Gemsbok

My Christmas gift to myself was painting this gemsbok that seemed to paint itself. I wish they all went together so well! The photo for this was a free stock photo taken by Andre Moritz on Dreamstime.com:

With so many excellent quality images on Dreamstime I should never run out of reference for any subject, some are only a few $$$ for the license. Since I am currently into close up crops I came up with something I liked for it's design properties, paying attention to the negative spaces.

 

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