Saturday, February 27, 2016

EGA Challenge First Piece

This year's challenge is a set of 3 related designs. Unlike the Master Craftsman program, there is no "fail" - well there may be, but it doesn't hurt like the MC program. And I can get some feedback for improvements. My three pieces are sea and shore related, as I want to try out some representations of the sea, waves, water and reflection. I painted the background on Dupioni silk:


I decided to cut off the top, as the distant hills make the scale of the foreground all wonky. There are 3 gulls, and two of them are partially reflected on the wet sand. The surf was done with deconstructed flair thread.
Not perfect, but definitely has possibilities. I think if the sea and wet sand were painted darker, it would look better.
I plan to put some rocks on the bottom right to balance the picture.


Details:


I have the second piece painted, but have not started on it yet. These are anemones (without the tentacles) among rocks and seaweeds.

2 comments:

  1. The little seagulls are really cute.

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  2. Thank you! It was surprising difficult to make them look realistic, as they are small, and the thread is (relatively) thick, glad you liked them.

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