Week 15

 

Ibis

 Craft

This piece was rendered solely in calligraphic ink onto watercolor paper.  The image comes from a photograph taken in the spring of 2009, and was enlarged before tracing paper was used to define the tribal designs.  The design was then transferred, and the application of ink began through the use of quick strokes

Concept

The piece is intended to be a traded artwork, but due to the fact that I was ill on the day that the trade was established, I created a piece that I felt represented my work throughout the year and also kept up with the level of quality that my pieces have maintained throughout the year.

 Composition

 The ibis bird takes up the largest portion of the piece, while still keeping a slightly asymmetrical balance between negative space and the rendered form, by having the open space above the head and back, while also using open space elsewhere to help further define the form of the leg, beak, and wing of the ibis.