Monday, July 16, 2012

Illustration Friday: Lost

Arachne Lost
This painting depicts the story of Arachne who bragged that she could weave better than the gods. Not one to appreciate such confidence, Athena challenged Arachne to a weaving contest in which the winner got to keep her life. Of course, Arachne lost to the Athena, but the goddess felt pity on her and turned her into the first spider instead of killing her. Arachne's name in greek means "spider" and is from this story that we get the word Arachnophobia. 

Want to learn digital oil painting? I will be painting this picture from start to finish in tomorrow's free Corel Painter webinar. This is the last day to sign up. 
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22 comments:

highjumper said...

I love the subject, & the execution. Beautifully done!

roberto M. said...

Hi!!!!
Congratulations, this is wonderful!
Very good job!!!!!!!!!

Lisa M Griffin said...

Beautiful! And thank you for hosting the Corel Painter Webinar, it was wonderful. Being new to the digital experience and a Wacom tablet, I need to practice/learn so much, and do it around my deadlines.
Especially loved the information on creating patterns, very inspiring.

Fortes said...

Thank you for this great painting together with the story behind arachnophobia. Some years ago I would've had problems looking at your painting, because of my fear of spiders. But after dreaming a hilarious dream about a clownish spider, making everybody scared but me, my arachnophobia got better. So now I'm totally able to enjoy your work. Thank you, again!

Bearded Lady said...

So happy you got something out of the webinar. Feel free to email any questions that you might have.

Yes, spiders are still scary to me (but not as scary as monkeys)

Katie Livingston White said...

I feel her sadness, and this is very beautifully done.

Patti said...

nice work!

Joyeeta Neogi said...

Beautiful illustration! missed the webinar !

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This is so beautiful - I love the close-up- which really illustrates what you mean by depth and texture! I fell like I could reach out and touch her face.

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