I struggled with oils for this, but am posting it none-the-less. I had actually painted the background last week, so it was dry and I worked on putting the jellyfish in today. However, there was a fatal flaw in my oil experimentation and it has become clear I really need to experiment more so I know how to use oils properly. I went to put the darker shadows in first with a dark blue (thinking I should move dark to light, background to foreground), which was all fine until I started mixing yellow and orange in there and got an icky green mess. I tried to recover it . . . but I'm not sure that I was successful.
Anyway, you can tell it's a jellyfish . . .mission accomplished! :)
I have also included the version I did a few weeks ago, using colored conté . . . just for a comparison and to show a medium I find easier to manipulate.
PS. As it's 12:47am right now, the light is TERRIBLE for taking pictures . . .so it isn't really accurately reflected here. But you can get the gist. Note to self: do my thing-a-day earlier.
I love this - the colors are so vibrant! The first one you drew seems to have more movement than the oils. But maybe that's because of the little mess you got into? Or that you had to paint over the already dark, painted background?
ReplyDeleteThis is really good, I had no idea you were into this sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteI really like this monica! You're so talented!
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