The Demise of Venus

This painting is inspired by the painting "The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli. Venus being the Roman goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and victory. I have always had a great appreciation of the Renaissance and Baroque paintings so this was fun to gain inspiration from.

This was my first time painting a full figure with oil so this was a challenge but also a really great study. I'm really happy with how this turned out. I tried a few new painting techniques (one I'd say unsuccessfully that I had to then fix) but it felt great to continue improving and learning!