Thursday, October 8, 2015

acrylic painting :Night Time Leaping Muskie



The rough drawing in my sketch book expressing the  dramatic leaping muskie.This artwork is copyrighted by Charles Weiss 2015


Titled: Edge of Night Bite.
Close up detail of leaping musky acrylic painting.



Panoramic moon lighted scene. Lots of small water drops sprayed around.

The Lac Seul  Turr - bo  surface lure featured in the painting. This lure is made by American Hardwood company
8.5 inches long weight 2.75 ounces..

The rough under painting with a lot of purple magenta showing in the background.The scale shapes and lines are a way of creating the rounded shape of the fish.Musky Hunter Magazine is considering this artwork for a cover of their magazine in early 2016.
Preliminary acrylic  painting for Edge of Night Bite.

2 comments:

  1. You made the cover. Nice work.
    Was there a specific fish or fish photograph that was the basis for the project?

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  2. No this muskie was painted from several different images. Based on my fishing last summer in Northwestern Ontario./ DO YOU FISH mUSKIE?

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