"Tembo" the life-size oil painting of an African elephant by wildlife artist Richard Symonds

Gorgeous.

So Beautiful. Thank you Sir, Blessings. BRITTNEY GRINER

Gorgeous..Im doing an elephant in acrylic and having trouble with the thousands of wrinkles on his back and side!

W O W!!! INCREDIBLE!!! I love the painting it is so so real I can feel the elephant near by!

As a fellow artist, can I ask how much you sold that painting?

Wow excellent new friend here

I can’t paint or draw. I do sit on the M25. I wish I could be an artist.

Great work, i did one off 5 feet elephant painting... After this i seen👍👍👍👍👍👍 🙏🙏🙏

Wow this is something so beautiful I have ever seen well done

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Dios te bendiga!! Por todo lo que estás realizando

EPIC

amazing!

Amazing

WoW 😮 amazingly beautiful

This is the way they teach elephants to paint

Man that is such a beautiful painting. I'm currently on a lifesize of a Rhino so I know what you mean about only realizing what you've taken on once you start.

Great work

breathtaking

Very inspirational. Thank you.

WOW! 😍😍😍 AMAZING JOB!!!

its the wrong color, elephants are grey

Awesome 😍

That was a mammoth task.

A mamoth task

U had to travel to africa for paint an elephant? And 500 hourz to paint 152 sq feet of canvas???.....u must feel proud of doing what i can do in 50 hours and 1 brush....nice video about yourself

Cool video! I like looking nature, explore and relax...

Two minutes silence for those ones who didn't like this video : )

What an admirable work, I'm stunned!

wow, this is so epic!

Which kind of paper this is??

Brilliant! I wonder why some people clicked thumbs down!!

WW!!!

an amazing Animal but also an amazing artist. Beautifull Work!!!!

what is sepia oil? is it some kind of color? Do you use only windsor and newton paints

very inspiring work. thanks for sharing.

You are amazing. My eyes popped out of my head after the finished product of have beautiful it is and the size. I wish I could have the same on a wall in my living room. So perfect!👍

I love how he used the smallest paint brush ever haha. Amazing job!!!!!

wow

Just AWESOME!
<3

Stunningly magnificent!!! Words are not enough! I FEEL the strength of this painting. Wow!

Need a lot of patience

espectacular!!! 😊😊😊

have you painted a male lion?

marvellous work

I met Tembo when I was in South Africa in 2011. Amazing work!

It amazes me that a lot of large scale artists use TINY brushes! Beautiful beast.

Absolutely stunning work Richard, thanks for sharing it!