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My investigation is focused on unusual animals and how their vibrant colors stand out from their natural surroundings. My theme intrigued me because it was different from paintings I have done in the past. I thought it would be challenging but at the same time rewarding to step outside my comfort zone and paint realism. I have a love for all animals and I have a new appreciation for those that I have painted, doing research on them made me realize how incredible the world is. I used acrylic paint for all of my work, it's what I'm most comfortable with when it comes to medium. I also stuck to acrylic because I thought it would bring out the bright colors the best.
When choosing an animal to paint I would try and search for one that caught my eye immediately. Then I would do some research on the animal just out of curiosity. Throughout my process, I tried to improve some skills like line work and my brush technique. I was advised to add shadows to my paintings so I tried to incorporate that as well. I would start by sketching the animals I wanted to paint then make changes depending on the colors I was using. I think the relevancy these paintings have to the viewer is getting to appreciate the vibrant colors and maybe introducing animals that they have never even heard of.
Tucan!
Tucan!
Image 1
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic paint
Processes: In choosing this bird I chose one of the most fascinating creatures, so vibrant and so beautiful. I used bright paint to try and capture that.
Purple Frog
Purple Frog
Image 2
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic paint
Processes: This is a small-scale representation of a “fake” poison dart frog, I chose him because I wondered what it’s like to be him. I had a hard time with the small detail.
Fat Bird
Fat Bird
Image 3
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic paint
Processes: In this piece I let the bright colors of the bird stand out from the dull background. Apparently, this is a very aggressive bird, he does seem to be angry.
Halloween Crab
Halloween Crab
Image 4
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic Paint
Processes: Part of my process before picking what I am going to paint is to choose something that looks unusual to me or perhaps something I have never seen before. When I saw this crab I thought it was fake, and it is indeed very real.
Blue Booby
Blue Booby
Image 5
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic Paint
Processes: A Blue Footed Booby is a goofy bird, and he reminds me a lot of myself. I would be so confident to say, if I was a bird I would be a Blue Footed Booby. His bright feet are different form the rest of the greyish background.
Blue Fish
Blue Fish
Image 6
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic paint
Processes: With my recent work I have tried to paint animals that don’t get enough attention or any for that matter. This creature intrigued me with its colors and shape.
Close Up Blue Fish
Close Up Blue Fish
Image 7
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic paint
Processes: For these next few paintings my goal was to abstract the original paintings by painting a zoomed-in version of that picture. This painting, it's a zoomed-in view of the blue fish.
Close Up Halloween Crab
Close Up Halloween Crab
Image 8
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic paint
Processes: This one is a zoomed-in version of the Halloween crab, I liked how it focused on the colors. If I didn't know it was a crab I honestly have no clue what it was.
Close up Tucan!
Close up Tucan!
Image 9
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic paint
Processes: This is a zoomed-in picture of the Tuscan, I had a lot of fun with this one and I thought it would look funny upside down. Also, it gives it more of an abstract look.
Close Up Purple Frog
Close Up Purple Frog
Image 10
Height:8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic Paint
Processes: Following the same idea as the other paintings this is an enlarged view of my painting, purple frog. I tried to find an angle that had a balance of the bright colors and the green.
Close Up Booby
Close Up Booby
Image 11
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic Paint
Processes: I was going to zoom in on the feet of the painting but I liked this angle better, I thought it could capture the bobby being goofy.
Close Up Fat Bird
Close Up Fat Bird
Image 12
Height: 8''
Width: 12''
Materials: Acrylic Paint
Processes: This is fat bird close-up, I love his range of colors, and close up you can better appreciate his angriness and grumpy face.
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