Blood Moon acrylic wildlife portrait

                                                                       Blood Moon
                                                                          14"x11"
                                                                          Acrylic
This weeks project was another in the moon series.  The Blood Moon usually occurs during an eclipse and is caused by the moon picking up reflected red wavelengths of light.  It was a challenge as I wanted to get the primary color, the yellow, so that it would eminate out of the other colors of red/orange/purples.  I liked the idea of using the wildlife in silhouette and have a couple more of these sky pictures doing that planned.  

 This is acrylic on a canvas panel board, this time.  But had to do several gessoed layers to get it smooth enough to work with.  The other thing I am learning about acrylic is that you have to apply layers.  That is why it is so forgiving, if you don't like the way it looks, just add another layer until you do.  Also, there is a fair amount of glazing in this picture which also helps to bounce the light around and also should help create depth.  

 Another new technique I tried was applying the stars this time without a brush.  Instead I used a T-pin and put them on individually.  Would put them in, glaze and add another another layer to try to get some depth in the skies.  Also experimented with blue, yellow and red/pink  stars in addition to white ones.

 Thanks for taking a look and stopping by, have a great weekend.

Comments

Helen said…
Love the yellow against the navy!
July 14, 2017 at 11:14 PM
Joan Tavolott said…
I love the variety of color and shading in the moon, and the silhouette in front looks so good against it. Lovely!!!
July 16, 2017 at 9:45 PM
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