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rachaelm5 — Sunspot
Published: 2004-09-29 11:28:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1848; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 122
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I was thinking "gas giants" when I conceived of this series of dragons, then I thought to myself, "Well, I can't forget the biggest gas giant of all, and the explody, firey one at that!" So I did a sun dragon. He dwells in those strange, shadowy places on the surface of the sun, furling and twirling among his brighter, incandescent brethren.I constructed this piece a little bit differently from the others in this series. I first drew the dragon, then I did an all-over red/orange/yellow watercolor wash with salt. I then painted the black bars with India ink. Then I colored in the dragon with colored pencil, which took about 20 hours of work, spread out over a couple of weeks. I went back in and punched up the color in the bar in the background even more with some cadmium red acrylic, and I used a paper towel and brown acrylics to break up the black bars on top and bottom.
Spheres 01: Jovian Dragon
Spheres 02: Winds of Neptune
Spheres 03: Uranean Man o' War
Spheres 05: Jovian Dragon 2
Spheres 06: Saturnian Scourge
Spheres 07: Pull of the Long Tide
Original artwork: sold.
Prints:
8x10 inches for $15.
11x14 inches for $30.
16x20 inches for $50.
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Comments: 3
That is completely awesome. A sun dragon is a fantasic idea, and it's pulled off really beautifully here.
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The mediums and processes used are all very interesting. It's a very vibrant piece, majestic even, and the background textures are very cool.
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