This one is a smaller version of the larger one I've been fighting with for a week now. I finally figured that I've got the composition off and I need to rework the large piece, as in gesso over the darn thing and start again. I was working from two photos of the same otter, and it just doesn't work for me to do that. I couldn't get the anatomy to agree. So in frustration I started out on a much smaller panel to see if I could sketch the otter better. I love those long lines and curves and sweeping movements of the body flowing through the water and the big version was skewed in a way that it wasn't fun to look at. I printed out my photo and did a simple grid and gridded my panel as well, and was able to get the composition to feel much more rhythmic. PLUS I didn't have any surface water appearing in the first version- notice the top right area in the smaller piece...
Now I much prefer the smaller version over the larger, and will be redoing the big one.
Whew!
11x14 acrylic on panel, click HERE for purchase info- $315 unframed
This is the larger version... terrible photo but you get the idea of the composition. Crazy, ay?
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