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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
Hellfire
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Hellfire, abstract painting by Amy Crook
Oranges and reds are some of the hardest colors to reproduce really well in Photoshop, alas. This piece has a great, intense bright orange that lightens up to golden-yellow in one corner, and holds a secret little demon-face in the other that scowls at you from out of the flame, or perhaps is made from it. The texture is enhanced with a bit of brown in the low spots, and the little face got a tiny bit of extra love to pull it out of the background using Copic markers.
Hellfire, 12″x12″ acrylic paint and Copic marker on canvas.
Hellfire, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the scowly little demon-face glaring up at you from the canvas. Below, I stepped back and got a photo of it with some of the stuff on my desk, including pens, pencils, and a Jack in the Box Christmas antenna ball, because I am a very special sort of artist.
Hellfire by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art
Tags: acrylic paint, canvas, copic marker, for sale, orange
Lost Arcadia
Monday, November 5th, 2012
Lost Arcadia, watercolor by Amy Crook
I’ve been reading a lot of HP Lovecraft lately, and aside from being occasionally stunned by the epic racism, I’ve noticed that a lot of his descriptions of paradise have a certain common form. There’s tall spires, glowing domes, beautiful temples and perfumed gardens awaiting the lucky person who can find the various lost cities. Of course, doom (or DOOM in the case of Sarnath) often comes to destroy those idyllic cities or sink them to the bottom of the ocean, but it wouldn’t be Lovecraft if it didn’t.
This is painted using three shades of near-black, the soft green, midnight blue and deep purple, and a tiny bit of actual black thinned out to almost nothing to give texture to the glowing moon, plus a wee bit of white for the few stars that peek out above the clouds. I like the loose way I can just paint with no sketch or reference using the blacks, getting a whole range of values that aren’t just plain grey due to the subtle tinting.
Lost Arcadia, 8″x8″ watercolor on paper, nfs (sold).
Lost Arcadia, detail 1, by Amy Crook
I have a hard time convincing Photoshop to clear away the blue tinge of sunlight from the image without over-saturating the subtle colors on the image, so I left the one above without much adjustment so you can see the detail on the buildings. Below, you can see the swirling blue-black clouds and violet-tinted night sky as it lightens up in the glow of the city below.
Lost Arcadia, detail 2, by Amy Crook
And finally I have it in a frame! My 8×8 frames don’t have stands, just wall hanging hardware, and my iPhone couldn’t jump that high, so I’m afraid you’ll have to imagine how they look together.
Lost Arcadia, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: city, lovecraft, moon, nfs, sold, spirals, watercolor
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Tentacle Deeps 43
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Tentacle Deeps 43 by Amy Crook
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water(color)! I never quite know when I’m going to be done with this series, but apparently it’s not just yet. This is definitely another step in the girly direction for the tentacles, with shimmery purple, duochrome pink and green. Even the paper is a lovely soft green cardstock from Crane & Co.
The spirals in the background are very subtle, the green-gold hard to see except in the right light, but I like the way they float up off the page like bubbles.
Tentacle Deeps 43, 4″x6″ iridescent and duochorome watercolor on green Crane & Co. paper.
Tentacle Deeps 43, detail, by Amy Crook
Above you can see the shimmer of purple in the pink, and gold in the green spirals, not to mention the sheen on the purple tentacles. Below, it’s in its frame, waiting to bring a strange beauty to someone’s life.
Tentacle Deeps 43, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: crane and co, duochrome, for sale, green, purple, tentacle deeps, tentacles, watercolor
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Tentacle Bookmark 4
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Tentacle Bookmark 4
by Amy Crook
Sharpie tentacles take on a violet sheen when they wind their way up over the mottled background in iridescent garnet. This petite bookmark is perfect for paperbacks, or just staring aimlessly at its shimmery surface until you feel inspired to write like Lovecraft.
Tentacle Bookmark 4, 1″x4″ watercolor and Sharpie marker on cardstock, nfs (sold).
Tentacle Bookmark 4, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a bit of sparkle where the light hits the tentacles just so. Below, the bookmark is hanging out with a book for you to appreciate its compactness.
Tentacle Bookmark 4, with book, by Amy Crook, $13.13
(book is neither included nor by me)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: bookmark, for sale, iridescent, nfs, sharpie marker, sold, tentacles, watercolor
Well Met
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Well Met, tentacle painting by Amy Crook
Wiggly, wobbly tentacles spiral up from the bottom of this strangely iridescent mauve background, only to find another of their kind reaching down from above. There’s a certain Halloweenish whimsy to this piece that I find very appealing.
Well Met, 9″x7″ watercolor on watercolor paper.
Well Met, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a bit of the subtle shimmer of the iridescent background. Below, you can see the piece tucked neatly into an 8″x10″ frame.
Well Met, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: iridescent, nfs, pink, sold, tentacles, watercolor
The Stars Are Right 6
Friday, October 12th, 2012
The Stars Are Right 6 by Amy Crook
The brain-pink planet has deep red fissures in its surface, and radiates a subtle evil message of Cthulhu’s advent. The stars are most definitely right for anyone unfortunate enough to get too close.
The Stars Are Right 6, 7″x5″ Japanese watercolor and glitter gel pen on Arches cover black paper.
The Stars Are Right 6, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a close up of the sliver stars shining out amongst the glittering purple runes, with the planet hovering malevolently in the background. Below, the piece is sitting with deceptive restfulness in a frame, just waiting to invade your home and your mind.
The Stars Are Right 6, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: black paper, cthulhu, for sale, glitter gel pen, japanese watercolor, planet, stars, stars are right
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