Painting the moon

in art •  7 years ago 

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Super moon

Today, I have mainly been painting the moon. Not the actual moon, I'm not responsible for the super blue blood moon that some people will be able to see in the sky tonight. No, I have been busy adding the details to the moon in a section of one of the paintings I am currently working on.

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You can see how I started this painting in my post A load of bull

Moon inspiration

The inspiration for the design of the surface of the moon in this painting came from drawings of the moon made by Johannes Hevelius and Galileo in the 1600's.

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A drawing of the full Moon from Johannes Hevelius's 1647 atlas of the Moon

I exaggerated some of the swirls and patterns, and blended cobalt turquoise into the black and grey tones.

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I'll be looking up at the sky tonight to see the glorious super moon. Will you?

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If you have a coder you can easily sort out your pictures and make a crypto puzzle game app that people can play with. I think it will advance your audience to great levels and promote crypto art in general. You are the most talented person in here your brain is a motivational tool for all. Keep it up girl, you rock.

Edit: How many pieces in total? I can ask a friend if is easy doable for you and let you know at steemit chat.

Are you talking about the jigsaw? https://steemit.com/art/@opheliafu/puzzling-artwork-my-completed-jigsaw-art - it has 28 pieces

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Use the left and right arrows to rotate the pieces.
I hope you can have some fun with this with along with your followers. It is not the exact thing as your pieces this is more of a random caut out predefined by the algo.

That is very cool- thank you!
I'm having a play on it now :D

You are most welcome. Let me know if you wish to get the embedded code for it.

Thank you for sharing that amazing pictures @opheliafu

well now I will have to check it out!

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Incredible patterns

I'm in love with this You're super talented

Oh I love it ! and nice attention to details !

Excellent art on the moon and the details in particular I love ...@opheliafu

Wow, a Perfect illustration of moon and we can see your hard work in these pictures..

@opheliafu. This is a masterpiece and very raw. I love it and hope I have the permission to download it.. Beautuful!

A very timely work dear friend @opheliafu today was a global event of the eclipse of the moon that could be seen better from Japan, I loved the moon eclipse, but I must admit that it does not compare with this beauty that you have recreated Johannes Hevelius. congratulations for the beautiful work
I wish you a good night

great post!!! super moon today

Wonderful powerful broad strokes and I like how you used warm tones for the sky. Is that a conestellation of a Bull or the power of the bull market I see? Great job, as usual.

amazing work. no doubt you have a beautiful talent

Watching this i can see ... i have no talent in comparison :D!

I love abstract art :) very nice work you gained a new follower, ima tattooist and appreciate all types of artforms! Upvoted too :) look forward to seeing more for you in the future on my feed @opheliafu - here is one of my latest creations -

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Waw @opheliafu really beautiful painting and nice post good for u

better than the supermoon, is your super creativity, I congratulate you ;-)

Oh man, that's quite a moon. I think the turquoise really added to it. I'm hoping to see the super moon tonight, maybe I'll compare it with yours :)

You might have a better view than me tonight, it was glorious earlier on but now the sky is a little cloudy.

my friend , seriously i need some advice from experienced people how i can go to the mooon,,or can someone of u guys shoow me the way , or just take me with u there,,hope u feel it

Thank you for explaining how you made this painting. I appreciate the final masterpiece even more when I see how it was created.

I'm not an art expert, but I like your work. Besides, the moon has always had a special charm for me.

Nice work creator of thy blood moon!
Thanks for sharing and steem on :)

The painting is so adorable @opheliafu. That's the best.

amazing painting and sadly its all cloudy where I am so chances to see the moon yesterday were nil and today its the same :(

I would like to see how you paint a landscape? @opheliafu

I love it. Thanks for sharing

really nice work! Thanks for sharing!

Hello @opheliafu, I find the paintings you made very creative and original. It has a good inspiration and the black touches you made to the moon highlight more surface. Good artist. Greetings.

Thank you - glad you like it.

I think that one of the next word will be moon, isn´t it @opheliafu ?

I think we have already had moon

My favorite part is the bull's eye.

btw I didn't even know about the super moon, but I'll definitely be looking up tonight, thanks :)

It was last night- but I'm sure the moon will be beautiful tonight too

Great use of colors .. Very beautiful. The combination is extraordinary. regards

Dynamic and dreamy at the same time; a difficult feat to accomplish. Did you see the moon?

Yes- I was moon watching last night, it was very bright- even this morning it was looking rather spectacular.

This is amazing! such artistic and brilliant painting. Great use of your imagination and skill. Teach me!

Excelente! @opheliafu