In just a short couple of days from now, The latest Creative Tuesdays will be upon us. So, if you've been thinking about taking part in the festivities, please hop on over to Mr. Toast's creative co-op and read the guidelines and share your art based on the current theme, which, for this edition of Creative Tuesdays, it's Bottle.
For my piece this week I was going to draw a a bottle with a ship inside of it, but when I tried, I remembered it was a little above my current skill level. I think the bottle looked ok, but the brown blurb inside looked nothing like a ship. So, I thought, hmmm…and came up with an idea for some kind of ad campaign. I started with an empty bottle on a white screen (didn't include it here), then I painted inside the bottle, was going to go with the lightning in a bottle theme, but I liked the way the aquamarine/teal blend looked too much to stray from it. Then, as is seen in the first painting, I added a ferocious seascape to surround the bottle. The next couple pieces I simply changed the color of the sea, layered them up together and used the old knife and went abstract on it, adding a variety of colors and found the ad I liked best.
Looking forward to see how many bottles are on the CT wall this week.
Thanks for the explanation on your thought processes. The aquamarine and teal is certainly a lovely colour together. These all looks like the calm before the storm in the final version. Love the texture and colours in that one.
ReplyDeletelove what you have come up with so creatively! Elixir, why not?
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE the bottom one! So cool
ReplyDeleteWhat type of elixir is it? very cool!
I like the abstract feel to all the lines and curves for the last version. would work wella s an ad I suppose.
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Unique! The final one is my favorite, though I like them all.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was a ship in a bottle...but just seemed to hard...so I went with something simple.
ReplyDeleteI love the work you do, and especially the narrative you give us explaining your thinking and process.
cool bottle! don't know why this is reminding me of Agatha Christie's novel 'and then there were none'
ReplyDeleteYou are an artist! Hello Fred, this is oceangirl.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I always like to read how you work on these pieces, Fred, and what other ideas you had too. Funny you mention the ship inside a bottle as I was going to do that too but also decided it would be too hard to draw! LOL. Elixir is a perfectly fine interpretation though. :) TY!
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