Tentacle Deeps 26

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Tentacle Deeps 26 by Amy Crook

Tentacle Deeps 26 by Amy Crook

I went for a warm, soft brown on this installment of the tentacles, with layers of tentacles fading into the murky waters. the tentacles are painted with my favorite granulating lunar black to give that lovely texture, and the background itself has some bloodstone in it to add to the texture. I find these very meditative to do, just thinking about how to arrange the curls and swirls in an attractive pattern without too much repeat or too little visual interest.

The visual texture on this one is very rich and soft, though the paper is quite stiff. Beware the velvety tentacles, their embrace is insidious.

Tentacle Deeps 26, 5.25″x7″ watercolor on paper.

I haven’t actually framed this one yet, it’ll have to go in an 8″x10″ frame with a mat because of the slightly too-wide paper that a certain artist was slackery about tearing to size. You can still enjoy the traditional close-up shot below, though.

Tentacle Deeps 26, detail, by Amy Crook

Tentacle Deeps 26, detail, by Amy Crook

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