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Paradise (painting)

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Update Feb 2015: I decided to revisit this piece and repainted much of the background. It was only two years old, but I can't believe how sloppy the beach was before I got back to work on it. :giggle: Backgrounds are definitely what I've improved most on these past few years. I rather enjoyed painting a detailed landscape, actually. I might do another landscape-focused piece sometime.

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At long last, here it is. Paradise is complete. Started this back in September and have been working on it very sporadically since. Did the horse in PS Elements 5 (as that was before my upgrade) and the background in CS2. I think I had a plan to finish the whole thing in December, but it got sidelined because of other projects. Took me a little while to find the right ref for the background too - that scenic, idyllic beach that I had in mind. But around February I came back to this, found my ref, and started painting again. I wanted to challenge myself in terms of the scale of the background - normally, the horse is the biggest thing in my art, with a bit of filler. Here I tried to shift the focus a bit, and I think it's the first time I spent longer on the background than the subject. :XD: Took a bit longer than usual as I was working on several other paintings at the same time, but I'm happy with how it turned out, overall. There was going to be another palm tree but I kinda ran out of steam. :XD:

No textures or special brushes used - everything is hand-painted.
CS2 and Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet
23 layers

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SunshineElite's avatar
What is your secret that you can draw Horses in such an amazing way???!!!