More or less done with the moon. Moving on to other parts of this painting :)
Moon, work in progress. Might be the. Most. Difficult. Thing. I’ve painted so far!
Commissioned art work: Peacock Diptych.
I did mockups and studies and pencil sketches for this one because they’re large pieces (large for me anyway - 18 x 24 inches each).
This is the initial study. I want the peacocks to have this level of detail…
…but I want the poses to be more dynamic, like so. The one on the left is an Indian Blue peacock and the one on the right is a Java Green peacock.
The clients wants a vintage-looking gold/ochre background and he’ll probably have the pieces framed and positioned this way in his home.
I was going to do the tail feathers like this but these studies are too stylized. I want the final artworks to have a vintage ornithological illustration look, so I have to stay kinda realistic.
So I’ll do the tail feathers like this. Still stylized and intricate, since that’s really my style, but more realistic than my previous study.
Worked on the tail feather lines lines lines over several days. Whew! Still have to fill in the “eye” colors and add details, but the hardest part is over.
Now to work on their faces. Here’s where you can start to see the difference between the Indian Blue peacock and the Java Green peacock. You’ve probably heard of albino peacocks too, but what about peach, violet, cameo, opal, and charcoal? While researching for this commission I came across so many peafowl breeds and varieties! If you’re curious, check out Peafowl Photo Gallery and Peafowl Varieties Database. :)
Here’s where I ended today. I’ll finish by the end of the month.
Colors slightly off because I just took pictures with my phone.
Day 1, 2, and 3 of this painting.
Colors slightly off because I just took pictures with my phone. The paper is actually white (just a tinge of cream) and the painting is charcoal with tints of blue, brown, and violet.
“Deep Night”
Watercolor, acrylic, and ink on paper.
27 x 38 CM
Signed “feanne” and dated “2012” at bottom.
Colors not perfectly accurate in this cellphone camera photo taken at night.
Queen by Feanne (tumblr/facebook/twitter)
Watercolor, 27 X 38 CM
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I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along.
I am aging and eaten and have done my share of eating too.
I am not washed and beautiful, in control of a shining world in which everything fits, but instead am wondering awed about on a splintered wreck I’ve come to care for, whose gnawed trees breathe a delicate air, whose bloodied and scarred creatures are my dearest companions, and whose beauty bats and shines not in its imperfections but overwhelmingly in spite of them…
― Annie Dillard
Quick watercolor doodle
Eveything is made of light,
and the space between isn’t empty.
Don Miguel Ruiz
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Wings, entanglements, magic. Quick watercolor painting finished in a day. 16x22”
Each act of creation shall leave you humble,
for it is never as great as your dream and always
inferior to that most marvelous dream of God
which is Nature.
Gabriela Mistral, Decalogue of the Artist
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Violet and sunlight butterfly petal mandala watercolor painting completed over the course of several days.
16” x 22”
“Unicorn Blooms”
11” x 14”
Watercolour on paper
Signed “feanne” and dated “201011” on lower right.
Wild and beautiful, powerful and pure.
Framed.
Was at my first solo art exhibit, Outerspace Gallery at The Collective, 7274 Malugay St. Makati.
