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"Centaur´s Waterfall" by Kathleen Hardy

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Centaur´s Waterfall by Kathleen Hardy

Yet another with the new detailed under-drawing technique. The most detailed drawing yet, it actually took longer to do the drawing than to paint it! The inspiration for this was to create a centaur with butterfly wings, so getting the pose of the woman's body to blend with just the right angle of horse's body, and wings that were large enough and angled enough to be realistic was a real challenge. The background is from three different photos I took of the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, the waterfall and ferns in the back, the wildflowers to the left, and the azalea bushes and stones to the right. I had in my head an idea of a white horse and black & white wings, most of the color would come from the background, the draped fabric is inspiration from Nene Thomas' beautiful work, and probably the hardest part of the painting (fabric is so hard to do!).
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Date	Name	Comment
13 Jul 2006	Kristin A. Erickson	Loading... Wow, one of the most beautiful and extravagant centuars I have ever seen. I love the wings, the fabric, the jewels, the background. Everything is wonderful. This has to get a mod's. Keep it up!
13 Jul 2006	Anika Beer	Loading... hey... thought i'd leave you a comment here... this picture indeed IS really well drawn and coloured. fantastic job on the wings (though i prefer feathered wings, but that's a question of personal taste, no?) But, to leave as well some constructive critics, in my opinion the pic is a bit too... erm... full. the surrounding is so detailed and strongly coloured that you don't know where to put your attention first. the fairy-horsie gets kind of lost in this... and that's not what she deserves! erm... might help if you just left out these pink flowers in the foreground... they're maybe too egocentric Kathleen Hardy replies: "The centaur getting "lost" in the landscape is intentional. She actually stands out more in this painting than I saw her in my head. I really wanted her to look like she was part of the environment, rather than standing out in a spotlight with the background as a mere background.I guess the idea as a painting was to create an environment in which this charecter was as natural an element as the stone, or water, or plants."
12 Dec 2006	ARTIST: Wolfstress	Loading... This is beautiful! Flawless! Cant believe it didnt get mods!
18 Oct 2007	Tabitha R Baylor	Loading... This is breathtakingly beautiful, I like the concept of butterfly wings also. A wonderful piece!
30 Jan 2008	Sherri L. White	Loading... What a unigue idea! This is so beautiful and I like the the fullness of the background. The detail and the colors are perfect . I am in awe!!!
11 Oct 2008	Sharn Kaisa Randarin	Loading... the wings are beautiful
9 Jul 2009	Jeanette M Thomas	Loading... With such beautiful wings she’d have a hard time blending into the environment. Bound to stand out. Centaurs are such magical creatures in themselves, that I really can’t see the need to give them fairy-like wings. They are more solidly grounded thant the little air sprites. Can’t picture a Centaur flying with butterfly type wings. It’s a different story with the pegasus type centaurs. Adore the azaleas, the other wild flowers and the waterfall. So peaceful and idylic.