deviant art

Deviant Login
Buy Art Buy adCast Buy Premium Membership
Shop		  Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour
[x]
Browse More Like This
Shop Similar Prints
This Print Not Available more ▶

More from *rachaelm5

Featured in Groups:

:iconwinged-fantasy-club: #Winged-Fantasy-Club
 :iconpencil-box: #pencil-box
All forms of traditional art! :iconwings-of-fantasy: #Wings-Of-Fantasy
Flying on Winds of Imagination :iconcolour-pencils: #Colour-Pencils
Colour Pencils Love :iconthecolourbox: #TheColourBox
COLOURFUL art <3 :iconmythsandlegends: #MythsandLegends
Born of Imagination :iconasangelsareborn: #asangelsareborn
.... and spread to all horizons. :iconchamanics-pathways: #Chamanics-Pathways

Details

July 18, 2011
546 KB
934×1165
Link
Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 61
Favourites: 211 [who?]


Views: 2,826 (2 today)
[x]
:iconrachaelm5:
This is actually a reject from another project. The angelic critter was originally human, but the face was *not* working out. Nor the composition. I tossed it from the project and decided to play with it separately to see if I could save the thing. The asymmetrical wings, the wonky anatomy, and the drapery and banner-thing were too fun to give over to the scrap pile.

Right. So, reworking this thing, it evolved into a kind of Erte-meets-Mardi-Gras-meets-St. Mark (St. Mark is usually represented as a winged lion).

NOW I like it. AND I got to exercise a simple split-complimentary color scheme that I hadn't tried before. YAY, COLOR! Yay, carpal-tunnel! ;p

I did this with ink, watercolor, Prismacolor pencils, and a paint pen.

Colordy version of:



Original art: available for $150

Prints:
8x10 inches for $15
11x14 inches for $30
16x20 inches not available

Others in this series:

Expressions of Light 1
Expressions of Light 2
Expressions of Light 3
Expressions of Light 4 (top half)
Expressions of Light 5
Expressions of Light 6
Expressions of Light 7
Expressions of Light 8
Expressions of Light 9
Expressions of light 10
Expressions of Light 11
Expressions of Light 12

Expressions of Light 14
Expressions of light 15
Add a Comment:
 
Preview   Add Comment
love 3 3 joy 1 1 wow 1 1 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconr-eventide:
*R-Eventide Jun 5, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Holy color-plosion! :D Wonderful!

I love love love how the face turned out! Can't imagine it looking any other way, now.
Reply
:iconrachaelm5:
*rachaelm5 Jun 6, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You betcha! This was a fun one to color, and pretty simple, all things considered. Just a basic triadic color scheme, plus royal purple. :D
Reply
:icondianevallee:
*DianeVallee Jun 2, 2012
Oh I love this, looks fantastic, love all the color combinations
Reply
:iconrachaelm5:
*rachaelm5 Jun 3, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you. I wanted to work with a "royal" color range, since the critter is rather leonian. :D
Reply
:iconkoushoku-jin:
~Koushoku-jin Mar 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
:wow: The care you've made to the smallest amount of detailing -- I can still see the 'embossed' designs in the garment's hemline; the blending of colors, absolutely beautiful!
Reply
:iconrachaelm5:
*rachaelm5 Mar 2, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks very much!

I enjoy all of the details - the details are what make these pictures so much fun. :D
Reply
:icondeernectar:
!DeerNectar Jan 26, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
absolutely incredible, the intense colors match the details of the drawing well.
Reply
:iconrachaelm5:
*rachaelm5 Jan 26, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks very much. This series has evolved quite a bit since I started out, and the more of these angelic folks I draw, the more intricate and wildly colorful they seem to get. It'll be interesting to see what they look like at, say, "Expressions of light 57". ;-)
Reply
:icondeernectar:
!DeerNectar Jan 28, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Would you sell prints on etsy? they might go well. I can't afford any now but you might be able to make a few extra bucks if you need to; but, it's spiritual art and I don't know how you feel about that.
Reply
:iconrachaelm5:
*rachaelm5 Jan 29, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I've considered ETSY, but I just haven't yet jumped on that bandwagon. One of these days when I have a goodly bit of time to sit down and work with the site material, I might do so. I don't have any problem with the sale of my angel art; spiritual work is still perfectly good for earning me bread and butter. :D
Reply
Add a Comment:
 
Preview   Add Comment
©2013 deviantART. All rights reserved
About Us | Contact Us | Developers | Careers | Site Tour | Help & FAQ Advertise | Premium Membership Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy