New oil painting of a bear! 🐻 Original artwork by @mayasky 🎨

Hello Everyone! 😊

I hope you're all having a good day!
Today I wanted to share a painting I made a couple of weeks ago that I haven't posted yet of the Brown Bear 😊

Here is a close up;

I think the bear is one of my favorite animals ever since I was little and I've been thinking of making a painting of him for a while.
This is actually a type of study for a larger painting that I'm planning in the near future.
This painting is only 18 x 24 cm and I would love to make it a really big and strong painting 🐻

I'm still not quite sure about the background which is why I think I'll make a couple more studies to get a better sense of which direction I would like to take this painting.

A part of me wants more of an atmospheric background with more of a forest scene, but I'll see what happens.

Here's the whole painting;

I hope you like the painting, and let me know if you have any favorite animal you think I should paint!

I'm currently working on a new series of paintings and it's all about Mother Nature and animals so I'm open to suggestions and inspiration😊

I wish you all a wonderful day with lots of inspiration and happy creating!

Marie