This quick little experiment was made with a lot more water than usual, just to see what would happen. (Normally, I'm quite a coward.) I found that the rough splashes contrasted nicely with the even Art Noveau lines of the stems. And there really were two cute children there to make the little thing more interesting.
The trick, of course, is to add the reds to the greens precisely in time. Too late, and it goes dry and boring. Too early, and it goes smudgy and boring. On the top of that, I was a bit worried about whether the paper would accept this much water. But it did. It was very well glued around the edges, so it didn't go accordion despite being a little too thin really. Some soak and stretch the paper before starting. But they usually use larger sheets -- and more patience. I was born without patience.
Dear readers,
This week gives us Electric Beetles...
The speckled background I made quite a while ago without having a clue what to do with it. It came in handy now. I use it straight, inverted and so on, saving the image from being too flat.
Ah, the electric beetles! I met some sort of beetle the other day. It took a break from whatever beetles do to crawl on my arm. Hello, Mr. Beetle. A fine day, isn't it? Warm for being September, I'd say...
It had an odd square on its back; a pattern of pointed little orange strands resembling the nodes (wossname?) of a microchip or so. It didn't look much like my beetles do now, but an idea was born and newborn ideas have to be nursed carefully. What do you think of the result? (You're very welcome to write a comment below.) I wish that Mr. Beetle knew about it.
Having done digital smudge for quite a while (see, for instance, my Rucksack of Life) I decided that I wanted to try some vastly different means of colouring. So here I used different kinds of lines.
I like the blend of cute (hummingbirds) and not cute (sipping and sapping the strength out of our poor fellow). I am also happy that we don't do this in any kind of realistic manner (not to mention photorealistic) as if reality had any kind of inherent appeal. One might as well try to be a little decorative instead. Let's look closer, almost by the pixel:
This one I made for dear friend Sophie, who runs ordpusslaren.se
It is in Swedish, with quirks, and about writing in this wonderfully quirky language too.
