Author: ClanVictoria

"The Ambush" part two

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This watercolor entitled ” A Maori ambush” was painted in the nineteen century by a colorful character named Gustavus Von Tempsky.

Even though these people were his enemies, we can see the respect he had for the Maori rebels.

For quite a while I’ve been thinking of doing my own version of that event, by imagining what happens after the scene depicted there.
“The Ambush, part two”

Tutorial 2

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As the image became more detailed, the creature looked like it was too close to the characters. I added those trees in front of it, and got rid of its leg.

And still I was struggling with the lady…till the end!

Giant Gorilla!

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I wanted to paint something serious, you know like a sunflower or a beautiful sunset. But then I thought naaaa…Maybe I’ll just paint a giant gorilla and a guy with a Tommy gun instead. Ah, and there’s his girlfriend going : ” Mon dieu un gorille géant!!! ( she is French you see)”.

So there it is. It’s done in acrylic, on a roughly 50cm x 60cm canvas. I’ve only worked on it in the evenings, to relax after a 10 hours doing digital paintings for Weta workshop.
Please look at the tutorial next so you’ll know how to avoid doing this kind of thing.

Ze digital age

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It is time, my mother tells me, to enter the digital age and to have a presence on the net.

I’ve thrown away my old steam powered computer and transformed some of my drawings into a series of zeros and ones…
This image of Kilt was done for a best wishes card two years ago. It’s a quick pencil sketch colored with fake watercolor (acrylic paint with a lot of water).