Tentacle Deeps 46

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Tentacle Deeps 46 by Amy Crook

Tentacle Deeps 46 by Amy Crook

Something new for the tentacles today! I used the same metallic watercolors from yesterday’s Gold Spirals, though I painted the background on this a while ago, so they weren’t actually sharing a palette. Then tentacles as usual in an opaque Japanese greenish black, and finally the runes borrowed from The Stars Are Right series crawling in shining red up the surface of each, wrapping around and writhing right along with them. I had originally considered doing the runes in green, but I decided the dull glow of red glitter pen would work better for this painting.

Tentacle Deeps 46, 6″x4″ Japanese and metallic watercolor and glitter gel pen on Arches cover black paper.

Tentacle Deeps 46, detail, by Amy Crook

Tentacle Deeps 46, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see the way the runes curve and writhe with the tentacles, against the background that fades upward from rose to lemon gold. Below, you can see it tucked safely into a frame where it won’t harm anyone. Just don’t look too closely at the runes if you want to keep all of your sanity intact.

Tentacle Deeps 46, framed art by Amy Crook

Tentacle Deeps 46, framed art by Amy Crook

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