One for Sorrow

Monday, May 27th, 2013

One for Sorrow by Amy Crook

One for Sorrow by Amy Crook

I hope you’re enjoying your Memorial Day weekend! This little crow is painted with ink and watercolor on some soft Japanese “sketch” paper which warps the moment I look at it damply. It’s soft and nicely textured, but won’t stay flat to save my life. I like the crow, though, and the bits of rainbow oil-slick color in his feathers. The wrinkles in the paper form a sort of halo around him, little harbinger of sorrow that he is.

One for Sorrow, 10″x8″ Japanese watercolor and sumi-e ink on Japanese paper.

One for Sorrow, detail, by Amy Crook

One for Sorrow, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see the texture in the paper and the wibbly wobbly warping from the ink wash. I discounted his price a bit to account for the strange paper, and you can see below how it fits fine into a frame but still refuses to flatten out.

One for Sorrow, framed art by Amy Crook

One for Sorrow, framed art by Amy Crook

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