Red Eyed Tree Frog - Red Series

My first red eyed tree frog painting (on the right hand side) and my latest frog - on the left.

red eyed tree frogs - acrylic paintings 80x100cm

If you would like to see the developmental stages of these pics, click on the label RED SERIES at the bottom of this post.



I painted over the mitre leaf in the painting on the left and changed the head of the frog from the 'camel humps' of the right to one 'hump' on the left.

So, lets have a vote on which frog painting you prefer - left or right? ...
Funny thing too about photographing my art - it never seems to be a 'true' reflection of the original...


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Red Eyed Tree Frog - FINAL Experiment - Acrylic on streched canvas 100x80cm

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This is the final pic of the painting, "Red Eyed Tree Frog - Art Expression - Peter M" before it sold.
I touched up where necessary and defined the highlights.

Now I can focus on finishing the two other big frog paintings. . .

Red Eyed Tree Frog - Experiment 4a - Acrylic on streched canvas 100x80cm

A new camera and a few more brush strokes equals this result of my painting. "Red Eyed Tree Frog ".
I'm beginning to wonder if this will ever get finished. I've set my goal to complete it by the first week of August and have it up on TradeMe or E-bay within days after that.
Now I'll get to see just what people really think about paying for and putting a large bright painting on their wall...
All I really have left to do is tidy up the "black" areas and give a bit more attention to the mouth and leaves.



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Red Eyed Tree Frog - Experiment 4 - Acrylic on streched canvas 100x80cm

Red Eye Tree Frog - Having painted the eyes and given definition to the foliage, this semi final update is the result. I painted the body of the frog and face using a stipple effect. Then I used long flowing brush strokes to give a smoother texture to the leaves. All that remains to do now is to paint in the white highlights and solidify the background 'black' shapes. I'm still in two minds about the 'Bishop's cap' sticking out of the head. This may or may not be removed by the time the final pic is presented.

Our precious digital camera got dropped by me so until it is replaced I have to revert to using my cell phone to take pics - hence the lack of detail in this photo...


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Red Eyed Tree Frog - Experiment 3 - Acrylic on streched canvas 100x80cm

Red Eye Tree Frog - painting in the eyes was my next task, and since I was painting in shades of red - and in the mood to continue, I started to put a little more definition on the leaves. I chose red over green because I'm not that good at mixing greens in acrylic yet, and because the underbelly of the frog had to be a reflection of the foliage. This is artistic licence since the real frog has a white underbelly... Standing back and looking at the picture - I'm not too sure about the leaf sticking out of its head like a Bishops cap... Anyone want to add a suggestion?


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Red Eyed Tree Frog - Acrylic on streched canvas 100x80cm

Red Eye Tree Frog - today I painted the background yellow, and all the "black" areas with Phthalo Blue.
The areas which show shading have been 'dry-brushed' with grey.
I painted the final highlight bits in white already to keep the spaces as a reference point for when I finish the painting.

tomorrow I will be painting the eyes as they will be the focal point...



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Red Eyed Tree Frog - Acrylic on stretched canvas 100 by 80cm

Red Eye Tree Frog - This is my latest venture in Acrylic painting. I
t is a streched canvas, 1metre by 80cm, of a red-eyed-tree-frog.

The original was from a photo taken at Sun City in South Africa and scanned onto an overhead, then 'beamed' onto my canvas whilst I 'traced' around the image.

I will be posting pics of my painting progress here in various stages until the finished work is accomplished.



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