maldoror
11-18-2009, 06:18 PM
Death in Venice is the working title. The illustration was inspired by Thomas Mann's book of the same name.
This is my first large watercolor painting and I my first comment after a day of work (about 5 hours total, including the pencil sketch) was that I've overworked it. It's something I heard watercolorists talk about but never experienced it because I never did watercolors before. I hope I can rescue it by conceptual bravado if not by technical skill =|
Comments/Crits welcome.
The piece is intended as an exercise in watercolors for a set of large watercolors I will do to build a portfolio.
The man on the image is the protagonist in the book. The many arms pulling him down or battling each other represent his forbidden passion for the young boy in the story. There are hints of red in the painting to allude to the red haired people the protagonist runs into in the streets of venice. He will eventually have a few more hints of clownish makeup that, literally, represent the foppish and clownish appearance the protagonist took on after he decided to pursue the boy.
Watercolors on 30 x 22 Fabriano Artistico 300lb Cold Press paper.
http://robertxcadena.com/uploads/2009/11/div_0002.jpg
http://robertxcadena.com/uploads/2009/11/div_0004.jpg
http://robertxcadena.com/uploads/2009/11/div_0005.jpg
Crits/Comments welcome.
This is my first large watercolor painting and I my first comment after a day of work (about 5 hours total, including the pencil sketch) was that I've overworked it. It's something I heard watercolorists talk about but never experienced it because I never did watercolors before. I hope I can rescue it by conceptual bravado if not by technical skill =|
Comments/Crits welcome.
The piece is intended as an exercise in watercolors for a set of large watercolors I will do to build a portfolio.
The man on the image is the protagonist in the book. The many arms pulling him down or battling each other represent his forbidden passion for the young boy in the story. There are hints of red in the painting to allude to the red haired people the protagonist runs into in the streets of venice. He will eventually have a few more hints of clownish makeup that, literally, represent the foppish and clownish appearance the protagonist took on after he decided to pursue the boy.
Watercolors on 30 x 22 Fabriano Artistico 300lb Cold Press paper.
http://robertxcadena.com/uploads/2009/11/div_0002.jpg
http://robertxcadena.com/uploads/2009/11/div_0004.jpg
http://robertxcadena.com/uploads/2009/11/div_0005.jpg
Crits/Comments welcome.