Nature Inspired Drawing
Objective: Take a photograph of nature, create a color palette from that photograph, create an original piece using colors only found in the color palette
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The final 9” x 9” color pencil drawing that features a profile of the head of a deer with a full set of antlers in a geometric design
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There is a swirl of colored leaves surrounding the deer’s head that appear wind-blown
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The outer border is a zippered zig-zag pattern that frames the entire piece
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Throughout the entire background of this drawing is a gradient sunset, faintly blended of pastel blues, pink, oranges, and yellows, that is representative of the sky in the reference photograph
Photograph I took of a sunset over a lake and the painted color palette derived from the photo used to create the final drawing
The Final Design
