Family Elephant

Watercolour

15″ x 22 1/2″

I developed this painting from several photographs, which I arranged as shown.

The identity of the various photographers is unknown, so I am unable to credit them by name but thank them nevertheless.

The lead elephant was quite painstaking to paint, as I laid in the dark shadows and softened the edges, but the rest of them came together more readily.

Altogether, I worked on it for about one week.

I decided to stay with black and white rather than colour. It just seemed appropriate