I was watching a TV show about ancient Egypt and one of the visited sites was Seti I's tomb. There was the most beautiful painting of a crocodile. That inspired me. So, using Tracy Verdugo's method of dropping acrylic ink into a shape painted with clear water, I painted three crocodiles.
A page in a magazine about travel had a wonderful photo of a storm approaching over palm trees. That gave me the theme of a storm approaching over the ancient Nile. I researched several more tomb paintings, then painted this heron, again ink dropped into a wet shape..
I painted all three crocs on one sheet of Strathmore Mixed Media paper, then ripped them out, into strips. The heron I painted on a full11" x 14" sheet. After fiddling a bit with the composition, I decided to only use two of the crocodiles. I glued the pieces together and let it dry over-night, ready for the next step in whatever might emerge.
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