This is the result of simply moving the brush around on a mix of blue acrylic paint and red acrylic paint on a white canvas. It looked like this (below) when I started out. I was surprised and pleased with the look of this one, so I’ve decided to keep it. (Most of my canvas paintings last only a few days before I paint over them and start anew.) Further down you’ll see another attempt at deep space (this time with a little spaceship!)
I think it’s not very interesting unless I look at parts of the painting up close (below); The backdrop here is simply another mix of blue and red, and specks of white with a fine-tipped brush. Below that one you can see my little spaceship.
This last one (below) is not from the Arctic Room, but I thought I’d include it here, anyway. It seems to fit in with the occasional theme of birds. This one is a combination of crayons and color markers. It’s too big for my desk, so I drew it on the drawing room floor. My cat sat and watched me draw, then got bored. She yawned and walked away.
The first one looks like an anemone (love that word!), very pretty! Maybe this weekend I will get out my paints – I need some stress relief. Why do you call it the Arctic Room? Is it cold? Thanks for notifying me on FB! I really like seeing these. And the bespectacled bird is marvelous!
There are several reasons I call it the Arctic Room, Alison, and I’ll share a few images in my next post. Yes, it is cold (coldest room in the house), and I’ve got one of my favorite maps hanging down there of the Arctic Circle: The Yukon and Northwest Territories. Fascinating and terrifying stories and places on the map. The map has been up in all the last places I’ve lived, each in the coldest room in the house.
Check out the next post for a few images of the Arctic Room, its wall paintings, and the map!