Art rambles

[olivermoss]

I've finished my first watercolor. It's on super textured paper so the scan and a photo of it look very different.

Photo:




Scan:


I tried to indicate more of a fur texture, but on that paper it was hard to get the paint to go where I wanted.

I did the line art for my next piece on some multimedia paper which is smoother, but not watercolor paper. We'll see how that goes:


Great Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

I might redo it so it's lineless like the Jackalope. I want to have a series of cryptids. But, I should get stuff done rather than overthinking the cohesion of a finished series. I need practice and to figure out what I should do for paper.

Comments

[sylvaine]

Wow, that's so gorgeous!

[olivermoss]

Thank you!

[rattlecatcher]

Get stuff done rather than overthinking...
I'd get this embroidered on a sampler but I'd spend forever on deciding between blue flosses.

ETA: I love the jack! Your colors are great! And your drawing of the tree octopus is great, as well. I am unable to use my hands in any artistic visual medium. My handwriting atrocious, my stick figures are - well, not good. So I envy the talent, but I try to make it a kind and well-wishing envy.

[olivermoss]

I am glad you like it! My handwriting is also terrible. It just takes a lot of work to get to where I am, and where I am still means I mostly fly under the radar.

[sperrywink]

Nicely done! I love the first picture a lot!

[olivermoss]

Thanks! The photo seems to read better, but it's hard to get the gold shiny of the antlers to read right in either.

[mistressofmuses]

They're both fantastic!

I love the jackalope, western girl that I am, but the tree octopus is fantastic. I love how you have its tentacles wrapped around the branch.

[olivermoss]

Thank you! Tree Octopuses are an under-appreciated cryptid :)