Recently I have had great luck using toys of animals as models for paintings. Some toy companies take great pains to make realistic figurines of wildlife to educate children. I have only picked up a few of these toys so far, but I see myself collecting more of them in the future to aid me in adding animals to my paintings.
I have shown you before how I utilized photographs in combination with a small orca toy for my study of
Tillikum.
More recently, I picked up a cow toy at my local arts and crafts store to include in my Morrigan triptych. I ended up looking to classic iconography to design the cow's head, but the toy was invaluable in getting the legs and hooves right and in proportion.
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| Morrigan with White Heifer by Sara Star |
I think I will keep it on a picture by picture basis rather than stocking up on toys ahead of time. However, I am going to keep animal toys in my arsenal of painting tools.
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