My recent experiments with pen & ink got me a little more comfortable with the media. Here is the current state of a project on Arches hot press watercolor board. The starting pencil sketch is shown at the right. In looking for eagle reference imagery I found that I never realized how often they are photographed looking down at their feet (almost as if they are surprised to see them there).
I have a fascination with symbols & myths and how they function in our current world. It is always interesting when ideal meets reality. As far as my subject goes--if you've ever taken a good look at the one dollar bill you might have seen the US National emblem and wondered why the eagle is holding arrows & foliage in each talon....
I have a fascination with symbols & myths and how they function in our current world. It is always interesting when ideal meets reality. As far as my subject goes--if you've ever taken a good look at the one dollar bill you might have seen the US National emblem and wondered why the eagle is holding arrows & foliage in each talon....
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