Luzon Wart Frog, Fejervarya vittigera

A journey to my five - hour work in progress

The Luzon wart frog, Fejervarya vittigera, is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines where it occurs on all the major islands. It is an abundant and common species occurring in a range of man-made habitats, such as agricultural areas, ditches, artificial ponds and lakes. It uses nearly any body of available water for breeding.
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Some of you may have seen my Bio-Mecha Frog painted in 8"x8 " board using acrylic, clear epoxy resin and metal parts. This time I'm making a big version of it but representing one of the Philippine Endemic Frog, the Luzon Wart Frog. It will be part of an exhibit soon.

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Materials & Tools

• 24"x24" Framed Canvas
• Acrylic Paint ( Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Golden Orchre, Burnt Umber, Titanium White)
• Water
• Flat Brush
• Pointed Brush
• Pencil

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Process

I prepared my canvas and drew the outline of the frog using pencil.

Then I pour and smudge paints all over the canvas to achieve a little abstract and grunge style background. I placed it dried under the sun to dry it faster.

After the background has dried, I started to paint the frog. I used colors Burnt Sienna, Ram Umber and White. I mixed Burnt Sienna and Titanium white to get a flesh color that is needed for the frog's back stripe.

As you can see in the picture above, I can't think how to finish its hind legs so I have to cover it as much as possible but still looks nice.

I covered that part with a silhouette of a plant. I'm not planning to paint it with green because I want to retain the brown theme of my painting. I also painted a rock below the frog so and made it appear like the frog is about to leap.

It's challenging for me to paint a rock texture. But here's what I do. After I finished the underpaint of it, i applied black painy on its surface. Then I mix white and black to get a gray color and dab my brush on the mixture and painted the upper part of the rock with it. I added details of black and white on some part of it to achieve a rough texture. And then I need to look at it in a distance to see if I got the right texture. If not, i have to add more texture using black and white.

And there it is.

I added more leaves on the left side of it to make it more balanced and also to cover the unwanted paint on the canvas. It's also a silhouette.

I add more details to the skin of the frog to make it look more real and moist. Adding Shadows could also help the image to become more realistic.

And then I work on the upper part of the painting. I'm thinking if I should add more details or just leave it like that. So if you have a suggestion, i would glad to read and consider it.

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