Tentacle Deeps 33
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
![Tentacle Deeps 33, watercolor by Amy Crook Tentacle Deeps 33, watercolor by Amy Crook](https://amysnotdeadyet.com/stuff/tentacle-deeps-33m.jpg)
Tentacle Deeps 33, watercolor by Amy Crook
Today’s tentacles are muted, odd, and not really opaque. The background is something I painted ages ago and then wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do with it, until this week I decided that I’d use some blue-violet I’d dulled with black would make good tentacles to go with the grey-green. I watered the color down a bit for the front ones to get some extra visual texture, and then even more for the back row.
I’ve been looking at some of my older tentacles recently, and I liked the rougher, less perfected shapes in Tentacle Deeps 2, so I decided to revisit those here. Everything’s deliberately wobbly and out of balance, with angular spirals and long, reaching arms. I wonder what’s up there that they’re so keen to get to.
Tentacle Deeps 33, 5″x7″ watercolor on paper.
![Tentacle Deeps 33, detail, by Amy Crook Tentacle Deeps 33, detail, by Amy Crook](https://amysnotdeadyet.com/stuff/tentacle-deeps-33dm.jpg)
Tentacle Deeps 33, detail, by Amy Crook
You can really see the texture in the detail shot, the paper and the old paint underneath the new, giving it all a shadowy, desaturated feel. Below, you can see the tentacles happy in their frame, reaching forever for the sky.
![Tentacle Deeps 33, framed art by Amy Crook Tentacle Deeps 33, framed art by Amy Crook](https://amysnotdeadyet.com/stuff/tentacle-deeps-33fm.jpg)
Tentacle Deeps 33, framed art by Amy Crook
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