Wednesday 15 June 2016

Glimpse of Sea-life

Glimpse of Sea-life, handmade watercolours on Fabriano watercolour paper, 26 x 35 cm, 
© Matteo Grilli.


For this still-life of Australian shells and beach findings I drew inspiration form an old sketchbook dating back to my time in the Galway Bay, Ireland, see the top right-hand-side corner of the photo above.


It is amazing to find such a variety of creatures in just a handful of items. Using a nature guide book I could identify the remains of the following creatures:

Spengler's Triton
Hercules Club
Pipi
Tellens
Mactras (Truncate; Reddish and Dissimilar)
Cockles
Scallops
Reef Crab's chelae
Bell Acorn Barnacle
Brain Coral


This artwork is available as a greeting card. For this artwork I have used a selection of four of my own handmade watercolour paints. Talking about handmade paints, I just published a page on my blog which explains with photos the fascinating process of watercolour making, take a look HERE, I hope you will like it.




Thank you for reading.

All the best,

Matteo

5 comments:

  1. Bonjour cher ami,

    Je suis sous le charme de ce dernier travail... Le dessin et la mise en couleur est extraordinaire.

    Gros bisous 🌺

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  2. Seu trabalho é maravilhoso!!!
    Um beijo

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  3. Thank you very much Martine and Teca, you are very kind and your message is much appreciated! Matteo

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  4. Brings one back to summer days at the beach!

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