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Painting a Zebra From Scratch

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Cherie Roe Dirksen

Come Be a Fly on my Studio Wall

Here’s a pictorial blog following me creating one of my ‘close up’ zebra paintings. This has been done with acrylics.

1) It starts off with a permanent black marker pen on canvas:

2) Then I add the lighter colour first in between the stripes:

3) Then comes the black stripes:

4) The stripes are finished but the eyes still need to be done:

5) Now the eyes are done and the finer details are taken care of:

6) I felt there was still something missing from this painting so I experimented with a blue wash. I liked the blue tone so much that I did about 2-3 watered down blue washes — I think it gives the painting an air of mystery and intrigue. It really pops now:

The original was sold at the beginning of 2013 but I have prints available (click on the picture below to take you to the store):

Blue Zebra — Cherie Roe Dirksen

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business website development on March 20, 2013 at 11:43 pm said:

Thanks, awesome article!

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- Cherie Roe Dirksen on March 21, 2013 at 11:53 am said:
  
  Thanks for having a look! 😉
  
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Anonymous on January 11, 2013 at 10:28 pm said:

So beautiful! Thank you for sharing:) you are so talented!

Rebecca.

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- Cherie Roe Dirksen on January 13, 2013 at 3:18 pm said:
  
  So glad you liked it. Thank you, Rebecca 🙂 xxx
  
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jonathanhilton on January 8, 2013 at 6:24 pm said:

Reblogged this on Jonathan Hilton.

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- Cherie Roe Dirksen on January 8, 2013 at 6:38 pm said:
  
  Thanks for reblogging too! 😉
  
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jonathanhilton on January 8, 2013 at 6:23 pm said:

They say that a leopard can’t change his spots and a zebra can’t change their stripes. What a great painting you have created. You are so talented. Amazing.

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- Cherie Roe Dirksen on January 8, 2013 at 6:38 pm said:
  
  Thanks for your feedback, Jonathan, it’s so appreciated. 🙂
  
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MaryB on January 8, 2013 at 4:44 pm said:

I love the zebra and the blue wash! Thank you for sharing!

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- Cherie Roe Dirksen on January 8, 2013 at 6:37 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Mary 🙂 So glad you like it! xxx
  
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Anonymous on January 8, 2013 at 12:42 pm said:

I love these pictorial blogs. Thanks for sharing! Love Lucille x

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- Cherie Roe Dirksen on January 8, 2013 at 1:33 pm said:
  
  Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Thanks, Lucille xxx
  
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