Authentic and original illustration shops titled, “Abstract Spring Flora and Fauna,” part seven

This is an authentic and original illustration titled, “Abstract Spring Flora and Fauna,” part seven. You are viewing a continuum of my current series dedicated to recent local sightings and observations of varied species in the artist's (myself) neighborhood in Bethesda, Maryland. Providing yourself adequate time to review previous illustrations, you will discover a colorful abstract painting of what I identified as the “Eastern White Pine.” With intent to maintain an exaggerated and “outside the box,” perspective of the plant noticeably seen in its most natural form, I sketched the image floral pattern with a blown up enlarged design. This method and personalized technique narrates and portrays a completely different way to envision and study the species. This particular painting shows the buds and pine needles projecting in sporadic bunches all over the mixed media. My original photograph is of the newly budding premature bunches of pine cones in the early stages of growth. Prior to opening and transforming they appear smaller in collective groups embedded within the pine needles. To better educate the viewer and readers of any of my abstract work, I design and create different shapes, sizes and colors of shops all elements within. I intentionally do this, opening up a clear and new perspective of the subject. This personalized preferred technique provides viewers a more “in depth,” interesting way to analyze and comprehend the narrative. Instead of seeing the species as you would see them in nature or a photograph, I create a very different visual perspective. Obviously this one is very bold with enlarged shaped blooms, yellow embedded within the darker dense pine needles in the background. As in the previous “Eastern White Pine,”
Illustration I designed this abstract in a 3D three dimensional illusion. Phase one was the graphite sketch. On quality mixed media and graphite, I sketched the dominant feature first and foremost, the enlarged sporadic bunches of yellow buds, projecting out of the dense pine needles. The day I photographed the subject was modestly clear, mixed with white clouds and an abundance of sunshine. This weather is apparent with the blue skyline noticeably seen hovering over the plant species. Phase two was the implementation of colored pencil. With green, brown, yellow, gold, black, white, blue, and tan, I blended and shaded over phase one. This phase always helps visually separate and distinguish the varied elements within. Phase three was the application of acrylic paint. With different sizes of fine paint brushes and the same colors used as in phase two, I painted with caution. Because this series is abstract, In order to recreate the subject completely different than how it's seen in “real time,” I intentionally used thicker amounts of paint on the skyline and yellow ripening buds. This technique helped enhance the overall subject helping visually separate all colorful and textured features. My favorite part when working on this phase was the blue skyline and random pine needles projecting out of the design. These elements are equally important to the dominant feature of the entire painting, which is obviously the yellow abstract premature buds. Upon completion I sprayed it with clear acrylic sealant to prevent any damage or “bleeding of the colors.” The authentic and original illustration is available for purchase in print. This would make for an ideal housewarming gift or simply be a nice addition to an existing collection. Please enjoy. Jessica Ahmadi