Thursday, October 3, 2019

Painting at Dublin's Dead Zoo



I visit the "Dead Zoo" (also known as the National Museum of Ireland, Natural History) to paint the skeleton of a hippo in watercolor and gouache. (Link to video YouTube).

4 comments:

  1. Very much like the “whittling it out of wood” phrase for your painting process of working from large forms to small details. Useful, easily-remembered analogy.

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  2. I had heard that stat about hippos, but it really hit home after hearing a recounting of a harrowing tale of an attack. They are no joke. That skull looks prehistoric! Great sketch. I love the graphic black outline with the modeled elements.

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  4. Lovely hippo! I've got a skull cast of an Estemmenosuchus mirabilis and it always reminds me of a hippo skull.

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