Hunter or Hunted?
This piece is one that has been unfolding: First, I drew circles on the back of the paper and pressed some leaves into the paper, trying to create some texture. Then I turned the paper over, got it wet, and poured primary colors (watercolor) onto the paper. I added another wash of blue, then enhanced the yellow and red places. As I reflected on the evolving background, I kept getting an image of a raptor caught in the cross hairs of some kind of scope. Red-tail hawks came several times into my real world, so I found a reference photo and here we are. The picture itself is 10x10, but the mat is 16x20 in order to fit into a standard frame.
It has been so much fun meeting a few of you this month. Keep up the creative work and live life to the fullest! I hope we meet again.
5 comments:
Lovely!!! I suspect it is a telescopic lens on a camera! ;)
Gorgeous! Love the circles. Thank you for joining in AEDM this month!
Oooh, niice! Animals are hard to paint, but I think you've done a great job with this painting.
Thanks for stopping by my blog, btw. I appreciate your comment.
Wow, what a most powerful piece! That is great that you took the chance to create something new with a different medium! Woot! It's amazing what one does when one just jumps straight in it. Have a very continuous creative every day month. Much love ~ Ana
What a lovely and sad piece. The technique you used worked out absolutely terrific. You captured a powerful creature wonderfully, but isn't it sad they are hunted?
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