Fantasy oil painting “Underwater ruin” ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts It starts with movie “Godzilla: King of the monsters”. I was amazed when the submarine dived down deep and discovered ancient underwater ruin architecture. The scene is extraordinary and beautiful. It is ancient architecture underwater with modern submarine. It is my favorite color palette, blue vs orange.ContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Underwater ruin””
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2023 Relaxation small oil painting series (1)
Cat nap time Drying clothes ©YueZeng2023 Initial thoughts When I planned my fantasy art sketches, I also planned several smaller size paintings in order to balance the fatigue of larger size oil paintings. The goal for these smaller size paintings is relaxation. The color palette is simple. The brush stroke is loose and details areContinueContinue reading “2023 Relaxation small oil painting series (1)”
Fantasy oil painting “Bee house”
Original fantasy oil painting “Bee house” ©YueZeng Initial thoughts The idea comes from Bug hotel. Although I am not a fan of bugs, I think this idea is cute and brilliant. So I made a house for bees. The house has no perfect straight-line. It looks crooked, unregulated. It is made of clay and woodContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Bee house””
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 “Checkerboard octopus”
Fantasy oil painting “Checkerboard octopus” ©YueZeng Background As I mentioned in my post “Differences between Cuttlefish, Squid and Octopus”, both cuttlefish and octopus have excellent camouflage ability. Some experiments show that cuttlefish tries so hard to merge itself with a checkerboard surrounding pattern. https://youtu.be/pgDE2DOICuc I can see they are doing everything they can.🤣 So theContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “Checkerboard octopus””
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 “The ugly duckling”
Original fantasy oil painting “The ugly duckling” ©YueZeng 2023 Initial thoughts Maybe we all know the story that a little grey ugly duckling grows into a beautiful white swan. To me, this story fits in the Chinese old saying “Dragon gives birth to dragon and phoenix gives birth to phoenix.” Despite the genetic issue, IContinueContinue reading “Fantasy oil painting “The ugly duckling””
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””