white bengal tiger

[Gordon T]

just finished this painting done in acrylics on canvas board 12"x16" with black gesso background, i painted black background because i wanted to match it up with my lion and hawk paintings so that i can exhibit them as a set in a forth coming exhibition that i am hoping to enter.i had great fun painting this my first white tiger but it is great to get back to painting the animals i love to paint TIGERS :cool: :evil: p.s. all c+c welcome as usual (photo does show painting slightly lighter than it is especially the ears)

[rewston]

beautiful! :clap:

katy

[K Taylor-Green]

Wonderful tiger, gordon. very :clap: realistic!

[MonicaB]

Another beauty, Gordon. :clap:

[Glenspey]

Lovely work Gordon, I think the background really pushes the tiger forward.

Gayle

[Gordon T]

beautiful! :clap:

katy
thank you katy (me or the tiger? :evil: )

[lorna12]

Another winner Gordon! Just beautiful..... Well done! :clap: :clap: :clap:

I had the pleasure of seeing one of these magnificent creatures upclose and in real life at the zoo in Calgary just over a month ago....I couldn't get over the size of him, especially the paws....enormous!! http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/29-Jun-2004/11613-bugeyed.gif

[Gordon T]

Wonderful tiger, gordon. very :clap: realistic!
thank you kate, i was very pleased with this one its becoming so pleasurable painting now that i cant wait to do my next one :evil:

[Gordon T]

Another beauty, Gordon. :clap:
thanks monica, one does try to please(lol) :evil:

[Gordon T]

Lovely work Gordon, I think the background really pushes the tiger forward.

Gayle
thanks gayle, i agree i love the effect you get painting on the black background but it does make you lazy you tend to want to just forget painting a background although i think with animal portraits such as this it is very effective :evil:

[Gordon T]

Another winner Gordon! Just beautiful..... Well done! :clap: :clap: :clap:

I had the pleasure of seeing one of these magnificent creatures upclose and in real life at the zoo in Calgary just over a month ago....I couldn't get over the size of him, especially the paws....enormous!! http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/29-Jun-2004/11613-bugeyed.gif
thanks again lorna, i have seen a few white tigers (on a visit to busch gardens florida) and they just fasinate me i love tigers(might of mentioned that before) but i think white tigers are just a beautiful animal and i never get tired of watching them :evil:

[SMViolano]

I particularly like the way the light falls down his face.

The dark background is really beautiful- These cats will look fantastic all hanging together!

[Gordon T]

I particularly like the way the light falls down his face.

The dark background is really beautiful- These cats will look fantastic all hanging together!
thank you , i can not wait to see these pictures hanging up together i think they will look stunning and hopefully someone else will think so to and buy them (fingers crossed) :evil:

[mel-ink]

Beautiful cat!! I like all the colors you used, it makes him very vibrant, especially against that black background!!

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[Gordon T]

Beautiful cat!! I like all the colors you used, it makes him very vibrant, especially against that black background!!

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thank you mel, yes there are a lot of colours in the painting but i paint what i see and there are no such thing as a pure white tiger and if you paint them that way you end up with a flat unrealistic image and that is not what we are aiming for but i am glad you mentioned the different colours because there was a young 16 year old who was asking about painting tigers and i believe that when painting anything (especially animals with white fur) you must remember light feflects colour from everything it shines on and so you can get greens reflected from grass and blue even reflected from water or the sky which all adds up to the mass of different colours you need to add to get a more realistic image, thank you for mentioning it :evil:

[Ceiliog]

I like the subtlety with which you have shown the light on his fur - very nice job

[Gordon T]

I like the subtlety with which you have shown the light on his fur - very nice job
thank you, very nice of you to say so :evil: