The Majestic Cobra is my first reptile painting. I am fascinated by Cobra’s and King Cobra’s because of their hood and unique abilities. Naturally, I wanted to paint a Cobra. In this painting, I learnt some new techniques to handle this massive snake – on the canvas.
The most challenging thing for me was the scales on the back of the body and the details on the hood. Since body is very thin, I had to make very small lines to represent the scales and make them turn along with the different shapes and colored scales. Along with that, I had to not only change the scales, but also had to change the body. This was because the color would quickly blend and not be visible. So I had to change the body color and handle the light scales on the dark part of the body.
The different color changes on the hood and belly using yellow, white, brown, and grey were also very tricky, but I could handle it. My teacher Ms. Sharon Pierce told me what I had to do for various parts of the painting. I searched for different pictures and facts about King Cobra and researched a lot information about them on the internet.
I hope that you enjoy reading this blog and seeing the pictures on my painting on Flickr.
So, what do you think ?