liralen: Finch Painting (painting)
Liralen Li ([personal profile] liralen) wrote2008-03-19 10:38 am
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Empty Bowls Bowl Shots

Some shots of the bowl...



First the inside, and I really liked how the eye turned out. The body was basically two or three strokes, and then I added the tail and the fins, all done in just orange. Then I swapped to red to add the top of the head and back and then all the cross-hatching and the fin definition with the red. Then just one dot of black for the eye. It still amazes me how little anyone needs to see a 'fish'.

The Inner Fish

Another along the side, as the tail goes up the side... And then the somewhat silly outside... and it's only as I see it now that I realized I forgot a red dot. *falls over giggling* It's a good thing that made things should NOT be perfect.

Another shot of the fishThe outside
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[personal profile] incandescens 2008-03-19 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely!

[identity profile] liralen.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughter* Thank you. I'm glad you thought so!

[identity profile] calmingeffects.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
beautiful!!!

[identity profile] liralen.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! *grin*

[identity profile] streamsandpools.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a lovely fishy :)

[identity profile] liralen.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmmm... fishy. *grin* Thank you! I painted it when I got tired of the detail work on the outside. *grin* But I think it worked!
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[personal profile] archangelbeth 2008-03-19 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
That's beautiful! Fish simplicity on the inside, pattern complexity on the outside!

[identity profile] liralen.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
*dances* Thank you!!

[identity profile] beckyb.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the kind of thing you would be happy to find at a bowl of nice warm soup.

ooo! Those are dragonflies! neat.

[identity profile] liralen.livejournal.com 2008-03-19 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
They are! They were fun. I wished I had the full palatte to do them with, but it was fun anyway...

[identity profile] kjc007.livejournal.com 2008-03-20 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Neato!

[identity profile] liralen.livejournal.com 2008-03-20 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
*beams*
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[identity profile] flit.livejournal.com 2008-03-22 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the fish! Wow!

The missing red dot on the patterned outside (also lovely) reminds me of the story of the magic paintbrush, where if the artist completed the painting it would come to life.

[identity profile] liralen.livejournal.com 2008-03-22 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! What a cool story!