Just completed this - the bear 480 Otis, painted in watercolour on paper. This was a private commission. I have painted Otis many, many times, and thought it might get boring but this one kept my interest the whole way through. The reference photo just had water around him but I was asked to make it that he was sitting in his 'office' - the area at the back of Brooks Falls where Otis likes to sit quietly and gorge himself on salmon. I have also painted 'the office' so many times that I don't need a reference photo any more! Painting all that fur was quite a challenge - so many curls and ruffles! It took a great deal of concentration not to lose my way with it.
This is part of a double commission, the other being of bear 435 Holly. Good job I like bears...
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