Different Cheetah Painting Techniques

Cheetah Painting:

The Cheetah is in no doubt on of the most graceful of all the big cats, and their sleekness and agility of speed has captured many artists thought time.

The cheetah was not been painted by artists in Europe many years ago as much as they are now for a reason. With travel being what it is now, you can go anywhere in a rather short time span to see these exotic animals in their natural habitat.

And as places in Europe were not naturally inhabitant by these big cats, there was not allot of reference for artist to go by. And lets face it, its better to be able to see an animal in real live so that we can see how they move and interact  to be able to portray them best.

We have television to see how they move these days, though it is not exactly the same as seeing them in real life. But we do have zoos where most animals thought the world are housed. So their not that far away from us, where in Europe a few hundred years ago, there was not the opportunity.

Painting Courtesy: Vendela Stevens

So lets have a look at some different portrayals of the cheetah in different styles, and seen through different eyes of the individual artist.

Here is a lovely cheetah painting, where the artist has captured the look of the cheetah so well, you could almost know what the cheetah is thinking.

And that's a real bonus if an artist can achieve this, and something that should be strived for if you are going to do fine art. Notice the clarity of the cheetahs eyes and how they are focused on something. This cheetah painting does not have great detail, and yet the eyes are very detailed.

"Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings" - George Tooker

And it works, this, you would say is breaking the rules in art  by attempting to incorporate two different styles; this can only be achieved by an artist who has learn't all the ground rules,  thus is able to break them. Something you can also do when you have enough experience.

Painting Courtesy: painted path

The lovely translucent colures of the watercolor paints.

How  watercolor paints have a certain charisma all to themselves. Not harsh in texture or color, yet their ability to blend and also stand out as with the long grass that the cheetah is sitting in.

So why do we go through so many different paintings, drawings and also sculptures, talking about different artists works. So many sites tell you how to do your art, but in order to learn  a deeper aspect, we also need to observe and see for ourselves how other artists have done their own art works.

This gives us an understanding how other artists have evolved in their individual careers, what may have influenced them to create the styles that they now do, and how each artist is different in the way they handle their mediums to other artists.

Painting Courtesy: Heidi_Knutsonfl

So we review, and we discuss.

In turn we also learn the more in-depth understanding of art through artists that span from all corners of the globe.

These cheetah paintings on this page for instance, are painting done from individual artists at different stages of their art careers, some might be professionals, while others might be dabbling in art as a hobby.

Look at this cheetah painting above, another example of interpretation of the cheetah seen through, yet another artist, even I can see the depth of technique that this artist has found through trying different techniques till they have found the style that best suits them.

Notice how the grass is not even drawn in, this artist has devised a technique that omits any outlines of the grass.

While not only by bringing the cheetah to the foreground with the light grasses at the back of the painting creating a wall like structure, she has also placed the cheetah back slightly in the painting by the clever use of deeper colored grass that she has painted in the foreground.

Did you notice this yourself?

Painting Courtesy: hoang son tung
And what about this close up cheetah painting.....  more basic in painting style, but the creation of  its fur like texture has a detailed quality to it.

More surreal in technique, this cheetah painting has overlapped into another style, two different styles incorporated into one.

Very clever, and the artist, knowing that they can do this and that it works. More than lightly this artist has learnt through trial end error in how these two styles can be painted just right to create such a painting as this.

The cheetahs eyes are dark, and the depth in the color alone, draws you in. All learnt by: study, time and experimentation through the years.

Looking through the window into other artists world, by studying their art work, only enriches other artists in how they might tackle their own art work. An endless window of inspiration and learning  of how different techniques can be used in so many different ways.

Its not that we are copying other artists by studying their art work, we are extending our minds to the possibilities to what can be done with our own art. We all learn of each other and the artists work that you see here have learnt from other artists work as well.

Observation is one big key to extending your own fields in art, and never feel that you can not find other ways of doing something in art. As art in not static in its development, and there are always different developments being found in the world of art. As you will also find with your own.

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