On the top right of the rhino the background is brownish red by mixing more red than green.  I painted the background twice to make it more intense.  I cleaned up the rhino with white twice.  I painted the rhino’s horns four times to make it vibrant.  The left side of his horn with antlers growing out of it is neon red.  The right horn with antlers growing out is glow in the dark bright green.  I painted the upper head, face a light bright yellow green.  The middle section of his head and face is glow in the dark green.  His lower part of his chin, neck, head, and face is dark green.  His eye is dark green with a very light green line on the bottom of the eye.  There are a couple of very light green spots under his second horn and on his upper face.  Most of his second horn is light green, but has green and dark green on its outer edges.  There is a fin shaped shadow and a very light green highlight next to it.  I painted the rhino three times.  I repainted the rhino’s body one more time.  I painted all the highlights on all the top and right sides.  On the rhino’s left antlers and main horn the highlights are light red or pink.  On the rhino’s right antler and main horn the highlights are very light green.  On top of the rhino’s head from the second horn on the highlights are also a very light green.  There is also a very light green line under the rhino’s chin to make it standout against the dark green background.  I put neon bright red stars in the dark green background.  I also put glow in the dark bright green stars in the dark red background.  This painting was finished on April 1, 2013.  This rhino reminds me of Christmas because its colors are different shades of red and green.  This painting is called Save the Rhino, because rhino’s are almost extinct because people are poaching for their horns. 

For Sale: $70

Completed: April 1, 2013

Stretched Canvas: 20”x16”

Puff Antler

I sketched a pecan with antlers on its head.  A pecan is a bird with a colorful beak.  I painted the background a blue grey by mixing orange and blue.  I painted more orange in a certain spot but blended it in with blue.  I painted the pecan’s face, chest, and antlers white.  I painted the rest of the body, top of head, feathers out of top of eyes, and pupil black.  I painted it two times.  I painted the beaks front half orange red.  The other half of the beak is yellow orange with orange blended on the bottom of beak.  I also painted the beak twice.  I outlined the crease on the beak with red orange and orange.  Then I outlined the middle of beak with red orange and baby blue.  The highlight under the eye is yellow.  I outlined around the eye with baby blue.  The eyeball is a white dot.  I outlined the bird, feathers over eyes, and all right sides and top of antlers with baby blue.  I finished this painting on March 13, 2013.  This painting is called Puff Antler.  This painting is cute, vibrant, and bright.  The antlers look like a moon or icicles because they are white. 

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Completed: March 13, 2013

Stretched Canvas: 16”x20”

Antlered Sea Creatures

20"x16"

I sketched out a fish and two snails.  I put antlers on all of them.  I painted a wavy background to represent water.  The background is blue, green, and purple.  I repainted half the background blue, green, and purple.  It took awhile because I had to paint around the antlers.  I painted part of the fish and the snail’s body in shades of yellow, yellow orange, orange, and red orange.  Yellow is the lightest, yellow orange is the next darker shade of yellow. Orange is dark, and red orange is the darkest.  I blended in all the colors on the fish and the snails.  I also finished painting the background.  I repainted the two snails along the bottom in shades of red orange, orange, yellow orange, and yellow.  I repainted the snails again to make them brighter.  I painted the main body of the fish black and bright blue.  Then I fixed up the antlers with white.  I painted shadow lines on the fish’s fins olive green.  On one of the snails I painted olive green on the spiral of the shell.   I painted all the antlers light blue.  The highlights are a much lighter blue.  The highlights continued on the right side and top.  I did some blending and texture on the fish and snails.  I painted red orange closet to the fish’s body, blended orange into red orange, then blended yellow into orange.  I did all the blending on all the fish’s fins.  I did the blending in between the shaded olive green stripes on the fins.  I painted a black line around the fish’s blue stripe and eye.  I painted a big black pupil and then a tiny white dot in the pupil.  On the snails I painted red orange on the outer spirals and yellow on the inner spirals.  I painted their antenna light blue and the highlights a lighter blue.  I painted olive green shade under both the snail’s feet.  I painted the right snail.  I painted olive green line on the spiral.  I finished this painting on March 8, 2013.  This painting is called Antlered Sea creatures. 

For Sale $150

Completed: March 8, 2013

Stretched Canvas: 20”x16”

Snail 1 & 2

Snail I

I sketched in an antlered snail on another small canvas. I painted the background blue. The top is dark blue, the middle is turquoise blue, and the bottom is a light turquoise blue. I cleaned up the edges on the snail and its antlers. I painted the snail in shades of oranges. The first spiral of the snails shell on the outer is yellow, then yellow orange, orange, then red orange on the inner part of the first spiral. On the second spiral on the shell the colors are: yellow, yellow orange, and orange. On the last spiral on the shell the colors are: yellow orange and yellow. The foot of the snail is yellow orange. The snail’s antenna is orange. The snail’s eye is yellow orange on the outer part, then orange on the inner part. The pupil or eyeball is dark red, the same color as the snail’s left antler. The snail’s left antler is dark red, almost dark brown. The snail’s right antler is a little bit dark red, but it is mostly yellow orange.  I painted the snail and its antlers four times to make it vibrant. It took a very long time to paint because I had to paint the snail’s shell and antlers very carefully. I painted highlights on the snail and its antlers. I painted highlights on the antlers first. On the left antler I painted the highlights light dark red almost like dark brown three times to make it stand out. I did the same with the other antler, but the highlights are yellow. The highlight on the foot of snail is yellow. I also painted that three times. I painted the highlights on the snail’s antenna light orange. I paint it two times. I painted highlights on the top of the snail’s shell a light yellow two times to make bright. I finished this painted on February 14, 2013. This painting is called Snail I.

Snail II

I sketched in a snail with antlers. I painted the background on a small canvas. The background is red orange at the top, orange and yellow orange at center, and yellow at the very bottom. I painted the snail in different shades of blue. The colors are: light turquoise, turquoise, blue, and dark blue. The outer shell is light blue, the middle is turquoise blue, and the inner part is dark blue. The second spiral repeats the pattern of the same colors. The snail’s head is turquoise blue. The eye is light blue. The eyeball is super dark blue. The foot of the snail is light blue, but has a dark shadow under the shell. The right antler is light blue and the left antler is super dark blue. I painted the snail and its antlers two times to make it more vibrant. I painted all the highlights twice to make it stand out. On the left antler the highlights are light super dark blue. On the right antler the highlights are very light blue. On the snail’s antenna, over the eye, eyeball, shell and the shell’s spiral are light blue. This painting is called Snail II. This painting was finished on February 22, 2013. This painting is really vibrant because of the blue against an orange background. This painting reminds of oceans. The antlers remind me of wild Montana.

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