Polar Bear for Maddy by Derek Snowdon

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Lovely piece Derek.

Posted by Henry Martin on Wed 08 Feb 15:39:43

It's a super piece Derek and his surroundings look positively freezing!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 08 Feb 15:43:54

Lovely shadow work with a nice mixture of colours defining tones. Excellent.

Posted by andre mulard on Wed 08 Feb 16:11:16

Lovely naturalistic piece Derek with lovely texture of the surface

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Wed 08 Feb 16:41:28

Your grand daughter will love this Derek..

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Wed 08 Feb 17:00:26

This has worked out very well Derek!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Wed 08 Feb 17:13:43

I normally not keen on animal type paintings but your polar bear I love. He's got strength, movement and character!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Wed 08 Feb 17:27:27

Well done derek. Thee lifted paw give that sense of movement.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Wed 08 Feb 17:46:13

If I were Maddy I would be delighted. Excellent.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 08 Feb 18:28:44

Skillfuly!

Posted by Juris Libeks on Wed 08 Feb 18:49:50

Nice work Derek indeed.

Posted by Jim Morris on Wed 08 Feb 19:28:32

I've enjoyed reading your w.i.p. Derek. I'm sure a certain young lady will be pleased as punch to receive such a lovely painting.

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Wed 08 Feb 19:36:02

Lovely work Derek, love the way you have done the bear getting the textures.

Posted by David Johns on Wed 08 Feb 19:48:19

I like it Derek.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 09 Feb 07:31:13

Nice painting Derek beautiful animal.

Posted by dennis roberts on Thu 09 Feb 07:41:13

Thank you all so much for lovely comments. I hope she will like it, as still unsure whether she was thinking of a cuddly images knowing her.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Thu 09 Feb 11:53:09

Love the composition and strong blues, Derek - feel cold just looking at it!

Posted by Jenny Harris on Fri 10 Feb 08:41:59

Hang on Studio Wall

08/02/2017

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Completed today. The bear was easy once I'd corrected and tweaked the surrounds. I have beefed up some of its tones and shadows to enhance the whites. The tooth of the bloack canvas was very useful in smearing the subtle colours with my fingers and getting the slight changes of texture and shadows on the fur.

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Derek Snowdon

Eleventyeight as my hashing pals called my new age recently, it's supposed to sound better. Trying to paint every day in acrylics using only expired credit/debit cards, and partially succeeding as they're only for me and not show these days.

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