Honu At Rest
by Darice Machel McGuire
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$495
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10.000 x 8.000 inches
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Title
Honu At Rest
Artist
Darice Machel McGuire
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Board
Description
This honu, sea turtle, is taking a nap on the beach. Here in Maui Hawaii there are lots of beaches where these gentle creatures come to rest. On land they may be slow but in the ocean they are graceful and powerful.
My acrylic painting has a 3D look, created by the strong values of dark and light colors I used. I began with the background. Covering the entire canvas with burnt sienna. Then I used varying shades of dark and light paint to spatter all over the canvas. Since I wanted the feeling of a sunny beach I used more light spatters then the dark. After the background dried I sketched in the turtle then went over my sketch with a dark paint mix of phthalo blue and burnt umber. My focus for this painting was to show the sunlight on the turtles head. The contrast between the light of his head and the shadows under him really helped to achieve this goal.
"Honu At Rest" was selected as a winning entry in the "AcrylicWorks 5, Bold Values" competition. This image will be featured in the book, same title as the competition, May 2018.
I also received this nice email. "Hi Darice Machel- I’m reaching out to you today on behalf of Southwest Art magazine to congratulate you on your winning entry in the Best of Acrylic competition. We are thrilled for you and excited for your upcoming feature in the book AcrylicWorks 5, set to release this Spring." I will have a small feature in the April 2018 Southwest Art Magazine.
"Copyright 2017, Darice Machel Mcguire, all rights reserved"
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March 9th, 2017
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