Help! I am having a little trouble in deciding what I want to do next on this piece so any advice that can be given by thursday would be greatly appreciated.
Anyways, for this color piece I decided to do an ocean scene, mainly because I had it already drawn out on a canvas and it had just been sitting in a corner of my room. :) However, I didn't want it to just be a regular ol' ocean scene, so I mixed it up by painting a sunset on top of a sky full of clouds. Hopefully, this will cause my audience to think a little bit about the meaning behind it (if there is one that is ;) No, actually, this is kind of my own statement about the state of our oceans and that if we don't stop polluting them, soon the fish will be swimming in the sky, but the problem is that fish can't fly. The sunset, to me, symbolizes hope and new beginnings, which is why I decided to paint it.
Since the colors have to express some kind of emotion, I'm going to paint the remaining sea creatures wild and vivid colors to make them stand out against the sunset. Also, I was thinking I might paint a tree or land plant on top of the corral just because it's kind of wierd and cool, but I don't know yet (what do you all think?) Oh yeah, in case you can't see it on this image, over there beside the shark is a sea turtle and behind it is a huge wall of corral.
I've always wanted to paint an ocean scene, and I like how this is turning out. It would be nice to get some ideas though, because I'm a little stumped on what to do next.
3 comments:
Excellent thought behind this piece. What puzzels me is that the shark is on top of the water. Does this look right to you? If he has just jumped out, his body should be more arched, it this is an actual scene. Yet depending on how you approach the rest, this could be more of a collage composition and may work.
Be sure to place your artwork parallel to the camera.
It may be a little late for Thursday, but here goes anyway!
I think, even though the turtle isn't fully painted yet, it's my favorite.
I love this concept, your reasoning behind it, and I love they way you paint with such vivid and brisk colors.
As far as suggestions go, I'm not exactly sure where your light source is, but I'm guessing it's behind the shark. I like how it stands out so much, but realistically, the shark would be a much darker shade on the side not facing the sunset.
Thanks for pointing that out Mrs.Glenn because I would have never thought of that otherwise. I didn't want it to look like there was any water at all around the shark so to fix it; I painted clouds all around and over him. Now it looks a whole lot better. :) Also, next time I'll be sure to get a better picture of my artwork...sorry 'bout that everyone.
Thanks Rachel! I'm glad you like it. Good point about the light thing, if I hadn’t have read this so late I would have made the shark a little darker. However, I wasn’t really aiming for realism but still it might have looked better. Oh well right? :)
Peace everybody!
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