Friday, January 13, 2012

Black Cow in Watercolor

black cow in watercolor 8 by 10 ©Maria Reichert
A portrait for a friend who wanted to give this as a gift.  Always a challenge to create form in a black animal without getting too wild with the colors.  Balance I suppose is the word I am searching for!



6 comments:

  1. Completely charming!I think your blue reflections in the back worked out really well.

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  2. Love the colours in the cow and the shadow too!
    Nicely done xx

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  3. Thank you Mary, Thank you Pat, I have some other cow photos I am looking to work on, a friend sent some beautiful photos from her herd.

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  4. I agree with you that black animals are hard to paint! But you did a great job with this, and the cow looks nice and black :)

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  5. This "black" works. I like the subtle colors you used on the highlights.

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