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Title: Neptune's horses
Post by: errant49 on May 01, 2019, 12:30:32 PM

A huge figure I started two months ago and left aside because I did not know how to paint it
I did not want to make the same as Walter Crane with only white horses
After a while I found a picture of an antic mosaïc which inspired me
Here is the result
Eric

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Post by: Hannibal on May 01, 2019, 12:46:47 PM

excellent idea !!
Only the white background seems too hard as contrast , which re-enforce the darkness of the painting and f Neptune

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Post by: Erich on May 01, 2019, 01:59:36 PM

very impressive paintwork - like it very much




Erich

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Post by: johnr on May 01, 2019, 03:20:01 PM

Very nice Eric, I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to paint. Well done.

John

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Post by: Christoph on May 02, 2019, 12:36:30 AM

Very nice Eric!

Christoph

Title: Re: Neptune's horses
Post by: errant49 on May 02, 2019, 03:45:32 AM

Daniel Canet made a very relevant remark : Neptune looks too "human"
He is right and that makes a lack of consistency
So I rectified to give Neptune a more "fish like" looking
Eric

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Post by: Hannibal on May 02, 2019, 05:16:38 AM

It would make a fantastic large bronze statue in front of Versailles Palace, or perhaps Buckingham, or the Caserte palace near Napoli!

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Post by: Christoph on May 02, 2019, 06:31:28 AM

This is even better!

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Post by: PJDeluhery on May 02, 2019, 10:33:43 AM

I agree, a good improvement.