1 SAM CALDWELL.: Unbalanced

Tuesday 17 November 2009

Unbalanced


This weeks illustration friday topic was 'Unbalanced'.

I went with the first thing that came to mind just so I could fit in the bowerbirds again. I'm really enjoying just painting and adding in detail later, losing obvious outlines. My only problem is being able to do it on a dark background. I'd like to be able to have the crispness and contrast of something like this -


But I fear he uses more than watercolours.

5 comments:

thirdrocky said...

the warm colors and the perspective are just lovely—the light background works nicely!

jazzlamb said...

What a twist to the generic see-saw! I love the simple form of the birds!

Michelle said...

Love the colours and the concept!

Shirley said...

Sam, your work is very cool! I like these birds and really liked the original post about them..very interesting birds. Great cover art, too!

Dear Fireflies said...

Very artistic and nicely done! I think you've chosen the right set of colors for this ^__^