Hithergrass
Title: Haiku Fishing
From various public domain photos, including Drazen Nesic.
I found this one relatively quick to create. The beauty of working digitally was that I was able to keep the main elements (the tree line, the boat, the fisherman, the reflection of the boat, the ripples in the water, the foliage and the birds) on separate layers, so I could easily move things around until the composition felt right. And I could change the color, saturation and tone of the colors independently of each other. If I had to paint this with watercolor, oil, etc. it would in fact involved a lot of redos, paint overs etc. I was thinking of traditional Japanese art, especially where it contemplates the natural world for spiritual insight and as a reflection of human emotion. In fact the long fishing pole into a misty cloud reminded me of my youthful flirtation with Zen Buddhism.
Title: Haiku Fishing
From various public domain photos, including Drazen Nesic.
I found this one relatively quick to create. The beauty of working digitally was that I was able to keep the main elements (the tree line, the boat, the fisherman, the reflection of the boat, the ripples in the water, the foliage and the birds) on separate layers, so I could easily move things around until the composition felt right. And I could change the color, saturation and tone of the colors independently of each other. If I had to paint this with watercolor, oil, etc. it would in fact involved a lot of redos, paint overs etc. I was thinking of traditional Japanese art, especially where it contemplates the natural world for spiritual insight and as a reflection of human emotion. In fact the long fishing pole into a misty cloud reminded me of my youthful flirtation with Zen Buddhism.