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Part of the same artistic series but independent works.

🎨 Related Pieces

Part of the same artistic series but independent works.

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Description

Fluid lines that resemble agate layers flowing in waves across the page. Think currents of water or shell and coral style patterns. Colors should resemble the ocean or similar. Deep ocean blues, teals, merky greens, etc. The point of the piece is movement. I want the eye to flow through the curves and bumps. I want there to be depth and overlapping.

Planning Notes

• When I did the Raccoon’s background, it came out very different to the Rainbow River that I had created before it. The technique was an accident, and I became too precise with the lines. Comparing the two, the lines of the river are thicker.
• I also couldn’t replicate the overlapping or wave/clam like patterns I’d created in the river. I’m going to try and replicate it.
• I’ve started and stopped this project multiple times, not liking how the guide lines looked. I think the best way to do it is to not plan the lines ahead of time (unlike what I’ve done before) to try and resolve the problem.
• I need to recognize that the very light and very dark colors will make this look 3D, how can I control that?
• Do I layer randomly or in some sort of order? Decided to have an order for this one.

Progress Notes

• I’m really liking the process but it is certainly about to take awhile to complete. The smoothness and texture looks really nice.
• I prefer hard lines between gradients to help block out shapes. Having only gradients don’t seem to work for what I’m trying to do.
• This technique takes a long time.
• I am struggling to keep a clean dividing line between the black and green transition. Should I try to erase it and have a soft white border or try to tighten it with shading? How do I stop this from happening in the future? I won’t have to worry about it with tumy sunset piece.
• Colored-pencil smudges like graphite, but also erases like graphite. Don’t forget the sheet of paper to protect what’s already done. I like the process of making these lines a lot. I like it better than the other two iterations of this technique.

Completion Notes

• I struggled because of how long this took. I ended up speeding through the last two layers and I can see it’s a little different from the other layers. The other layers are lighter, less saturated (though part of that is probably from rubbing).
• I also ended up flipping the entire piece because it looked better in the opposite direction. It’s more interesting.
• I tried to do a little shading and I wasn’t liking it. The piece needs to have that shading incorporated already, not added after the fact.

✵ Steps ✵

• Pick colors
• Review previous work/flow
• Record colors
• Start
• Finish
• Shade

Supplies

Tags

#medium/coloredpencils , #paper/mixedmedia , #brand/prismacolor/premier , #brand/fabercastell/polychromos , #brand/beepaper/superdeluxe , #color/scheme/cool

Materials

Color Palette: Surf & Turf

Inspiration & References

Technique Iterations

!300 !300

References

path: Photos/Art Projects/Underwater Currents/References
type: horizontal

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