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Free Willy! That was the comment when I said I wanted to paint an orca. I pondered the iconic movie poster as an inspiration but settled for focusing on the orca. Or an<\/strong> orca, as it’s not exactly “Willy” himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a continuation of the watery challenge mentioned in an earlier post<\/a>. Still, instead of staying underwater, I went with a creature that stays primarily submerged in water, breaking the surface to breathe, or to have fun. And as I revealed already in the first paragraph, the creature is an orca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s my largest finished painting so far, 65×90 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And I really wanted to challenge myself, by using the largest canvas I have. Well, an orca may not be the most difficult subject to paint being black and white, but then again shadows and highlights are essential not to make it look flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blocking in the colours was quick, but then there were the details. While this isn’t a realistic style painting, adding details to the painting still takes time, at least for me. I’m sure it’ll get easier and faster with experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I look at it now, I see all the things I could do differently or better, but I still got nice responses from people who like it. This just goes to show yet again: There’s no one more critical of my work than myself. Maybe this was what Leonardo da Vinci had in mind when he said “A painting is never finished, only abandoned.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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