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Tentacle Deeps 45
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Tentacle Deeps 45 by Amy Crook
I wanted to see what the lovely bronze-green paint from last week’s tentacles would look like on a dark background, and this time it was the green that shone through, and the bronze color can only be seen at certain angles. Actually these tentacles are a bit ectoplasmic to me, Ghostly and half absorbed in each other where they touch, as though reaching up from a pool of ooze to try to catch whatever lies tantalizingly out of reach.
Tentacle Deeps 45, 6″x4″ duochrome watercolor on Arches cover black paper with white gel pen signature.
Tentacle Deeps 45, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the color gamut from green to bronze, and the shift between them as the paper falls away from the sunlight. Below, I’ve slipped the piece into a frame, so you can see how it would look sitting on your desk.
Tentacle Deeps 45, framed art by Amy Crook
(iPhone not included)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: black paper, duochrome, for sale, tentacle deeps, tentacles, watercolor
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
Octopus Bookmark 1
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Octopus Bookmark 1
by Amy Crook
After Tentacle Tuesday is.. Tentacle Wednesday? Well, there were just a lot of tentacles this week, I guess. This little octopus is a bit leery of something below him, and is heading up out of the pink-tinged depths and into the light. The paper itself is a soft, subtle green, and the pink paint turns a subtle violet at certain angles. The octopus is just himself, though.
Octopus Bookmark 1, 2″x6.25″ watercolor on paper, nfs (sold).
Octopus Bookmark 1, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the sunlight turning the shimmery pink to shimmery violet and chasing the little octopus up the bookmark. Below, it’s resting next to a book for your size-comparsion pleasure.
Octopus Bookmark 1, with book, by Amy Crook
(book not included. get your own book.)
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: bookmark, crane and co, iridescent, japanese watercolor, nfs, octopus, sold, watercolor
Jellyfish Bookmark 3
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Jellyfish Bookmark 3 by Amy Crook
Tentacle Tuesday has returned! This whimsical little jellyfish is done in three shades of shimmering watercolor, purple and pink floating in a lovely aqua-gold ocean. This bookmark is on nice thick watercolor paper with one edge tapering off to the natural deckle from the papermaking process. Not my process, of course, but the manufacturer’s.
Jellyfish Bookmark 3, 1.25″x6.875″ watercolor on paper.
Jellyfish Bookmark 3, detail, by Amy Crook
Above you can just see the aqua paint turning to gold in the sun like a shimmer of pale powder. Below, the bookmark is sitting happily atop a normal-sized hardcover book so you can see the size.
Jellyfish Bookmark 3, with book, by Amy Crook
(tentacles included. book not included.)
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles
Tags: bookmark, buy a bookmark, for sale, iridescent, jellyfish, watercolor
Random Tentacle
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
Random Tentacle watercolor sketch by Amy Crook
I was working on the purple for Tuesday’s tentacles, and I did this little sketch on my scratch paper to see how the paint would flow and decide if it was too dark. I liked it so much I scanned it to share with you — the original’s about an inch and a half high, so you’re seeing it rather larger here.
Happy Sunday!
Categories: Daily Art, Tentacles
Tags: nfs, sketch, tentacles, watercolor
Delicate Jellyfish
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Delicate Jellyfish, watercolor by Amy Crook
This is one of those pieces it’s really impossible to get a feel for without seeing it in person, alas. All the paint on it is “duochrome,” which means the green background changes to gold, the pink turns purple and the green in the tentacles goes a totally different shade of purple when it’s tilted into the light just right, giving the piece almost an inverse feel as things that were darker become lighter and vice versa.
Delicate Jellyfish, 4″x6″ duochrome watercolor on green Crane & Co. paper.
Delicate Jellyfish, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see a little of the color-changing effect, though it’s very hard to capture on film. Below, I’m including the frame with this painting because I found the perfect complement. The frame’s made of mother-of-pearl that shimmers just like the painting without detracting from it.
Delicate Jellyfish, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: crane and co, duochrome, for sale, green, iridescent, jellyfish, purple, 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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