Fantasy oil painting “Ram skull waterfall” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts I was thinking something about ram skull. I painted it before in 2018 and loved it. However this time I didn’t want to do the still life again. I was looking for something unusual but also peaceful. Although the skull was from a dead creature, itContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Ram skull waterfall””
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Fantasy oil painting “Blue serpent and glowing eggs”
Fantasy oil painting “Blue serpent and glowing eggs” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts This concept started with eggs. I wanted to paint some golden eggs. Then I thought glowing golden eggs could be more interesting. Next, eggs should be in nest. To make a story scene I prepared a snake around the nest so it had someContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Blue serpent and glowing eggs””
Fantasy oil painting “Royal couple black and white swan”
“Royal couple black and white swan” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts There are pair of white swan and pair of black swan. Why not one white swan and one black swan? In “Swan lake”, white swan is princess and black swan is evil. Why black swan has to be evil all the time? I am going toContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Royal couple black and white swan””
Fantasy oil painting “Leopard woman”
Original fantasy oil painting “Leopard woman” ©YueZeng Background In 2002, animation version of <The Twelve Kingdoms> began to broadcast. At that time, I was not so interested in this story because the author, Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美) clearly borrowed almost entire mythology concept from ancient Chinese tales and history. The landscape, the names, the mystery creatures,ContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Leopard woman””
Fantasy oil painting “Owl messenger”
Original fantasy oil painting “Owl messenger” ©YueZeng Initial thoughts I love to paint owl. I have ink drawing, gouache painting and oil painting owls. Barn owl – ink Great horned owl – gouache Barn owl This time I want to challenge myself to paint an owl with its wings and body, not just a bigContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Owl messenger””
Fantasy oil painting “Mushrooms shelter”
Original fantasy oil painting “Mushrooms shelter” ©YueZeng 2023 Initial thoughts This starts with the mushrooms. I like the idea of putting two tiny mice under the mushrooms. They are hiding from the hunter, in this case, yes, the cat. Soon I gather enough reference photos for this piece. But I do have hard time choosingContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Mushrooms shelter””
Fantasy oil painting “Whale oasis”
Fantasy oil painting “Whale oasis” ©YueZeng 2023 Initial thoughts The initial idea is to paint a whale flying in clouds. I love the paintings online that a giant whale flies in sky. However, I want to expand the story a little bit. The question is, why does the whale have to fly in clouds? WhatContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Whale oasis””
Fantasy oil painting “Frozen cactus”
Original fantasy oil painting “Frozen cactus” ©YueZeng Background I like cactus. But I never realized how big they are until our family trip to Arizona last Thanksgiving. They are huge! Here are some photos of Desert Botanical Garden. To be honest, although every cactus in the Garden looks absolutely beautiful and stunning, they still giveContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Frozen cactus””
Fantasy oil painting “Mirror dimension”
Fantasy oil painting “Mirror dimension” ©YueZeng Initial thoughts One day I found this free stock photo of two red foxes. I like it. These two red foxes have a potential story to tell. So I want to explore that story a little further. Rather than just two ordinary foxes meet each other in the wild,ContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Mirror dimension””
Fantasy oil painting “Broccoli forest”
Fantasy oil painting “Broccoli forest” ©YueZeng Initial thoughts In YouTube kid’s videos they often ask “What is green and looks like a little tree?” My toddler would say “Broccoli!” Yes. I know it looks like a little tree. But how about turn them into real size of a big tree? And not just one giantContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Broccoli forest””