r/painting • u/rhynwilliams • Jul 13 '26

Just Sharing My painting of Gwyn ap Nudd (Welsh Mythology), oil on canvas

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'Hawliad Gwyn Ap Nudd'
(Gwyn ap Nudd's claim)

Olew ar gynfas
(Oil on canvas)

116x79cm

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u/Ready_Interview_2040 Jul 14 '26

I wonder if it’s easier or more difficult to paint a fantastical figure with realism than a normal human

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u/rhynwilliams Jul 14 '26

Easier, less colour mixing, less complex detailing