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Yes, absolutely, spot on Mr D that’s exactly what I was trying for!
Is what I want to say!
But actually, er yes, I see what you mean. I may have fumbled the ball a bit on that!
Spent too much time wrestling with feathers and lost sight of it!
I think it’s that I haven’t really got the values or something quite right on the neck in order to show the twist or roundness of it falling away from you in the lower part of it relative to the body
Also not helped by those long black feathers coming too far out to the side, for a rear ¾ view, which is also tending to flatten out that part and make it seem more side on than it should be...
Thanks for the feedback there Mr D, your observations are always valued
On the subject of those old school scientific fauna & flora illustrations though, I have to confess I do have a bit of a soft spot for them!
So maybe something in my subconscious was trying to exert itself!
And as for Mr Audubon illustrations they are just stunning, and the size of them!
Although painting birds is somewhat new for me, I have long wanted to see his work in the flesh someday for a long time now.
Have you ever been fortunate enough to have seen his originals?
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Hahaha. No, Mark, I haven't see the originals but I have one of those oversized art books with plenty of his birds exclusively. They would really be informative to see the originals, I agree. I think even medical illustrators may have taken a page or two from how he painted -- at least the old school ones.
When I was in junior college trying to figure out a career after my military stint, I was in the audio visual lab where they had some of the most vivid, wildly interesting illustrations of amoebas and parameciums and other microscopic creatures, and I dare say I was blown away at how gorgeous that (those) illustrators managed to make that world. All pre-desktop days, so those images were illuminated and totally Art (capital A). I think I was probably more interested in the art than anatomy and immediately dropped science in favor of art classes. Who knows where inspiration will hit.
I didn't really get into Audubon until I found his big book on a shelf one day. I wonder if I would have gotten into birds as subjects had I found it as a young student. I love birds, especially the tropical ones with all that spectacular plumage.
Your animal stuff is great. Keep going. Very pleased you have finally opted to start showing. It's a real pleasure.
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Annother beauty from you Mark. Funny how they 'take over'.
June.
Oh God of homeless things, look down
And try to ease the way
Of all the little weary paws
That walk the world
today. - Unknown.
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Nice work, these images remind me of information books like dictionary or encyclopedia. The type of images you see in those type of books when you look up the word of the animal and they have a picture there as an example of what they look like.
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Wow....these animal paintings are incredible!!!!!!
Thank you; June, Stephen, Kenmo for your kind words
@Stephen;
Yes, it’s true, I do have a soft spot for those old scientific textbook illustrations.
And inevitably I suppose that liking percolates through into my own work!
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So beautiful Mark - takes my breath away!
June.
Oh God of homeless things, look down
And try to ease the way
Of all the little weary paws
That walk the world
today. - Unknown.
http://enug66.deviantart.com/gallery/
[My setup: hp 15in laptop,11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz 2.70 GHz, 8.00 GB RAM, 24in Acer 2nd monitor, Huion Kamvas 20 Pro display tablet, Windows 11, ArtRage Vitae.
My painting real-estate is extended across three monitors.]