Bali Painting Lesson

by Miss Boss on Aug.13, 2009, under Bali Art Village

My Very First Painting.

With the courtesy of Mr. Man Rukmana, I get to do my very first painting. Yay!!! Suuperrr Excited.

It’s gonna be a Blue Zebra. Cool!!! Because I’m an amateur, I cheated a bit (ehem…. a lot!!!).

Man drew the overall shape of the zebra for me with a pencil. And that made it so much easier. It was a peace of cake at first; I just need to separate the stripes, paint some black and leave some blank.

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Painting Lesson

The tricky part is when I start painting the blue stripes. I’d have to mix it with some white to create a nice gradient from an imaginary light source to make the zebra look alive. Ooh……. That wasn’t easy. But, knowing how “talented” I am (with lots of guidance from Man of course), in about a week it is finally done. Sweet….

I didn’t actually want to stop, I didn’t think it was perfect, but man says: “Stop already, that’s good enough”!!! Hehehehe…. gotta listen to what master says.

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Man Rukmana and my painting

He actually kinda “forced” me to stop because I was so obsessed with that “gradients” and was stressed out and… he was scared I guess…. It’s like I’m possessed.

It’s so easy to use “photoshop” to create such gradients. But with hands… oh my…

And the hardest part of this painting is to paint the nose, the moustache, the eye and eyelashes. Urghh… it’s hard to really paint the eye “alive”. Even Billy, Man’s son (who is also a talented painter) tried many many times but failed to follow what his dad can do.

In the end…. When we gave up, Man painted our zebra’s eyes. He did it just once and it’s perfect. Shooshh….. (That’s what 35years of painting experience does).

Bravo…. Man, and me. Yay!!!! My Zebra. Thanks buddy. I lurrrvvveee it.

zebra painting

Zebra Painting

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© Man Rukmana 2009.

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