I just started sketching out a cougar, as you can see in the photo. I’ll be painting in the Moose Horn Gallery during our show, so this piece will be the in-progress painting that I will be working on. The cougar in this piece is from a rescue facility for wild animals that were ‘pets’ and were mistreated and/or could no longer be cared for by their owners.
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April 5th, 2008 at 12:33 am
cool!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Thanks, Khim!
Best,
Rebecca
June 24th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I like your drawing. I know how to draw too ,but you’re better than me. I would like to draw as good as you do.
September 1st, 2008 at 3:35 am
i want to be a painter like you.uoy are great painter.
September 1st, 2008 at 3:40 am
i want to be a painter.will you tell me the trick how to be?
September 16th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
@Joe – Thanks. It takes a lot of practice. I’m sure that if you put the time in you will be just great.
Thanks for stopping by.
@Tosif – Thank you. There isn’t really a ‘trick’ to being good at something…it’s really just a lot of hard work. When I got started, I did something art related every time I had a spare moment…even working late to the early am hours and I could squeeze in on the weekends to make some extra paintings. It was constant, but it also gave me a *lot* of knowledge that I would never have had otherwise.
Now, I work all of the time, too…and keep trying to develop myself as an artist. There are so many great artists, old masters and masters of today (some of which I’ve studied with), that I look up to to grow my technique and methods to create better paintings. But really, I think that having so many things to learn and directions to take your art is what keeps you energized about your own work…you wouldn’t want it to get stale…
August 25th, 2009 at 2:15 am
hello i know the basic steps. but i dont know. how to draw a cougar like yours could u send me pics of a starter and step by step pictures please
September 6th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
It really just comes with practice and observing your subject….being very conscious of all of the subtle changes in line and value. You might find it a little helpful to go to a drawing class…If there is an Atelier or school for classical drawing somewhere near where you live.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
hey, I was just wondering if you take pictures of what you are going to draw and then draw it or do you just do it from memory? I love all of your drawings and paintings!!! I want to be as great as you!!! I just have a hard time with the details in the pictures i try to draw…