Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Jan's Art Blog

PALS

When we were in Africa several years ago, I fell in love with these guys. I just had to paint them! This is an oil painting.

It was the first time I had ever attempted to paint zebras. The stripes were a challenge. I put aside any more zebra painting for a while.

I then decided to do a painting with pastels. I started the painting a number of times, but couldn't get past the stripes. My instructor, Professor Lockard said, "Treat it like a horse. Find the lights and the darks." I kept looking for the lights and the darks and all I saw was stripes! I finally finished it! I'll put it on the next post.

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