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