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A Song for Athena by *Elfin-Grrl:iconElfin-Grrl:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Fantasy

©2009 *Elfin-Grrl
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Artist's Comments

This is a commissioned piece, way overdue! Started about a year ago! Luckily it's for a family member!
Working my way through the backlog and getting excited about new work....

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 80cm x 60cm (I think)

Lots of thank yous for this one,
To Marcus (mjranum) for fabulous athena stock! :iconmjranum-stock:
and to Amber G for being so great infront of the camera

Thank you to Andy for inspiring me with his owl photography [link]


and to Kev Lewis :iconkevlewis: for letting me use his Swan photography as reference.

(sounds like an Oscar acceptance speech!)

Sorry it took so long! (the painting not the thank yous) :laughing:

Comments


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*Terrauh May 2, 2009, 8:57:27 AM
Wow, it's really beautiful! :) worth the time it took to finish :D

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*Veiz May 2, 2009, 9:30:55 AM
Really beautiful! A great painting indeed!:iconpounceglomp::iconrosablu:
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~desinca May 2, 2009, 9:44:47 AM
very beautibul painting
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~Kaelycea May 2, 2009, 10:10:25 AM
Nicely composed, and I love the effect of the swan's wings over the figure.
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*samjo989 May 2, 2009, 10:32:55 AM
Oh you genius of all things transparent! The swan looks fantastic. How oh how do you do it? Was the swan acrylic on an oil base? (I don't know anything about acrylic or oil paints really, but that's the only thing I could think of.) And I love the earthy imagery you often incorporate into your paintings. I guess you have lots of inspiration for that, living as you do in a wood =P

Can I just say again how much I am in awe of the way you paint skin tones? Those deftly applied hints of blue and purple add so much realism and depth.

You rock! =)

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~Scarlett-of-Bohemia May 2, 2009, 10:37:00 AM
Your work is so amazing.

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*Merlin111 May 2, 2009, 1:57:16 PM
Beautiful work. I love how you do transparencies.
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Mood: Joy *skycladarts May 2, 2009, 2:00:48 PM
truly lovely interpretation :)

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~JuujunIdatenWolf May 2, 2009, 2:30:29 PM
Very lovely interpretation. I love it. Beautifully done.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." - Albert Einstein
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=sesfitts May 2, 2009, 3:17:45 PM
Wonderful! I really like how you handled the swan. Well done!
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