Hatching an idea

in art •  7 years ago  (edited)

The new bird

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Sometimes it is fun to create something new from something that would have been discarded. This was originally a tiny piece of offcut mount board that I had used to flick colour on to a painting. The build up of colours was really interesting so I decide to turn what would have been a discarded piece of card into a tiny painting.

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How did I decide what to draw? Well I let the paint marks tell me that!

I looked closely at the shapes that had been randomly formed by the paint. The first shape I saw was the grey shape of a leg, I used my pencil to outline the shape and then looked for the next shape to tell me what the leg would be attached to. Above the leg was a yellow mark that had the potential to be a wing, I drew the outline around the wing and from there used the other paint marks to guide me as I drew in the shape of a bird.

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I then used pen and paint to build up the design further and add some pattern and details.
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Creating something new from something old!

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What do you think is in the egg?

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It's lovely :D The egg details really make it look like it was a pre-planned drawing ^ ^
It looks like a beautiful bookmark!

The egg was the final part i put in :D

When a person has the gift of seeing art, he finds inspiration in insignificant things, that acute vision that the artist possesses is what makes the difference with other people. I admire the ingenuity and creativity the work is beautiful, congratulations dear friend @opheliafu
I wish you a good night

Thank you for those kind words my friend!

Excellent work I liked it so much I wish I could continue your work on this as I will give you all the support I hope you will support me if possible Thank you for your time

Thank you @goldenkingdom

Your style and technique of drawing I like very original.

Thank you @edurley!

Wao... Great job

Nice, waste not, want not.

Definitely!

it's something new! Looks nice!

Thanks- I have a growing collection of these miniature pictures - i may have to do a post about them.

Wow... This is very creative .. Nice one

Glad you liked it- thanks

Love this! The gif is so cool to watch too!

Indeed looks like a bookmark! A very beautiful one ha ha. Excellent job!

This reminded me of a Fred Press image on a vintage piece I own, lovely!

I always used to think the whole "the painting tells me what it's going to be" was just something artists said to sound mysterious. Until i started experimenting with abstract art a few months ago.

Now I can't imagine painting any other way. I love your tiny Bird.

Such a creative solution, love how the egg resembles a universe. This inspires me to try something similar.

Very beautiful your painting and creative. I love it!!! Follow me and we will share knowledge. Congratulations.