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DrumsHere it comes
Don't you wish that life could be as simple
As fish swimming round in a barrel?
When you've got the gun
Oh and I run
Here it comes
We're just two little figures in a soup bowl
Trying to get behind a kind of control
But I wasn't one
Now here I lie
On my own in a separate sky
And here I lie
On my own in a separate sky
I don't wanna die
On my own here tonight
But here I lie
On my own in a separate sky...
Coldplay--Prospekt's March/Poppyfields
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I'm on a Coldplay-listening kick lately, which isn't all that surprising since they're my favorite band
Went back to the museum today and drew the black-backed jackal again (see [link] ). I don't know what it is about the dead, stuffed jackal that captures my attention so much. Something about the way it's posed, just taking another step forward into a life long gone...or maybe just Anubis the jackal-headed Egyptian god fascinates me...or maybe I just think too much XD.
Lots of children swarmed around me while I painted this~! Good times. Sitting on the floor of a museum with a full set of watercolors proved both awkward and uncomfortable. What we artists do for our art....
One and a half hours; drawn from life (or rather, death? hah morbid humor...)
Watercolors
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Meerkatgirl [2009-10-10 18:20:29 +0000 UTC]
I really love the fur texture and colors in this one. As well as the angle of the pose and th elook of life he holds.
This is beautiful!
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afiriti [2009-03-04 23:17:00 +0000 UTC]
Beautiful! You really brought him (back) to life! I've always loved to sketch in museums, because the subjects sit still so nicely.
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AtarAtis [2009-03-04 18:31:17 +0000 UTC]
It is almost awkward looking at him knwoing he is dead. He looks wishful, as if wanting to move in a different direction, hungering for movement but forever frozen in place. I think I think too much too, but knowing the background to this picture definitely makes it so much more interesting!
You did a beautiful job on the painting of it, it looks very experienced/unforced and I love the idea of going down to a meuseum and drawing! I'm down!
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Trillionth [2009-03-04 07:26:07 +0000 UTC]
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They're so pretty. ; ; And this one is no different.
I love that your style gave it such a softer, rounder look than most of them have naturally.
fff, I don't think I could sit in public and draw/paint. About the time the second person looked over my shoulder, I'd be out of there. |D;
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Hyunthesosarian [2009-03-02 04:30:09 +0000 UTC]
This must've been a lot of fun to paint while everyone was watching XD I should totally go down to the aquarium one day and start sketching the fishes.
Ah, so that's how dog snouts work. Gotcha.
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kalicothekat In reply to Hyunthesosarian [2009-03-03 05:57:59 +0000 UTC]
haha it was indeed XD. You should! Yep!
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scopsowlpost [2009-03-01 16:55:07 +0000 UTC]
Aw, that is so cute! The pose is great, and the mood is caught greatly! ^w^ He looks scared or unsure of something.
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scopsowlpost In reply to kalicothekat [2009-03-02 01:44:58 +0000 UTC]
You are very welcome!
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InkSpirit [2009-03-01 16:03:32 +0000 UTC]
well of course of love the colors. Lovely work with the black there, making it look good without overpowering the picture.
very adorable
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kalicothekat In reply to InkSpirit [2009-03-01 17:59:46 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much! Yeah, I usually shy away from straight black, but this picture called for it .
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InkSpirit In reply to kalicothekat [2009-03-01 20:00:23 +0000 UTC]
still it wasn't overpowering, and I like your additional use of color!
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totodos [2009-03-01 15:36:42 +0000 UTC]
The pose is rather cool, I must agree I love all the colours you put into it, too 8D For some reson, I really like his ears haha
The eyes and expression are awesome aswell! 8D
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kalicothekat In reply to totodos [2009-03-01 17:59:16 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much!! Yeah, his ears are intense haha!
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suzidragonlady [2009-03-01 11:08:34 +0000 UTC]
Great work!
I totally like the face, especially the eyes.
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kiki-doodle [2009-03-01 05:52:27 +0000 UTC]
Beautifully done!! I just love the colors all over this. It feels so 3D
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kalicothekat In reply to kiki-doodle [2009-03-01 17:58:26 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!! I used a lot of blue in the shadows to help with that, so I'm glad it worked XD
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DovesFlyHigher [2009-03-01 05:15:07 +0000 UTC]
Great picture, I really like the way that you painted it's face! It's eyes especially!
I think it's fun to paint outside, gets your creative juices flowing, and it's always amusing when people stop to comment~
Stuffed animals kinda creep me out though! (Those eyes...they're always staring!)
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kalicothekat In reply to DovesFlyHigher [2009-03-01 05:49:29 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much!
They are kinda creepy XD. But once you get used to the unblinking gaze....okay, no, they're creepy still. Haha XD
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