The process of making this work of art has been fairly good. I did not base this work off of my studio experience, but rather that of the Columbia Art Museum. There was a painting of "EOS" by Mary Evelyn De Morgan that I did a sketch of for our sketch assignment. I then did some research on the Greek Goddess to find out a little about her. She is the "Goddess of Dawn", which is why the sun is coming up from behind the horizon line. She is usually shown with wings because she is considered a spirit of morning. The star that is hanging on her forehead is representative of the star of morning. Her garments are and elaborate purple and white. Eos is also usually shown pouring out morning dew over the land. My process is not very hard, but I used watercolor as the base for the artwork. I would put a small amount of detail in with the watercolor, but not a very large amount. I would then go back with Primacolor and start putting the more intricate details. I chose to have a symetrically balance piece, because of the painting that I was doing my museum paper on was the same way. So the composition was derived from my Greenville Art Museum painting, and the idea came from the the painting at the Columbia Art Museum. I hope that it is alright.
4 comments:
Bomar, your Goddess of Dawn is coming along well. Some of your colors are quite rich. I look forward to seeing the rest.
The rendering of your feathers wonderfully graphic. It is even better when its large.
I agree with Sarah the feathers are wonderful and I can almost feel the feathers wanting to move in flight. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Eric, I loved the fact that you researched further on the goddess to develop your artwork. The piece has an elegant sensitivity with beautiful flowing lines.
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