Sea Creatures - A Study of Texture, Color and Nature
Series of Four - Texture, Color and Nature It's always fun to start a new project. This time I wanted to explore nature with techniques using texture and color highlighting sea creatures. The sea fascinates me with all the large and small shapes of animals, with animals that look like flowers and plants, with seashells that were homes and so much more. Selecting which creatures I use in this study took some research, planning and experimenting. There is so much in nature we are not aware. For instance -Sea Slugs and the variety of shapes and colors they come in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_slug Nor was I aware of the Ribbon eel - such a graceful unusual creature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_eel I began collecting pictures of the creatures that were appealing to me and that might support each other in a texture series. Before the actual work could begin, the decision of how and what to use for mounting each piece was decided on. The structure chosen was