Archive for the ‘Sea Creatures and Other Animals’ Category
Ghost Trees
Thursday, January 7th, 2016
Ghost Tree, 6″x4″ ink wash on Fluid watercolor paper
Everything about this ink wash is understated, soft, and ghostly. The pale sky just as the sunset fades into the gloaming. The shadowy tree like a ghost against the ink-streaked clouds. The birds flitting past like memories, barely there in the distance.
The first hints of night haunt the top of the page, washing away the color as the evening threatens to fall, dropping its curtain over those last washes of pink and violet and gold still lurking in the soft clouds.
Ghost Tree, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the ghostly little ink wash birds swooping through the pale, fading daylight. Below, the tree sits in a frame, ready to haunt its new home.
Ghost Tree, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
Tags: horizons, ink wash, nfs, sold, tree
Domed City
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Domed City, 4″x6″ iridescent watercolor and ink wash on Fluid watercolor paper
Another painting with some hidden sparkle, this one’s mostly done in ink washes. The background is an amazing rich teal that none of my electronics want to pick up, and the domes sparkle with golden highlights beneath the iridescent blue dragon.
This tiny piece would add a lovely bit of scifi-fantasy allure to a desk, bookshelf, or reading nook.
Here there be dragon!
Domed City, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the shining underbelly on the dragon that floats above the domed city. Below, a tiny window into this strange world as the painting is trapped behind glass in its frame.
Domed City, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: dragon, ink wash, iridescent, j herbin ink, nfs, sold, watercolor
Blowfish
Monday, December 7th, 2015
Blowfish by Amy Crook
My love affair with colors my scanner hates continues! This lovely creature is painted in two shades of purple ink, with bonus black in the eyes and the same rich teal for irises as the water she’s swimming through.
This ink wash blowfish is just adorable. She only wants to be left alone! I’m sure she’ll calm down and make friends once she knows you’re not out to eat her for dinner.
Those spines would be hard on the gullet, anyway. Ow.
Blowfish, 8″x8″ brush & ink and ink wash on Fluid watercolor paper.
Blowfish, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see her cute little ooh-face up close, her shining eyes begging you not to try to have her for lunch. Below, you can see her swimming in her own tank, er, frame, just waiting to be transferred to her new home.
Blowfish, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: blue, brush and ink, fish, ink wash, j herbin, nfs, purple, sold
Cheshire Catnap
Saturday, December 5th, 2015
Cheshire Catnap by Amy Crook
Caturday is the perfect day to give yourself a catnap.
This fuzzy Cheshire Cat is just in it for the naps, much like every other cat I’ve ever met. His floof has floof, and one can only imagine the grin on him when he’s awake.
Where do you need a little bit of wonderland in your life? This kitty would be great in a bedroom or nursery, soothing someone to join him in sleep.
Purr.
Cheshire Catnap, 6″x6″ brush & ink and ink wash on Fluid watercolor paper.
Cheshire Catnap, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see this mystical kitty’s sleeping face, soft and bright blues giving its markings some mystery. Below, he’s tucked in a temporary frame, waiting for his forever home.
Cheshire Catnap, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: alice in wonderland, brush and ink, cat, chakras, for sale, ink wash, j herbin
Mod Bird
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Mod Bird by Amy Crook
This adorably stylized bird was an experiment in water solubility — although the ink is in no way waterproof, I loved the result anyway!
I’m reminded of childhood, the Partridge Family logo and the patterns one might find on things in the ’70s, or lingering from the ’60s. The teal and apple green inks are softened to watercolor-like texture, except in the eye, where there’s a tiny bit of gold lurking in the depths.
Mod Bird, 7″x5″ pen & ink and ink wash on paper.
Mod Bird, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the tiny spirals in his lovely blue breast, gently blurred by the water blush into a pattern that looks pettably soft. Below, the bird is caged in its frame, waiting to decorate your hep pad.
Mod Bird, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: bird, for sale, j herbin, pen and ink, water brush
Twilight Bat
Friday, November 6th, 2015
Twilight Bat by Amy Crook
This bat is so cute and fluffy, you just want to hug her to bits! Her lovely wings contain a mix of two fancy inks with a bit of gold sparkle in their depths, adding a beautiful sheen to the adorableness. It’s as if she went flying through some pollen, and it only stuck to her wings and ears.
The background is still faintly scented of violets from the ink used to create the twilight she’s flying through, but it’s fading pretty fast. The apartment smelled like a packet of Choward’s violet pastilles for awhile there, though.
Where do you need to be a bit batty in your life?
Twilight Bat, 6″x4″ pen & ink and ink wash on Fluid watercolor paper.
Twilight Bat, detail by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the shimmer of gold dust from the special edition ink in the bat’s wings. Below, you can see him in a frame, just waiting to fly to a new roost.
Twilight Bat, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: bat, ink wash, j herbin ink, nfs, pen and ink, sold
Midnight Raven
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Midnight Raven by Amy Crook
A mysterious raven sits atop a black branch, its feathers containing colors within their inky darkness. A moon silhouettes the scene, full and round and bright behind the bird. The sky is a deep midnight, dotted with silver stars.
Inktober started as a fun way to get myself playing with some new media, but it turned into a month of beautiful new art.
A group of ravens is an unkindness, but what do you call just one?
Midnight Raven, 6″x6″ pen & ink, ink wash, and metallic watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper.
Midnight Raven, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the shine of gold in the ink of the raven’s feathers, and the gleam of silver in the stars. Below, the raven has taken a temporary perch in a frame.
Midnight Raven, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: crow, ink wash, j herbin ink, metallic watercolor, moon, nfs, pen and ink, raven, sold
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