Prismacolor Final: Serpent Stone
The craftsmanship of my piece is very well executed. Everything that I wanted to incorporate I did and without a problem. I used prisma colors to show the texture of the snake as well as the background of the wall, adding a sort of algae or moss on them to make them seem old and have been there for a long time.I believe it to be very neat because of the position of the snake, the detailing in each of the scales and also the touch of the background to leave no empty space. For what I'm capable of doing for the time being I do believe that you can see the range in values from light to dark, the different colors and shading in each of the scale to make them look almost the same, but not exactly.I also believe that the illusion of it being an actual snake is there and the illusion of the wall covered in moss gives it also a nice illusion to show where the snake is.I think I represent a style of Georgia O'keeffe's work by using the different colors in the snake, I didn't just use a bright green and a yellow, I used different yellows and different greens to get that certain contrast and range of colors to truly represent the snake and making sure that some scales didn't look the same as others. I used the colors in the snake being green and yellow to challenge myself, but also that was the color of the snake in my reference photograph. Though in my piece overall you can always find a bit of green which I put on the walls to make the snake and wall go together a bit more than just putting a plain gray background. I created contrast in my drawing by doing different scale textures, some look like christmas trees others look like diamond shaped and then some look like thorns on a pricker bush. All different, but still go together in having the same color concept and for the way the snake is positioned.I used textures, highlights, and shadows to enhance the look of the snake to make it seem real, like each scale has different shading or highlighting to make them seem shiny and slimy like snake skin, the shadow of the snakes head going over it's own body contrasting to the brightness of the snakes head in general. Then having the background as a dull color to enhance the actual texture and look of the snake itself. The only difficulties I had doing this project was trying to get the head positioned right and to come up with a background that would fit the type of snake, because originally I was going to do a fall leaf background, but it didn't compliment the type of snake, so instead I did a stone background with moss because the snake looks exotic and could be in a run down temple or something that's been abandoned or never been touched in a long time. I also had some trouble with the head of the snake, trying to get the position right and where the eye should go. That was probably the most challenging,besides doing all the scales, but I'm very proud of them.
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