Tiger On The Snow by Leonid Afremov

Overall, this is an absolutely beautiful and stunning painting! The image of the prowling tiger is something that will most often strike a chord with nature lovers, and can be used as a powerful metaphor on its own.

However, as the artist requests critique, I,ll oblige! While the colours are striking, and the composition does offer some contrast, I feel it's a little lacking. The tiger itself occupies such a large space, and is mostly of the same colour, so some of the more important details feel a little lost to me. I personally feel a particular attention and importance should have been paid to the eyes; they seem a little dull and the attention isn't really drawn to them at all.

As most of the painting is some tone of orange, I would have suggested using maybe a deeper or darker orange overall, and maybe using more of a cooler, pale tone instead of stark white, or what seems to me white mixed in with orange/yellow.

That aside, despite being done with a palette knife, the attention to detail is amazing, and you can still feel the bristly nature of the fur and the ears seem perfectly touchable. Overall god work! The colour balance is was I would have worked on the most.

Please continue your amazing work!