My beautiful blue boy now has both of his claws. Snip snip! 🦀

Acrylic on panel

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Well, the left claw and legs are pretty much done, except for the orange bristles which come later.

Now I just have to paint the claw and legs on the right side, and the carapace, and texture the background, and...🫠

(Don't paint decapods kids. Actually please do).

Acrylic on wood panel

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I was asked whether I was going to paint any shiny reflections to Mr blue swimmer crab.

You bet.

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Standard look of my acrylic Sta-wet palette by the time I end up finishing a handful of paint sessions.

Also no limited palette here - I'm aiming for high chroma with lots of subtle colour variations, which is tricky with acrylic. So using more colours speeds up mixing time

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How the blue swimmer crab painting looks currently overlaid on top of the lineart from back in 2022

Have to remind myself to keep chipping away when this painting moves at a glacial pace 🦀

Acrylic on wooden panel

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Returning back to my blue swimmer crab acrylic painting after a 22 month hiatus 🦀 forgot all about Blue Sky tbh, life got busy. But hello again!

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Four different styles I have used to paint my beloved European shore crab (Carcinus maenas). Had the joy of doing my Honours and PhD on these contentious little guys

Digital raster
Digital vector
Pen and ink
Watercolour paint

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The textures are coming along and I am loving the colours!

I just have to do it all over again when I paint the right arm (called a cheliped btw) 🙃

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What my paint palette looks like right now. Hard to remember which colours go where!

Using acrylic paint with the Masterson Sta-Wet palette

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Hi all, I'm René - artist, marine ecologist & public servant. I'm still learning how to use this app & only post on social media infrequently.

Here is a male blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) I have been painting extremely slowly over 1.5 years. A lot more to do!

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