This piece is watercolor on watercolor paper. It is underwater looking up towards the sky. I wanted to keep it loose and simple. Watercolor doesn't always go exactly where it's supposed to but always seems to make something interesting even when that happens. This painting may not look exactly like a view from underwater looking upwards but that is what i like about it. I did this piece to show the fluidity of watercolor and to show how simple colors and strokes can create a piece alone.
This piece is also watercolor but I put salt on the watercolor after i painted it, this creates a cool effect of white spots and a look of texture. Then I stippled calla lilies using the colors and textures on the paper to shape and position them. Once I had the lilies I still needed something to root them rather than just having a bunch of lilies hanging on the page. I didn't want to just stipple stems down so I used a quote as the stem. I used the quote, "Fairytales don't tell children that dragons exist, they already know that. Fairytales tell children that dragons can be killed." I thought that this quote went well with the background and the colors and the overall character of the piece. Calla lilies represent beauty and I think the quote does too, showing the beauty of belief and childhood.
This piece is an ink drawing. When i started this piece I began cross hatching but then really liked the way the ink looked when it completely filled in the page. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the ink creates kind of a rough texture on the page in certain spots which goes nicely with the drawing.
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