Mermaid
Posted on May 14th, 2010
Mermaid by Amy Crook
I painted this piece a few years back when I was just learning how to use my watercolors, and trying to wean myself off the temptation to paint everything in pure pigments. She ended up with an abstract, stormy quality to her, the muted tones setting off the burst of glowing mystery in her hand. I imagine she’s out on a rock on a shoreline somewhere, drawing magic down from the clouds to sustain herself.
Mermaid, 12″x16″ watercolor on watercolor paper, sold.
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: mermaid, nfs, sold, watercolor
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Fire Briar Rose
Posted on May 13th, 2010
Fire Briar Rose by Amy Crook
This is a doodle of a fictional construct, a flower with 7 petals, 7 leaves, and 7 thorns. The thorns and leaves make a spiral going up the stem, one opposite the other so they frame the flower perfectly when viewed from above. The rose itself has char-black edges on the petals, which turn red and then orange, the center of the flower glowing like hot coals. The whole plant is barely 3″ tall, growing in singular solitude on the floor of certain magical forests.
I don’t think that all of this got conveyed in the doodle, but there’s only so much one can do with pencil. Still, it helped to have something concrete to think about when I was working on the story that featured the fire briar rose.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes
Tags: nfs, sketch
Darklight
Posted on May 12th, 2010
Darklight by Amy Crook
This is an old piece that’s gone through a number of permutations. This version feels very much like a cave to me, with light coming in from above, and textured stalagmites growing up from the bottom to meet with the stalactites reaching down from the top. The painting is as much textural as visual, with very little of the canvas peeking through all the thick paint.
The edges have been painted black, so it’s ready to hang without a frame.
Darklight, 18″x24″ oil & gesso on canvas.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird
Tags: for sale, grey, oil painting, texture
Bonus Art: Drunk Octopus
Posted on May 10th, 2010
Drunk Octopus by Drunk Amy
I skipped my art on Saturday because I was out all day, and at one point I ended up having a couple of Tom Collins while waiting for Iron Man 2 to start. I was reminded at that time that I hadn’t done my Daily Art post that day, and I whipped the napkin out from under my drink to doodle up this in about a minute. I didn’t make it home in time to share it on Saturday, so, here it is, stuffed-in-purse wrinkles, cherry-stem stain and all!
Tom Collins, yum.
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles
Tags: all rights reserved, napkin, nfs, pen and ink, sketch
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Wallpapers and Thanks
Posted on May 10th, 2010
First off, thank you to everyone who helped out with my Big Art Sale, either through linking, retweeting, or purchasing. I made enough to get the plane tickets! And then Mom moved the date (again, omg) before I could buy them, but that’s okay, it’s in June now and I have plane tickets and all is well.
As a thank you to all of you, I’ve decided to start giving away free wallpapers from time to time. I’m starting with the 3 pieces above, Weeble Cthulhu, Winchester the shark, and Molten Sky. Just click the links below to get your goodies!
- Weeble Cthulhu, widescreen (1680×1050)
- Weeble Cthulhu, fullscreen (1600×1200)
- Weeble Cthulhu, iPhone (320×480)
- Winchester, widescreen (1680×1050)
- Winchester, fullscreen (1600×1200)
- Winchester, iPhone (320×480)
- Molten Sky, widescreen (1680×1050)
- Molten Sky, fullscreen (1600×1200)
- Molten Sky, iPhone (320×480)
Enjoy!
Categories: Free Wallpapers
Tags: cthluhu, wallpaper
Daily Art: 2 for 1
Posted on May 9th, 2010
Mushroom Cave by Amy Crook
I had a Grand Day Out yesterday, getting canvases and hanging out with friends, and I totally forgot to post my daily art, so today you get a double dose. These are both doodles out of my bedside sketchbook, the first inspired by, of all things, the Facebook game Fairyland. The second was just a bit of odd playing around with shapes that blossomed into these reed-like creatures, bowing in sequence. Alien ambassadors or odd plants?
Reed Aliens by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art
Tags: nfs, sketch
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