Painting an animal is tricky – the fur effect is not easy and the body shape has to come out right. The tree and background are from a book, but the koala is adapted from some pictures I had of our visit to Australia. The poses were different from this one, and I just had to adapt and do the best I could. It took longer than I thought as the koala just wouldn’t look right initially.
This could have come out much better if I’d had a picture with the same pose to refer to. Taught me just how important the preparations are in getting a painting right..!
9*12" study of koala on tree
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