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Spiral Sunrise
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Spiral Sunrise by Amy Crook
This is one of those hard-to-capture pieces, made of cool sky blues and warm sunny golds that mix and mingle in a way that, weirdly, doesn’t actually make much green. Despite the fact that I’m never awake to see them, I wanted to capture a little bit of that feeling of sunrise, when the golden-warm light seeps upward and honey-dips the cool, night-blue clouds. There’s swirls of orangey-gold Duochrome Adobe, shimmery-cold Iridescent Moonstone, and three different metallic blues, all sharing the space with a warm yellow and sky blue background.
Spiral Sunrise, 7″x5″ watercolor on paper.
Spiral Sunrise, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the coppery Adobe, shimmery blue and night-tinted Moonstone catching the sunlight. Below, the pieces is tucked into a frame, hanging out with my iPhone.
Spiral Sunrise, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes
Tags: blue, duochrome, for sale, gold, iridescent, spirals, sunrise, watercolor
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Crow Bookmark 2
Monday, January 7th, 2013
Crow Bookmark 2 by Amy Crook
My BFF’s birthday is in January, on the same day as JRR Tolkien’s, which always amuses us since mine’s the same day as Frodo & Bilbo Baggins. In addition to the gift he hasn’t gotten yet because I’m a slacker, I made him a bookmark all his own, with black ink crows flying against a blue marker sky.
Crow Bookmark 2, 7″x2″ pen & ink and Copic marker on scrap paper, nfs.
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: bookmark, copic marker, crow, nfs, pen and ink
Christmas Dusk
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
Christmas Dusk watercolor by Amy Crook
The sky shimmers between a dusky silver-grey and a lighter blue-violet, fading lighter as it gets closer to a horizon filled with cheerful Christmas trees in all shapes and sizes. The moon is just visible in the sky at the end of the day, helping to light the way of anyone heading to and from their festivities — or their normal, everyday days.
Happy Christmas to those who celebrate, and to those who don’t, here’s to seeing it all vanish again in a week!
Christmas Dusk, detail, by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes
Tags: christmas, iridescent, moon, nfs, tree, watercolor
Fairytale Sky 6
Monday, December 24th, 2012
Fairytale Sky 6 by Amy Crook
This sixth Fairytale Sky painting was another Christmas gift, it seems to be a trend this year! This one’s for a good friend and patron of mine who bought the 1st and 5th paintings out of the series, so it seemed only fitting to paint one specifically for her (as she puts it) “Wall of Amy.” The swirling clouds in this one go from pink to purple depending on the angle, shimmering with a mysterious iridescence that’s just faintly echoed in the moon.
Fairytale Sky 6, 6″x4″ watercolor on paper, nfs.
Fairytale Sky 6, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the way the colors shimmer on the black paper, silver for the stars and pink-purple for the spiraling clouds.
Happy Christmas Eve, or at least Happy Monday. Watch out for wayward Skellingtons impersonating Sandy Claws tonight. ♥
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: black paper, fairytale sky, iridescent, japanese watercolor, moon, nfs, watercolor
Fairytale Sky 5
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Fairytale Sky 5 by Amy Crook
Friday’s always a good day for fairytales, don’t you think? Fairytale Sky 5 makes me think of those times when the clouds are just starting to break up and the moon is peeking through, wreathed in mysterious mists.
I used water to add lighter places to the blue-black background, then swirled clouds in interference violet, that look silver from one angle and vivid purple the next. The moon, too, is limned with silver, adding shine to this bit of deep night.
Fairytale Sky 5, 8″x8″ watercolor on paper, nfs (sold).
Fairytale Sky 5, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the light shining off the silver moon and violet clouds on a background of velvety midnight blue. Below, you can see the piece in a frame, just waiting for the right wall. You can even see Pod lurking in the background, waiting for me to stop all my foolish picture-taking and pet him.
Fairytale Sky 5, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: fairytale sky, iridescent, japanese watercolor, moon, nfs, sold, watercolor
Fairytale Sky 3
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Fairytale Sky 3 by Amy Crook
Having already seen Fairytale Sky 4, you might wonder what happened to 3. Well, it was a gift for a friend and it had to make it all the way to Mongolia! I chose a paint called “Duochrome Tropical Sunrise,” which switches between warm golden and bright green tones, and painted a slender crescent moon to go with the spirally clouds.
Fairytale Sky 3, 5″x5″ watercolor on paper, nfs.
Fairytale Sky 3, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the warm coppery-gold color the paint turns at a certain angles. Below, you can see what it looks like in the frame that kept it safe all the way to Ulaanbaatar.
Fairytale Sky 3, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: black paper, fairytale sky, iridescent, moon, nfs, watercolor
Fairytale Sky Bookmark 2
Monday, November 26th, 2012
Fairytale Sky
Bookmark 2
by Amy Crook
It’s Bookmark Week again, the last one for the year! I think that a bookmark-sized piece of original art makes a wonderful holiday gift idea or stocking stuffer, don’t you?
We’ll start the week off with a sliver of a moon hiding half out of sight, with swirling, iridescent mist curling through the black sky. The mist is a color called “duochrome hibiscus” which wavers between a violet-ish blue and fuchsia, and definitely took on the bluer tone here.
Fairytale Sky Bookmark 2, 1″x6″ watercolor on paper, nfs (sold).
Fairytale Sky Bookmark 2, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a bit of the pink sheen on the cloud, and the tiny embedded sparkles as well. Below, you can see the bookmark with a fairly standard hardcover book for size.
Fairytale Sky Bookmark 2, with book, by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books
Tags: black paper, bookmark, fairytale sky, iridescent, nfs, sold, watercolor
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