Preliminary DrawingTexture Study - "Rocks, Ripples and Refractions"
Digital drawing, 800px x 600px
I always found what goes on at the bottom of a pond fascinating to watch.
Underwater, rocks and sticks that look so clearly defined on land get covered with a gooey brown blanket which obscures their features. On the surface of the water, there are waves and bubbles and patches of light which compete for your attention against the objects lying on the bottom. And where the sun shines through those waves, patches of light and shadow get projected, with reflections and refractions, onto the underwater rocks and sticks that are already barely recognizable.
It's a real game to figure out what you are looking at. And it's mesmerizing to simply follow the shapes made by the flow of the ripples back and forth. Surface and bottom. Bottom and surface. Light and shadow. Fascinating.
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2 comments:
I agree with you; fascinating it is:)
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Hi Gwen: What may be even more fascinating than looking at it, is getting into the process of drawing it! Thanks for checking in and commenting on this post.
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