Dottie Riley

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Lion



I screwed up a matt and they are expensive, so I decided to use it as part of a painting. The photo is too red and I will have to rephotograph it in the right light (this was in shade) but you get the idea.
This is all lazy painting. I worked quickly so as not to overpaint and get lost in the details. I did my image of Christ falling the same way. This approach seems to work. What made it even harder to detail is the lion is painted on acrylic paper using acrylic paint. Paper just does not accept paint the same way as a canvass. At least the matt was not a total waste!

posted on Apr 20, 2011 7:31 AM ()

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I don't understand the technicalities of it all, but like the results.
comment by solitaire on Apr 22, 2011 6:07 AM ()
Just an ordinary acrylic painting. The matt is painted separately then used to frame the painting.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 24, 2011 9:23 AM ()
I do love him just as I do all the big cats.
comment by elderjane on Apr 21, 2011 12:08 PM ()
Were it not for screwing up a matt, I would never have painted him, but he turned out to be fun.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 24, 2011 9:22 AM ()
What a friendly looking lion.
comment by troutbend on Apr 20, 2011 8:33 PM ()
Yes, I guess he does look friendly. He does not look fierce at all.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 24, 2011 9:21 AM ()
Very nice!
comment by lunarhunk on Apr 20, 2011 12:10 PM ()
He was fun to paint.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 24, 2011 9:20 AM ()
Really really good!
comment by jondude on Apr 20, 2011 11:16 AM ()
Thanks! Photographed in the correct light it looks much better, but I like him.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 24, 2011 9:20 AM ()
He is a nice looking lion there Dottie.Looking right at me.
Great job there and surely you will worked this out.
comment by fredo on Apr 20, 2011 10:21 AM ()
Yes, he is looking right at you, Fredo!
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 24, 2011 9:19 AM ()
Love it!
comment by marta on Apr 20, 2011 9:54 AM ()
Thanks! This is redder than the original because I photographed it in the shade, but he came out pretty good.
reply by dragonflyby on Apr 24, 2011 9:17 AM ()

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