Black Bear In Autumn
by Lois Bryan
Title
Black Bear In Autumn
Artist
Lois Bryan
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art / Photography Based Digital Hand Painting
Description
A majestic creature, the American Black Bear … also known as Ursus Americanus … strolls out of the forest, stops, sits and gazes around his kingdom. Clearly the king of the forest, he must know how beautiful, how magnificent he is. The glow of the autumn leaves and light from the setting sun turning his coat from black to warm brown. His walk on all fours is a rolling lumbering gait, the late afternoon sun catching his gleaming coat in shining waves. Though the location, the deep forests surrounding Blue Knob All Seasons Resort on top of Blue Knob Mountain, is his home, he is shy and seldom seen. It was a rare gift to find him and capture his image.
Image sketched and painted by hand, digitally, using one of my own photos as a starting point for the sketch and colors in Corel Painter, a Wacom tablet, the art pen stylus and a wide variety of beautiful digital brushes. The photo on which this is based was taken with my Nikon D300 and the Sigma 150-500mm lens in June of 2011.
This image was not created using AI - Artificial Intelligence programs.
Fine art and product purchases of this image will not include a watermark, and if I may make a recommendation ... it will look its very best on the fine art paper choice of "picture rag."
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January 19th, 2024
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Designs By Nimros
What a great piece. Love the dark brown against the orange and the effect you used.
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #27 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Holly April Harris
I am very pleased to feature your wonderful artwork in the group ‘Appalachia America.’ Please add it to the “2024 First Quarter FEATURED IMAGE Collection” thread in the discussions area to record and display your image amongst the best in the group. Thank you! 1/28/24
Lois Bryan replied:
Many thanks Holly, for the feature and for your lovey note. I have added the image to the group's discussions, and have tweeted the group as well.
CAROLE SPANDAU
Your artwork has been featured on the homepage of FAA Gallery Home For All Artists Who Create. Please post your amazing artwork in our` Archive your January Features` discussion.
Lois Bryan replied:
Carole, thank you so much for the honor!! I have tweeted the group and added the image to the discussion!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Kathi Mirto
Just beautiful artwork Lois! His expression drew me in, it's as if he's questioning and curious about something that caught his attention! fl
Lois Bryan replied:
Kathi, thank you!!! He had just come out from the woods and was looking around to make sure there were no hoomans around,. The big green dumpster is just off to his side, and he climbed in and had a lovely dinner there.
Laurel Adams
Lois, CONGRATULATIONS!! Your lovely image has been featured in The ARTIST BUZzz GROUP!! You are cordially invited to POST your Homepage Feature’s EMBED link to the 2024 Features Archive Thread in the Discussion thread. Thank you for your glimpse of BEAUTY.
Lois Bryan replied:
Many thanks for your lovely note and the lovely feature, Laurel!!! I tweeted the group and added the image to the archive!!!
Shawn Dall
Congratulations! Your work has been featured in the "digital art" group! Be sure to archive your piece in the discussion group thread, and check out my work!
Randy Rosenberger
This piece of fine artwork has earned the honor of being chosen to show off to other artists and prospective buyers here in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is an honor to share this piece of well composed and beautiful art on our Featured section of our homepage. Thanks much for sharing! Liked and Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (administrator of the WFS group)
David Neace
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Created by Southern Artists
Lois Bryan replied:
David thank you so much!!! I will tweet the group and add the image to your discussions!!
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