Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This oil painting of bull elk with a dramatic mountain backdrop with beautiful clouds is my newest landscape. I imagine a time in October as the elk move to lower elevations. The sky is illuminated by the evening sunset and the mountains turn a brilliant blue and turquoise.
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What I used for this painting (affiliate links):
Glass palette: shrsl.com/40llx
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makeup wedges: amzn.to/47pyxPb
Panel: shrsl.com/1qg3i
Oil paints: shrsl.com/3n0kq
Oil colors used - Titanium white, cad yellow lemon, cad orange, cad yellow deep, cad orange, magenta, phthalo blue and gamsol used
Liquin impasto: shrsl.com/2aqvv