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Description
16 x 20, Oil on canvas

A great red drake in a forested valley near his mountain home.

Previous versions:
Version 1: [link]
Version 2: [link]

This is the final revision. All that remains is some clean-up and touch-up. Changes from previous version:
- Added ferns and leafy undergrowth to forest floor. Ferns make it feel more "untamed" to me.
- Deepened shadows on and and underneath dragon, seems more natural now.
- Details in the stream; the shape was weird and the perspective seemed "off" before, so I added rapids/little waterfalls. That seems to have fixed it, but now I should probably add more rocks to the one side and push the greenery back some.
- Mountain peak now sheathed in cloud. Also redid most of the sky and clouds.
- Lots of detail in the forest - branches, deeper shadows on the left side, detailed highlights. Pine trees are "fluffier" and more detailed.
- Somehow I made a bunch of accidental dark spatters around the tops of the trees on the right side. Rather than simply paint more sky over top of them, I turned them into a flock of birds taking flight.

Description
16 x 20, Oil on canvas

A great red drake in a forested valley near his mountain home.

Previous versions:
Version 1: [link]
Version 2: [link]

This is the final revision. All that remains is some clean-up and touch-up. Changes from previous version:
- Added ferns and leafy undergrowth to forest floor. Ferns make it feel more "untamed" to me.
- Deepened shadows on and and underneath dragon, seems more natural now.
- Details in the stream; the shape was weird and the perspective seemed "off" before, so I added rapids/little waterfalls. That seems to have fixed it, but now I should probably add more rocks to the one side and push the greenery back some.
- Mountain peak now sheathed in cloud. Also redid most of the sky and clouds.
- Lots of detail in the forest - branches, deeper shadows on the left side, detailed highlights. Pine trees are "fluffier" and more detailed.
- Somehow I made a bunch of accidental dark spatters around the tops of the trees on the right side. Rather than simply paint more sky over top of them, I turned them into a flock of birds taking flight.