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Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Watercolour on Paper 1993 5 x 7 ins private collection
Orangutan is available as a postcard and greetings card on Amazon and Ebay and should soon also be produced as a limited edition print.
A very loose and Impressionistic Watercolour Animal Portrait Painting of a young Bornean Orangutan.
Watercolour Animal Portrait Painting Technique: The Orangutan is painted using only two colours - Payne's Grey and Burnt Sienna, The first layer was painted very rapidly floating Watercolour Washes together using a Wet-Into-Wet Technique. When it was dry, a few details were picked out using a fine Sable Brush.
This Orangutan Portrait Painting is one of my favourite Watercolor Animal Paintings. It was the first of several similar attempts to paint this Baby Ape. The rest ended up in the bin - sometimes its better to quit while you are ahead!
Orangutan Facts: Orangutan translates as "forest person" and this Primate is the 2nd largest Ape - mature adults can weigh over 300lbs. I was approached by the charity Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS UK) with a request to donate some Prints of my Orangutan Watercolour Painting to be auctioned at Otterburn Hall, Newcastle, and another venue in London at the end of November 2007. I donated a number of Signed Prints of the Orangutan Watercolour along with some Signed Greetings Cards and also Button Badges.
You can check out the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS UK) website at: http://www.savetheorangutan.org.uk A Signed Greetings Card of this Painting is available click here
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