I like a good challenge, I do.
So much so, I was inspired by Elaine, over at Rose Elaineโs Art, and her recent series of posts. Now Elaine says she was inspired by Raili, from Soul Gifts, and following her inspiration painted four new digital paintings which were totally different from each other but matched each other perfectly. Youโll have to visit Elaineโs blog for the whole story, and Railiโs for the inspiration (Iโve already included the links!)
Elaine hadnโt painted four paintings together before, and I just happened to mention that I couldnโt wait to see her next four. And this is where the challenge began!
Somehow, I donโt know how, it may have been me, we ended up challenging each other to create four digital paintings each using the same colours and that they looked good side by side.
Iโve created two paintings so far. Randomly abstract from my head, based on ancient civilisations that may or may not have existed. Iโve chosen to use four colours, black, white, yellow and brown (I got that inspiration from a banana!) and then just sploshed the colours around. Well, digitally sploshed. Spread. Smeared. No. None of them sound right. I digitally put the colours together (quickly and freehand โ which is plainly obvious but I was only going for the impression of symmetry. Some may say I was going for the impression of art, but art is in the eye of the beholder so they can. Say it. And behold it.) (I waffle) and continued until I stopped (painting โ not waffling).
The wall where my paintings would go, should I hang them there, is yellow, so if they donโt match each other, they will certainly match the wall (and hopefully the bunch of bananas that I can place strategically underneath).
The first painting, which isnโt completely finished but I wanted to share, is called Oddly Aztec:
As you can see, it looks symmetrical, but the closer you look the more you notice howย unsymmetrical it is. And roughly freehand. It needs texturising, I feel, which may or may not make it look better. That remains to be seen.
The second painting, which again isnโt completely finished, is still wet. Well, it would be, as itโs called Eerily Atlantean. Based on Atlantis and not the Atlantean Ocean. Either way, thereโs a water theme. And I am Piscean, just saying for added value.
Again, it isnโt meant to be symmetrical, which is good because it isnโt. The triangles are included on the fish-inspired shapes (theyโre abstract, remember!) and the fact that there are nine of them, fish (-inspired shapes), which is a triangular number. The triangles are also represented by the bold stripes of colour, which in turn are meant to represent the Sunโs beams being dispersed beneath the waves. Being abstract, however, they are open to interpretation.
So, there we have it. Two abstract digital paintings, with two more to go. I wonder which ancient civilisation I will go to next? Find out in Part Two, later in the week!
(Oh and please visit the sites aboveโฆ youโll be glad that you did!)
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