Grizzly bear (x-post Animal & Wildlife Art) - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists

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May 26, 2018 at 2:59 am #456553
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Finished my first soft pastel.
Grizzly bear catching salmon in Alaska

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Instagram: dpwildphoto
May 26, 2018 at 9:56 pm #628451
water girl
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Welcome to the pastel forum! Pastels are perfect for painting animals. This maybe your first pastel, but it’s apparent you have an art background. You’ve adapted well. Would you mind sharing the paper you used and the size of your painting???

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Karen, IAPS/MC, PSA WC Moderator-Pastels

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May 27, 2018 at 1:45 am #628448
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Thanks Karen.

David, First time poster in this section of the site.

Decided to give soft pastel a try as I was avoiding doing any of my normal art work medias due to arthritis. The size of the pastels, not having to do too much fine details and using pressure like in CP is what attracted me.

Picked this scene to try for my first one to see how this media would go for backgrounds and detail.

I had concerns about how I would do the fur, water and splash before I started.

Paper: Mi-Teintes TEX Pastel Card 355gsm
Colour: Deep Blue
Size: A3, 297x420mm (11.7 × 16.5in)
Pastels: Art Spectrum Square Extra Soft Pastels
Ref Photo: my own taken on holiday in Alaska

Deviantart: dpazza
Instagram: dpwildphoto
May 27, 2018 at 8:22 am #628450
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Very nicely done, especially for your first time with pastels! The splash of water looks great and you did such nice work with the fur. I hope pastels won’t aggravate your arthritis and that we’ll be seeing more of your work. Welcome to the forum!

Donna
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May 27, 2018 at 1:30 pm #628454
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I think you did such a great job on the splash and water! For the first time this is great…nice job

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Donna
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May 28, 2018 at 8:27 am #628455
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This is beautiful done!! I love it!
June 5, 2018 at 7:30 am #628449
DP
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thanks all

Deviantart: dpazza
Instagram: dpwildphoto
June 5, 2018 at 3:22 pm #628452
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This is a wonderful painting, very believable! Your rendering of his fur and the water splashing is fantastic. I also love the buttery yellow/orange and blue of the back ground. All together, great work!

Kris
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December 23, 2018 at 11:51 pm #628453
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Nice work!
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