Brazillian artist Vanderlei Lopes creates temporary interventions where his polished brass objects appear to pour and drain like gold from the walls or floors of galleries.
wayyy back when the wayward sisters anthology kickstarter was running, i was part of one of the reward tiers for a PLANT ANIMAL drawing for three backers, and here they are, heres all three of em
the combinations are owl + orchid
the valais blacknosed sheep + acacia plant
and two cats, nyx and marshmallow, who are a venus flytrap and rose mallow hibiscus !
I spent my evening yesterday working on this design using my different magnolia elements. I ended up finishing it late enough that I couldn’t even tell if it was any good so I was pleasantly surprised when I looked at it again today and found that it actually worked pretty well.
To start with I stuck with the original colours from my watercolours but I found it looked slightly too cold to capture the true colours of the original plant I based it on. Once I recoloured it to bring out more of the yellows and dark greens I found it worked much better.
Next I’m planning on combining the magnolia flowers and leaves with some architectural elements, as at Tyntesfield this magnolia grows near to the windows and around a door. I’d also like to try and use the flowers for some block prints but I need to work out how I’m going to do that and what kind of scale I’d want them first.
I should probably learn not to spend too much time staring at Photoshop when I’m already half asleep but I have to make the most of it when I have the time and inclination. It also worked out pretty nicely I think.
Fi this is beautiful????
Thank you. I’m just glad all the time spent painting things with watercolours paid off as I hadn’t tried it in years and still feel like I’ve barely just got an idea of what I’m doing.
Man it baffles me that people undervalue artists and (especially) professional artists. People want to hire us for freelance work but don’t want to pay the baseline, reasonable amount because they don’t realize how much art is actually worth in the industry.
Freelance Contract work goes up from $400/day
Freelance Piece work varies, but people at my animation studio sell theirs for like $500
wupacing 