Bright, bold and colourful, this impressionist digital oil painting is based on a photograph I took of Canola fields in full bloom north of Kojonup.
Canola out of Kojonup
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Impressionist digital oil painting created from my original photograph.
"Stars and Stripes" original painting by Michelle Wrighton
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Skipping Stones - Having Fun on the Blackwood
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Fire and Ice - Siamese Cat painting
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Bosco at the Beach - Labrador Painting
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William - Pet Cat Portrait painting
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There is nothing quite like the power and majesty of a Thoroughbred Race Horse, and this digital painting is the first in a series of Racing Paintings that I have planned (for both Standardbreds and Thoroughbred race horses). Thanks to photographer Cathy Sheeter for the wonderful reference photo.
Ready to Run Race Horse painitng by Michelle Wrighton
100% crop of Ready to Run detail
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"The Sentry" Meerkat Portrait painting by Michelle Wrighton
I created this digital painting fom a photograph that I took of one of the Meerkats at the zoo, but I thought he needed to be put back into the wild, so painted a more natural background environment for him to live in:) This is another one of the first digital smudge paintings that I did, but I had to leave it for a while as I had removed the background and couldn’t work out to put a layer in behind him. LOL in the end I just painted the background around him and then blended the edges of his fur in with the background. I know most digital artists get the most of the program they use by createing layers for each element that they paint, but I find it much easier just to paint from the background forwards, just like I do when painting with real paints on real canvas!
I have always loved Highland Cattle and finally have had a chance to paint one. This was the first painting that I completed in Corel Painter using my wacom graphics tablet and digital pen. I am amazed at how similar to real painting it is in regards to how the paintbrushes lay down and blend the paint!
Highland Cattle - Farm Animal Art Portrait
Kookaburra Australian native Bird painting
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