Forest Spirit
I sat and admired Vanessa Lemen's ability of finding shapes, and wanted to try it. The canvas I used had gone wrong because the paper buckled when I mounted it, but I kept it for an occasion like this. I thought it might be interesting to use the folds, but it was more trouble than it was worth. I started in portrait orientation with a vague idea of sun above and something green below, then turned the canvas sideways and made it a forest-like scenery. Eventually the figure emerged in the middle; the dark shape behind it turned into an ent-like being, holding her, while ink blown with a drinking straw became branches coming out of her. At that point I decided to end the experiment. I kinda like how it worked, although I feel I should have taken it to a more finished level. Next time, I'll start much lighter, and less saturated, to have room to maneuver. The most annoying part was waiting for the thing to dry, as I tend to work hastily but very wet, and even acrylics don't
