I wasn't sure about painting this tiger. I wasn't all that happy with the giraffe and I don't think I'm that happy with this one either. I guess it just lacks color. Its a Amur Tiger in the winter and white on white or gray is just blah. All the other paintings have been fairly colorful and I think I'm just having trouble with all the cold colors. And trying to get the inks to blend in the right shade of tiger orange has been fairly difficult.
I also think its been fairly difficult to capture because it just a big 'ole fluffy animal and its hard to capture. At least from painting the leopard, I've figure out that the black spots or in this case stripes, must be done last and without any thinner. That way the color doesn't bleed and stays as true as possible.
I started with the background. This big cat lives mostly in Siberia and I was going for cold. I added gray, blue/gray and white to the background.
I kept added orange/brown to the cat slowly building up the color. After that I added the stripes in a gray and later retouched them with straight black. My first attempt at the eyes were way too round giving it that spooky startled look. After everything was dry, I went back to the eyes with white and made them look more almond shaped taking away that mesmerized look.
I also think its been fairly difficult to capture because it just a big 'ole fluffy animal and its hard to capture. At least from painting the leopard, I've figure out that the black spots or in this case stripes, must be done last and without any thinner. That way the color doesn't bleed and stays as true as possible.
I started with the background. This big cat lives mostly in Siberia and I was going for cold. I added gray, blue/gray and white to the background.
I kept added orange/brown to the cat slowly building up the color. After that I added the stripes in a gray and later retouched them with straight black. My first attempt at the eyes were way too round giving it that spooky startled look. After everything was dry, I went back to the eyes with white and made them look more almond shaped taking away that mesmerized look.
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