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"Neptune Rising" by Erika Schulz

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Neptune Rising by Erika Schulz


	This is an acrylic painting of the god Neptune. I used many japanese woodblock refrences for the water and classical Roman sculpture for Neptune himself. I like this idea of neptune being able to control the sea like his father Poseidon.

Date	Name	Comment
23 Oct 2002	Marlena Cannon	Loading... Beautiful watercolor work! It's fluid but very precise, almost compartment-alized at the same time (crisp detail of his arms, detail in waves). Did you use masking techniques? Erika Schulz replies: "I have changed the caption at the top to include the word acrylic. I seem to have tricked you all. I enjoy the effect of watercolours but not the limitations it puts on the size, vivacity of colour, and amount of money for supplies. "
23 Oct 2002	Anonymous	Loading... Well done,If they want their eyes squinty then let them do their art that way. Just keep doing what you are doing !!!
23 Oct 2002	Jessica	Loading... great
16 Nov 2002	Bjrowe	Loading... Wonderful colors!!
13 Feb 2003	Sophie-Joelle Dupont	Loading... Oh! You really did this one with acrylic??? You put water in the paint, didn't you? The texture is just too weird to be only acrylic!!!! Haaaaaaaaaaa come on, tell me your secret!!!! Erika Schulz replies: "A magician never reveals her secrets."
3 Jan 2004	Shannon C. Tagliareni <develynia@hot...com>	Loading... What a wonderfull style! At first glance I had guessed water colors but no! I really love the way you've blended colors. The detail is lovely as well but I really just adore the style so much. Fantastico! ^o^
24 Feb 2004	Claudia Patatas	Loading... This is stunningly incredible. Once again my jaw drops 6 feet below. ~Love the way you paint with acrylic and the way he emerges from those salty waters.
5 Oct 2005	Sylvia Do	Loading... This is really cool; it shows the god of the seas very well, with his control of tempests and whatnot. And in acrylics no less. (I hate using acrylics on canvas. )
28 Jul 2006	Joshua Pinkas	Loading... Yeah, I could see the Hokusai influence right away. Good job.
30 Jan 2009	Jeanette M Thomas	Loading... Beautiful and powerful. Best I have seen of the Sea God. Only possible error, what he is holding doesn’t look like a Trident. However, if I am not mistaken, Neptune was the name of the Roman version, Poseidon of the Greek. One was not father of the other, both were the same in different pantheons. Brothers Neptune, Jupiter and Pluto - Roman; Poseidon, Zeus and Hades in Greece. (Hope I got them right, I’m always getting Greek and Roman names mixed up.)
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'Neptune Rising':

• Created by:

Erika Schulz
• Copyright: ©Erika Schulz. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Acrylic, Greek, Myth, Neptune, Painting
• Categories: Man, Men, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
• Techniques: Acrylics