Flower the Mule Deer

At last, my digital painting of Flower the Mule Deer is complete.  It took longer than planned because of too many other projects that needed attention.  I painted this beautiful buck from a photo that I took in my back yard. I had planted a large wildflower garden and the deer spent a good part of the fall gobbling up everything edible in preparation for the winter famine.  They aren't as hungry in the summer so we enjoyed the flowers for a long time before they became wildlife fodder.

Flower had beautiful antlers, five points on each, but they take up a lot of space in a painting or photo.  I chose to focus on his beautiful face.  I spent quite awhile sitting at the edge of the garden, very close to him, admiring his lovely markings.  I hope he comes back to visit next year.

Flower the Mule Deer

Foiled!

Yesterday I was planning to finish "Flower" the Mule Deer, but my Wacom pen gave up the ghost.  I have ordered a new one, but it will be a week or more before it arrives.  The old one works a little bit, but is causing so much frustration that I have decided to work on some other creative activities until my new pen arrives.

"Flower" - How he got his name.

Stay tuned.  I will finish him as soon as I can.

Back to the Mule Deer

I have been remiss about maintaining this blog.  The holidays have passed and I have still been too busy to paint, but finally picked up the virtual paintbrush and worked on Flower the mule deer.  These deer are appropriately named for their huge, mule-like ears and I find them fascinating.  I had never noticed that those ears are very hairy.  It took a couple of hours to finish painting one ear, and I thought you might be interested in seeing it.

Ear of a mule deer.

One more ear to go and then he will be finished.  Stay tuned.

Back to Painting

I am currently working on a beautiful mule deer buck that frequented our yard with a few lady friends in the last few weeks.  I got stopped by life-type responsibilities and the breakdown of my Wacom pen.  I got the new nibs in due time, adjusted the sensitivity of the pen and am now ready to paint again.  I am eager to show you the results, but it is just not ready yet.  I will put him on the website as soon as I am finished.  Thanks for dropping by.