Meadow Plants in Conte

 

This mixed media piece combines a drawing I did in multiple colors of oil pastel combined with digital effects to mimic conte crayon. I keep revisiting my long-time series based on close-up views of low to the ground plant life. This is a subject I can remember fascinating me since I was a toddler plopped on the grass and allowed to entertain myself. There's a whole world going on down there! But I don't really depict it realistically. My reference photo is actually multiple photos I took layered together. Instead of simplifying my images, I increase the complexity to emphasize the diverse abundance of nature allowed to run wild.

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Foxtail Jungle

I'm probably going to have to call this Image 3 of my "Foxtail Series." I didn't think I was going to have a Foxtail Series but I didn't expect to have a "Grass Series" either and that's gone on for many years now. What I liked about this image is that I did not use any software purposely to make it look like a watercolor painting. That's what happened after I layered the same photograph about 7-8 times, using different Photoshop layering techniques on each layer. Very fun! Prints, framed prints, prints on canvas or metal or acrylic, etc. are available on Fine Art America.