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MORE art? ugh.

Neudacha (неудача) means bad luck or unlucky in Russian.

If you didn't know, I'm obsessed with tales of the firebird. This is another illustration from last semester's independent study with my fav professor. Again on the theme of transformation - I chose a tale about how the firebird came about. She was a talented weaver who refused to weave for Koschei the Deathless, who then turned her into a bird and attacked her as an eagle.

I worked with transformation as a way to sort out the idea of identity politics using mythologies that depict transcendental characters who change from story to story and within the story as well.

Done with home-made watercolors and here a less limited color palette because I wanted to use up the paints
I tried to use as little additive white as I possibly could here after a professor's critique that was relying to heavily on it to define my forms.

Pigments used: Malachite, burnt sienna, burnt umber, prussian blue, cadmium red, yellow ochre, chrome oxide green, zinc white.

Description
MORE art? ugh.

Neudacha (неудача) means bad luck or unlucky in Russian.

If you didn't know, I'm obsessed with tales of the firebird. This is another illustration from last semester's independent study with my fav professor. Again on the theme of transformation - I chose a tale about how the firebird came about. She was a talented weaver who refused to weave for Koschei the Deathless, who then turned her into a bird and attacked her as an eagle.

I worked with transformation as a way to sort out the idea of identity politics using mythologies that depict transcendental characters who change from story to story and within the story as well.

Done with home-made watercolors and here a less limited color palette because I wanted to use up the paints
I tried to use as little additive white as I possibly could here after a professor's critique that was relying to heavily on it to define my forms.

Pigments used: Malachite, burnt sienna, burnt umber, prussian blue, cadmium red, yellow ochre, chrome oxide green, zinc white.