Showing posts with label zebras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zebras. Show all posts

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.