Saturday 30 July 2016

C is for Chameleon

A bit ahead of myself for once with The Craft Barn dictionary challenge. This fortnight the letter is C and as I have been having fun with my paints recently I decided to attempt a chameleon. I found lots of photos of the extremely colourful panther chameleon to inspire me.

First I gessoed the page and then masked off the panel for the main image, before swirling various shades of green to create a background. I stamped the circle patterns in paint and the leaves in blue ink with paint highlights. Next to paint the chameleon which was not as difficult as I thought because the dots could be overlaid until I got the effect I wanted. To tie it all together at the end I did a scribble frame, with a little shadow shading to make it stand out, and a few splatters to tie the focal image to the rest of the page.
 




 I understand chameleons change colour with mood. I'm guessing this is his grumpy outfit!

Materials used:
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paints
gesso
Ranger Archival Ink : cobalt
Inkadinkado: roulette
PaperArtsy: EDY18
Stabilo All pencil
gel pen
 








9 comments:

  1. Love your chameleon. He really stands out in his grumpy outfit!

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  2. Fabulous chameleon, love how colourful he is, even if he is grumpy! I'm sure you are going to enjoy your watercolour course, and I look forward to seeing some results!

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  3. Amazing! Gorgeous contrast between the background and the supercolourful chameleon. Fantastic!

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  4. Love your chameleon, gorgeous colours, perhaps he's trying to be a flower.

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  5. Lots of lovely layers on this piece. That chameleon is stunning on the green/blue background. Great work.

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  6. Wow! A fabulous page. The grumpy, colourful chameleon is beautifully painted and you've linked him into the background perfectly.

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  7. This is a fabulous page, I love the colours and the chameleon is special.
    xxx Hazel.

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  8. I love the colours of your chameleon. The background complements the colours perfectly.

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  9. Your chameleon has glorious colours when he is grumpy! Great choice of word too...

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