Moose Spirit - Animal Artists Collective - watercolor illustration
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2024
- For the theme of Wetlands I am painting a Moose (Eurasian Elk) as a forest protector assisting Leshy, the guardian of the forest in Slavic mythology.
Do you want to buy this painting and contribute to a good cause? 50% of the profit from selling this painting will be donated to the Polish division of the "World Wildlife Fund - WWF" - www.wwf.pl/ - / wwfpolska
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Materials used:
Arches 300g hot pressed watercolor paper
Hahnemuhle Bamboo Mixed Media paper
Thick vellum in yellow and green
Watercolors: • My New Watercolor Set!
Colored Pencils: Arteza, Derwent drawing and colorsoft
Molotow water brushes
Uni-Ball Signo broad gel pen in white
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Lovely artwork! I love the layering in actual layers! ;-) As to the moose and elk discussion: Here is a good article on the European elk naturetravels.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/what%E2%80%99s-the-difference-between-a-moose-and-an-elk/ In another article I read that the American elk, which is a large deer, is very shy and that even the wild moose are not running from humans. That's quite amazing to me. Imagine meeting up with one of these gentle giants!
Thank you so much for the article! It was so interesting! I'm going to pin this comment so that everyone can see it :)
I would love to see the moose in Poland! As you've said, they seem to be quite happy to see humans or maybe just mildly interested xD They definitely don't run away, which I find fascinating. Perhaps we are not wolf-shaped enough for them to get scared :P
Hahaha! Most of us are definitely not wolf shaped! I think that is the answer! The down side being, that moose get killed for being mistaken for elks in the US. At least this is what I read in another article. :-(
My 4 and 5 year old nieces insisted they watched the whole video with me on the TV because this was just way too cool for a mobile screen. I agreed with them! Whimsy and bliss captured so creatively.
Aww, that is so sweet! Please say hi to your nieces for me and tell them that they made my morning really happy
Love your spirit moose. I love the way you layer this paintings.
Those layered pieces suit so well into you art style! Love it!
I'm so glad you think so! I'm definitely going to do regular flat illustrations too, but this is so much fun to experiment with :D
I love your work, but really enjoyed this mixed media work of art. Gorgeous!!!!
Thank you so much! It's fun to try something different once in a while. It keeps things fresh :D
This one is more true to who you are and I love your little stories and folklore additives and the layering of the back and foregrounds - - -just a delight. Thank you for sharing Anitia.
I'm glad you think so! I feel like this piece is such a throwback to my art from 2014 and the beginning of this channel when everything was about magic and details xD
I love your story behind the painting. this is so lovely. You did a great job of educating us about moose in a casual style. Thanks
Hahaha, I tried my best, but I still have a long way to go! There was so much more I wanted to talk about xD
Unimoose! Genius!! 😆😀👍🏾
Hahahaha, I imagine Unimoose to be a slightly derpy Unicorn xD
Anita Gadzińska His clumsy, slightly inept, yet loveable, cousin 😄
Love this one!! Here in Sweden moose is call king of the forset. :D
Really? That's amazing! I can absolutely see why, though. They might act a little clumsy while going through muddy marshes, but their size and antlers are striking!
Anita Gadzińska yes! Here they live everywhere not just in the waterlands. It is really normal to see them too. German People travel alot to sweden for all the moose 👍 😊
I've seen a moose once. I was walking our dog on a hill in Central Finland (at our summer cottage) and suddenly I heard something from the bushes and this huge moose came out and ran across the sand road and into the forest on the other side. Me and the dog both just stood and stared.
Your painting looks so cool, when it's assembled together! Love the texture on the trees and the little islands the trees stand on. :)
Wow, such a magical encounter! When you think about it, it's just an animal of course, but we are not used to seeing them often, so it's magical :D
Yeah, and a bit scary, too, since they're so big. :D
Anita you have outdone yourself! This is so incredible. I loved every second of watching this come together. I love how with this series you step out of your comfort zone a bit and yet stick to your own style. It works perfectly.
Awww, thank you very much
OMG! I absolutely love your creation. You are a great artist. Could we see more like this? Thanks for sharing your art.
Aww, thank you so much! Yes, I will be making more for sure xD
Your layered work are my favourites, keep them coming Anita
I will! Thank you for the support
Oh my goodness.
This is the most amazingly beautiful and magical piece ever. ^^
I loved your entire commentary. It made me smile and laugh just because of how incredibly sweet and effervescent it was. It really brightened up my whole day. :D
I look forward to seeing what you do next. ^^
Awww, I'm so glad to hear that it made you happy >< Thank you so much for telling me, it keeps me all warm and fuzzy and motivated :D I'm already making more layered pieces
Ahhh, so satisfying to watch, and such an interesting story behind it too! I am totally loving these layered pieces! 😍
It makes me so happy
Truly magical! So beautiful!!!
Thank you!!
Amazing layer illustrations!!! Delightful!
Thank you
Great job Anita! That was so creative and well done!
Thank you very much
I love this layered piece, it's gorgeous. I love it's story and also the way you've rendered the trees!
It was definitely a challenge, but it turned out well and now I'm excited to make more :D
Absolutely love it!
Thank you
I loved this, paiting with layers
Love this! I cant wait to try this layering I feel so inspired by this video. This will be a new and amazing way to developer the next level of my work!
Hahaha, good luck!!
I love this layered watercolour. You are so creative.
Hahaha, thank you! They are so much fun
This is f'ing magical!! So so so beautiful!
Aww, thank you very very much >
Amazingly beautiful!
Thank you!
I’m super duper late but I love every single thing about this! It’s so beautiful! I also love hearing about your artistic journey as seeing how these prices are pushing you to do new things. It is so nice to hear. Also I thought elk were a different animal! Who lied to me?!
Hahaha, they are a different animal in America. In Europe, they seem to be called the same xD
I love it!!! It's nothing too ordinary and your very own approach to illustration. Please keep creating those layered pieces! :D I very much enjoy wathing them evolve in your videos. :)
Hahaha, this is a journey of style discovery for sure xD I will keep them coming! Thank you for watching
I love your layered illustrations! you inspire me to make some! I already do collage a lot,but I don't necessarily try to give it depth and now I have to! I already am so interested in scrapbooking and watch a lot of those videos... you did a great job!
So amazing!! I love this artwork!! Xx
Yay! Thank you for watching
Soooo.... I may already have some sketches of a unimoose :p hahaha You know I love moose, and I was toying with the idea for my Color Spotlight episode for burnt umber! We shall see. Funnily enough, reindeer are actually REALLY small compared to elk and moose. I was stunned the first time I saw one in person! Anyway, this is another stunning piece Anita! Thanks so much for continuing to grace us with your pieces!
Unimoose!! xD I can't wait to see it! I would love to see moose painted by you because I feel like when you paint you really SEE the animal (if you know what I mean, it's hard to explain) and it's something that I still struggle with. I would love to see the real moose. We are planning a trip to Poland soon and I'm trying to squeeze in some moose "hunting" because it seems that fall and winter months are the best time to see them in the Biebrza National Park.
so so beautiful! You are inspiring
this so magical , it reminded me of your weekly challenge , loved it very much
Right? It really threw me back to 2016's 52-week challenge! Much more manageable, though, because it's bi-monthly instead of weekly. I don't think I would be able to make a piece like this every week.
Omg if I could afford it right now, I'd totally buy this piece! It's just amazing! I'm definitely waiting for those prints!! ☺
Aww, thank you for the support >< I still have to watch your AAC video, I keep forgetting! I'm sorry!! >
No problem, you have all the time in the world to watch it ☺ I just love your art style so so much! It sort of makes me believe in Magic in a way ☺
Oh my gosh! I can't say enough how much I love how your whimsical mind works! I LOVE the more 3D layered pieces you have been doing and I love that we have a bit more of a mixed media take this month and in the collective in general. This is so dreamy 💓💓💓
Aww, thank you, Jennifer! The collective really helps me grow! Being responsible in front of so many great artists really makes you want to go above and beyond xD
How amazing🤗!
Awesome piece
Stunning x
Thank you very much
OHHH so a moose and an Elk are the same!! O_O ohhhhhh hey! I just learned something new xD thank you Anita! ♥_♥ loved your art and videos and the new collective it's amazing!!
No they're different lol. It was just the name
Yup, in America Elk is something different from a Moose (like a bigger deer), but in Europe and Asia, Elk is Moose. But they are both... Alces Alces xD
lol xDD thank you
😍😍 I love this guy! Didn’t realise moose were so large 😱 I love that you’ve painted your interpretation...so whimsical
I love how many things we learn from these videos! Not only from others but also from the research I did on my own. I love it xD
So amazing! I love this so much :)
Thank you very much
Anita! I love it so much!! I've been doing layered pieces too, so seeing you doing them is such a happy thing for me 💙💙
They are so much fun! It kind of reminds me of a theatre scene instead of a regular painting xD
Anita Gadzińska Yes! Storytelling without words!
This is amazing!
Thank you very much
Wow Anita! 😃 This is fantastic. Everything about this piece just really came together. I do love that you include a story with the pieces. I realky wish my brain would relax about doing illustrations every now & again. That detail side of my brain just kicks in and says nope you are doing it wrong. 😉 I'm working on a way to do both. Beautiful job, Anita... thanks for sharing! 🤗
It's really hard to let go of that detailed, more technical side of the brain, isn't it? I'm actively trying to loosen up my art, but very often I have to remind myself, saying it aloud, "don't overthink, just trust yourself and paint". I'm seeing real improvement in the last couple of months and painting doesn't stress me out so much anymore xD I loved that you've included some legends and folklore in your video. I still think about it >
I love how fun this piece is and the story it tells! Your layered pieces are amazing, Anita :D
Yay! Thank you, Eve >
Meraviglioso 😍
Thank you very much
beautiful work!
Thank you!!
beautiful Anita
So very beautiful and cute! I love your style and it is very good that you did not change it for more "realism". It is also so very enjoyable to listen to your legend/folklore explanation for your art piece. I love as well folklore/legends. And I love your art! : )
Aww, thank you very much >< I find it really hard sometimes to stay true to my own style, but I'm also glad that I did it xD
Warstwowe akwarele - genialny pomysl! Nigdy bym na to nie wpadla. Bardzo podobaja mi sie Twoje pomysly. Pozdrowienia z Polski :-)
Dziękuję ślicznie! Strasznie mi sie podoba "Layered watercolors" w wersji polskiej. Zawsze myślę o malowaniu po angielsku, więc teraz mam też nazwę polską :D Pozdrawiam!
Właściwie "warstwowe akwarele" to też nie do końca poprawna nazwa, ponieważ akwarele same w sobie są warstwowe ;-) Może lepiej "trójwymiarowe" albo "wycinankowe" albo "scrapbookingowe" - o przepraszam - to już nie polskie słowo ;D
wyklejankowe :-)
Oh, very nice!
Thank you!
Beautiful as always 😍
Thank you so much, dear
I’m so excited to be in this radical and totally righteous team!! ❤️ ❤️ everyone is so amazing and welcoming and delightful. Truly, this has been a wonderful adventure.
Your moose reminds me a bit of the forest spirit from Princess Mononoke and that makes me love it even more. ❤️ I think we both have the same problem where we love animals, but are inspired by making them wacky or magical. I’m delighted to have a cartoony and illustrative companion in this collective. =^.^=
Love love LOVE all your layering, and I’m so glad you’re exploring this style more lately because it’s so cool and really adds dimension to the piece in a clever way.
I was thinking about the Forest God from Mononoke as well, especially when I'm adding those swirly antlers to the ghost. I mean, no wonder. I worship Ghibli and Miyazaki's creations xD
And I agree completely! We are balancing the hyper-realism in the name of animal conservation!!! For me, it's the shape, color, and magic in the animals what inspires me. I think if I lived a couple of hundred years ago I would be that weird lady that lives in the forest, talks to animals and ends up burnt at a stake eventually even though she's not a witch, she just tried to convince the neighbors that the deer in her forest are really undercover elves. Yup.
Very nice xx
Thank you
Love this Anita 😊 have you ever watched Song of the Sea? It reminds me of it a little bit, their studio style 😊
I did! It such a lovely movie! I love their style, so I'm sure in a lot of ways it affects me, same as Studio Ghibli :D
jak zwykle super ^^
Dziękuję :D
wunderful
Thank you!
Pięknie!!! 😍😍
Dziękuję ślicznie
Love!!
Yay! Thank you
Wonderful!
Thank you!
Um, we have elk too. Moose and elk are 2 different species. My uncle was obsessed on the differences. Europe uses elk for moose and wapiti for the elk. (Wapiti is said to be due to a mistake in naming.) Europe also considers the US elk red deer (same species).
Leshy is said to be surrounded by wolves or bears from what I recall. He was originally thought to dispose of those adults in his forest. (Both the godlike concept and the multiple spirits called Leshy more like fairies in concept.) It was also said he abducted the children that came into his forest. (I focused more on Leshachikha who can shift in the Slavic tales since I tend to name things after mythological women, so the Leshy side is far more limited in my knowledge.) But most cultures have a variant of spirit animals or shifters that protect nature since that was a societal/religious construct to keep people believing there is a life altering, spiritual consequence to destroying what they needed to survive since people tend to be horrible about remembering self preservation comes heavily from nature's providing all they truly need.
Um, we (in Europe, as I'm European) consider Moose and Elk to be the same. Both names are used for the same animal as far as I know. That's why I said it was funny, because in America Moose and Elk are different animals. Different types of moose will differ, of course, but this is not a biology class but an art video :)
And yes, you are right about Leshy as well. The original didn't fit my idea, though. That's why I love art. I can change anything I want to fit the story in my painting~
An elk and a Moose is not the same thing, they are from the same family species but they are different animal with their own behavior, but it's like saying nile crocodile and american crocodile are the same.
I meant that in America it's called Moose while in Europe and Asia, the same animal is called Elk, while in America elk is something completely different. So this particular moose I'm painting is a subspecies of moose, actually called Eurasian Elk :)
Like it? I LOVE IT
Yay! I'm happy to hear that :D
Oh first i didnt realize wow
Hahaha xD Thank you for this quick support :P
Anita Gadzińska ur welcome beatiful💛
Save da moose! Giggles
Hahaha, yeah xD
Moose and deer are related I think.
They are indeed! Moose, deer, and reindeer as well :)
I love your layered illustrations! you inspire me to make some! I already do collage a lot,but I don't necessarily try to give it depth and now I have to! I already am so interested in scrapbooking and watch a lot of those videos... you did a great job!
I love your layered illustrations! you inspire me to make some! I already do collage a lot,but I don't necessarily try to give it depth and now I have to! I already am so interested in scrapbooking and watch a lot of those videos... you did a great job!