Moody drawings

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moody watercolor postcard

Thomas Ott

Charcoal drawings of animal life at night. This post contains some of the works of French / Finnish Artist Ariane Relander. She produces different types of animal art. The ones I have chosen for your Monday page, are the nocturnal goings on, of animals in nature. Looking at the illustrations, I get the feeling of the forest at night and the absence of sound making any little noise amplified in its surroundings. Sketches that hint at the animal's form. Realistic detailing is swapped for…

When you hear charcoal, you tend to think that the result of using this medium to create a work of art would not be that appealing. But this illusion will

I've done a series of the four elements. Each one is represented by a female figure from Greek mythology. The idea of essential elements is found in many cultures and intrigued me. They are considered natural observations of the phases of matter. The paintings are oil on canvas over panel and 16x16 inches. The first is "Gaea", the primal Greek goddess personifying earth, the Greek version of Mother Nature. She's a deity of the ancient Greek pantheon and considered a Mother Titan. I wanted…

Clara Lieu, lithographic crayon on Dura-Lar. This drawing is from "Wading", a project that presents the most severe form of isolation as loneliness that is experienced when physically surrounded by other people. The presence of others is what can intensify the experience of loneliness for an individual. I visually portray loneliness as the experience of feeling unseen and unknown within a group.

©John Kenn Mortensen