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Tentacle!
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
Tentacle sketch by Amy Crook
I owe a somewhat patient friend of mine a tentacle or two, and I was thinking about that when I doodled this in someone’s coloring book. It’s the end of the year, a good time to wrap up things you owe people, after all.
Especially tentacles.
Categories: Daily Art, Tentacles
Tags: coloring book, doodle, nfs, pen and ink, sketch, tentacles
T is for Tentacles
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
T is for Tentacles, calligraphic illumination by Amy Crook
The Alphabet series is back with a new week, and this time we have sparkly tentacles creeping in on the T, which looks like it wants to creep away before it gets totally engulfed. The background is a rich golden yellow, which shows up best in the last picture. It would go wonderfully for the Thomas, Thea or, of course, Mr. T in your life.
T is for Tentacles, 5″x5″ Japanese watercolor, pen & ink, and glitter gel pen on paper.
T is for Tentacles, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the bright shine of glitter making the golden yellow look almost orange-dark. Below, a picture that’s no doubt familiar from the R & S posts, of four of these illuminated paintings hanging out in their frames.
S, T, A & R, calligraphic illuminations by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Illuminated Alphabet, Series and Books, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: alphabet, calligraphy, for sale, glitter gel pen, green, illumination, pen and ink, tentacles, watercolor, yellow
Tentacle Deeps 45
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Tentacle Deeps 45 by Amy Crook
I wanted to see what the lovely bronze-green paint from last week’s tentacles would look like on a dark background, and this time it was the green that shone through, and the bronze color can only be seen at certain angles. Actually these tentacles are a bit ectoplasmic to me, Ghostly and half absorbed in each other where they touch, as though reaching up from a pool of ooze to try to catch whatever lies tantalizingly out of reach.
Tentacle Deeps 45, 6″x4″ duochrome watercolor on Arches cover black paper with white gel pen signature.
Tentacle Deeps 45, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the color gamut from green to bronze, and the shift between them as the paper falls away from the sunlight. Below, I’ve slipped the piece into a frame, so you can see how it would look sitting on your desk.
Tentacle Deeps 45, framed art by Amy Crook
(iPhone not included)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: black paper, duochrome, for sale, tentacle deeps, tentacles, watercolor
Tentacle Deeps 44
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Tentacle Deeps 44 by Amy Crook
More tentacles! More shiny paint! It must be Tuesday. I used three different paints here with very subtle effects to the camera, but that are quite obvious to the naked eye. The first was the background in a green that blends into the green paper until the light shifts and it becomes a bright gold. Then the tentacles are in two different shades that turn from green to bronze, different shades and different angles, but almost match.
The overall effect is mysterious and ancient, hinting at tarnished bronzes or possibly green tentacles covered in iridescent slime as they rise up through the golden sunlight, seeking who knows what.
Tentacle Deeps 44, 4″x6″ duochrome watercolor on green Crane & Co. paper.
Tentacle Deeps 44, detail, by Amy Crook
At most angles, I got the tentacles as all green or all bronze, but here you can see how the front layer is green and the back set bronze, and the background turns a warm, bright gold. Below, you can see it in its frame, ready to grace your bookshelf, desk, or wall.
Tentacle Deeps 44, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: bronze, crane and co, for sale, gold, green, iridescent, tentacle deeps, tentacles, watercolor
Octopus Bookmark 1
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Octopus Bookmark 1
by Amy Crook
After Tentacle Tuesday is.. Tentacle Wednesday? Well, there were just a lot of tentacles this week, I guess. This little octopus is a bit leery of something below him, and is heading up out of the pink-tinged depths and into the light. The paper itself is a soft, subtle green, and the pink paint turns a subtle violet at certain angles. The octopus is just himself, though.
Octopus Bookmark 1, 2″x6.25″ watercolor on paper, nfs (sold).
Octopus Bookmark 1, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the sunlight turning the shimmery pink to shimmery violet and chasing the little octopus up the bookmark. Below, it’s resting next to a book for your size-comparsion pleasure.
Octopus Bookmark 1, with book, by Amy Crook
(book not included. get your own book.)
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: bookmark, crane and co, iridescent, japanese watercolor, nfs, octopus, sold, watercolor
Jellyfish Bookmark 3
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Jellyfish Bookmark 3 by Amy Crook
Tentacle Tuesday has returned! This whimsical little jellyfish is done in three shades of shimmering watercolor, purple and pink floating in a lovely aqua-gold ocean. This bookmark is on nice thick watercolor paper with one edge tapering off to the natural deckle from the papermaking process. Not my process, of course, but the manufacturer’s.
Jellyfish Bookmark 3, 1.25″x6.875″ watercolor on paper.
Jellyfish Bookmark 3, detail, by Amy Crook
Above you can just see the aqua paint turning to gold in the sun like a shimmer of pale powder. Below, the bookmark is sitting happily atop a normal-sized hardcover book so you can see the size.
Jellyfish Bookmark 3, with book, by Amy Crook
(tentacles included. book not included.)
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: bookmark, buy a bookmark, for sale, iridescent, jellyfish, watercolor
Random Tentacle
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
Random Tentacle watercolor sketch by Amy Crook
I was working on the purple for Tuesday’s tentacles, and I did this little sketch on my scratch paper to see how the paint would flow and decide if it was too dark. I liked it so much I scanned it to share with you — the original’s about an inch and a half high, so you’re seeing it rather larger here.
Happy Sunday!
Categories: Daily Art, Tentacles
Tags: nfs, sketch, tentacles, watercolor
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