Newt and Salamander Art?

Great stuff Molch!!

I got the urge the other night to give some more caudate related art a try. I regret that I've not been here in a LOOOONG time. I'll post whatever I get around to painting!
 
Eurycea Lucifuga, 5X7 oil on wood
 

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stormcrow - that's a lovely painting; I like the mood in it. One wonders why not more people paint newts and salamanders - I mean, is there a more fascinating subject out there ?? :)
 
Thanks Molch. I'd guess people don't paint them often because they just aren't on many people's radar screens so to speak. But from an artist's perspective, they're lovely! So many colors and just such a fantastic subtle color gradation. It's a good painterly challenge in a modestly easy form. Reptiles on the other hand.... I'm not up to trying to handle the texture of scales!!

Next up....hmmmm, let's see...I'd love to do P. Yonahlossee but I think I'll do Fourchensis or Caddoensis again. A. annulatum is one of my favorites too...need to do one of those!
 
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